What is your OCI and brand of oil being used?

[dropitby]

Chris: Unless your using oil or have extream high miles read thisetroleum oil begins to break-down almost immediately. A high quality synthetic, on the other hand, can last for many thousands of miles without any significant reduction in performance or protection characteristics. Synthetics designed from the right combination of basestocks and additives can last almost indefinitely with the right filtration system. I found this in a book on oil. Dino juice is not that bad if you have to use it.

 

[Pitbull]

2004 Toyota 4runner 4.7 V8
Castrol Syntec 5w30 - 5K mile OCI - OEM Filter

2003 Nissan 350Z 3.5 V6
Mobil 5w30 dino - 3K mile OCI - OEM Filter

 

[Tommy2]

1995 Ford Taurus SHO 3.2L

Castrol Syntec(GC): 0w-30
Filter: Motorcraft FL-400S
OCI: 5,000 miles or 6 months; whatever comes first.

 

[Dominic]

2002 Chevrolet Camaro 3.8L V6
Valvoline Maxlife 10W-30 and 10W-40 (trying the 40 now)
OCI: 3,000 miles, no time limit.
Supertech Synthetic Media Filter

 

[Gene K]

1995 Buick LeSabre Limited 3800 V6 95,000 ML 50/50 City/Highway

6 Months / 5,000 ML - Texaco Havoline 10W-30 (New Formula) with Supertech Filter.

I end up with a little over a 1/2 QT of oil left when doing a oil change which I add around 3000 ml.

Gene

[ June 05, 2004, 08:10 PM: Message edited by: Gene K ]

 

[Amkeer]

chirp

 

[ArBee]

1994 Ford Taurus GL with 3.0 Vulcan...
3000 OCI with Havoline 5W/30 and Purolator Premium Plus filter.

 

[cyclic]

2005 Mazda Tribute (3.0L Duratec)23,000kms
Motocraft 5w20 (or Petro Canada Supreme 5w20 when it's in for dealership work)
Motocraft FL820S filter (or Mazda filter)
7,000 km OCI's on the Motocraft oil and 5,000km on the dealership Petro Can oil (as I know nothing about this oil)

1996 Honda Civic LX 104,000kms
Mobil 1 5w30 and Honda filter (Just ordered Amsoil 5w30 though)
9,000km OCI's as this is a commuter car all hwy.

Looking forward to getting the Amsoil and changing the oil out once a year on the Civic.
Once the Tribute is off warranty I'm going with Mobil 1 5w20 in it for 9,000 OCI's

 

[MIAMI-DADE]

99 Grand Marquis/103k

5w20 semi/syntheic Motorcarft&ounce in a while Castrol

every 4k

 

[Vortec_4300]

2005 Chevy Silverado Work Truck / 4.3l Vortec

Pennzoil 5W30 / OCI every 5,000 miles

Mobil 1-101 Filter / FCI every 10,000 miles

 

[Fatboymoe]

2005 Mustang GT 2500mi, Mobil 1 5w20 and a motorcraft filter( Driven Hard )
2002 BMW 325i 5000mi, GC 0w30, Napa Filter. Mostly in town use(Wife's car).
2001 Toyota Echo 5000mi, 5w30 Mobil 1, Toyota filters ( My commute car )
2003 Harley Fatboy 1500mi, Redline 20w50, Harley Oil Filter ( Bar hopper )
2004 BMW R1150RT. 3000mi, Mobil 1 15w50, BMW filters ( My motorcycle commuter and weekend escape toy )

 

[Amkeer]

Will try to update this list this weekend since we seem to have a number of new members that have not posted to this.

It might be useful if we have a member that would like to format these results into an easy to read graph. Just a suggestion, open to input...Anyone?

 

[Geoff]

'99 Isuzu Trooper, 3500mi OCI, Rotella T Syn 5w-40 93 K miles
'04 Land Rover Discovery, 4000mi OCI, Castrol Syntec 20w-50 (Dealer fill) 8900 miles.

 

[stevencarroll]

2003 cummins delvac 1 fleetguard filter 10,000 2001 escort M1 5/30 napa filter 6000 oci
1991 geo metro M1 5/30 napa filter 6000 oci
1983 S/10 M1 5/30 napa filter 6000 oci

 

[z917990]

If you're still keeping track:

'03 Honda Accord 2.4 litre, Mobil 1 0w-20 (now 5w-20) every three months or 3000 miles (all city, short trips) with Honda OEM filter, 22,000 miles

'99 Honda Accord 2.3 litre, Valvoline Durablend 5w-30, every three months or 2500 miles (same driving conditions as above) with Honda OEM filter, 61,000 miles.

 

[sjlee]

1995 Yamaha FZR600R EXUP (10k miles)
Once a year (at the end of riding season)
I used to use Yamalube 20W-40, but now I use Shell Rotella T 15W-40.
Fram oil filters

1996 Acura Integra GS-R (146k miles)
Every 3750 miles
When I was taking it to the dealer for oil changes (up to about 98k miles)... 5W-30 Castrol GTX
Now... 5W-30 whatever is on sale at Checkers (e.g. Havoline, Quaker State, Mobil Drive Clean, Chevron)
SuperTech oil filters

2001 Chevrolet Cavalier LS (66k miles)
Every 3k miles... 5W-30 whatever is on sale at Checkers (e.g. Havoline, Quaker State, Mobil Drive Clean, Chevron)
Quaker State (aka. Purolator Premium Plus) oil filters

 

[BUBBA0420]

1998 Missan Maxima OCI 2000 Miles Castrol GTX
10-30 and Purolator Pure One Filter

2003 Toyota Corrola OCI 2000 Miles Castrol GTX
5w-30 Purolator Pure One Filter

1992 Ford Club Wagon OCI 1600 Miles or Once a
Year before winter storage. Castrol GTX 10W-40
High Mileage and Pure One Filter

1984 Tiara 27 Continetal With Twin 260 Mercriusers. Once a year using Merc Filters and Oil.

2002 Honda F12X PWC Once a year using Honda GN4
Oil and Honda Filter.

Yes I do Change Oil to Often but oil is cheap

 

[farrarfan1]

05 Chevy Uplander-M1 5W30 following OLM
96 Chevy Blazer-Valvoline Maxlife synthetic 5W30 every 6 months
98 Buick Century (Mom's)M1 5W30 every 6 months

AC-DELCO PF52's on all three.At least for now. Everything is subject to change.

 

[TomJones76]

-2002 Mercury Sable Duratec 3L -gets 5w20 Exxon Superflo 5W20 + Lube Control. Its changed every 5000 miles. Using Motorcraft FL820S filter. My mechanic does the changes, because in Ohio, my driveway is usually covered in water or snow.

Reasons: Exxon Superflo is the cheapest 5W20 meeting Ford spec I can find, at $1.39/qt. It turns in good UOA with the Lube Control in. I'm thinking of extending my OCI to 7500, but that's another post.