Yearly oil change

[tiger862]

Time for yearly oil change. I checked records and July is the last oil change with 0w20. I know the Pentastar does care however now that I am down to 5qts of Valvoline High Milage 5w20 and Shell gas truck 0w20 qt. I will be changing up to 5w30 after this oil change so what would you do. Get a 5qt of Valvoline Advance 5w30 for the 1 qt, Valvoline 5w30 plus take a qt from the high mileage or use 5w20 high mileage and Shell Gas truck 0w20. Either way without buy a quart of oil. Reason for the change is all lawn equipment is 5w30 so this makes it easier. Besides all the family vehicles (4) take 5w30.

 

[gfh77665]

None of the choices will hurt anything. They are all quality oils and the Pentastar won't ever know any difference. Use any with confidence.

 

[JavierH19]

m1 0w-40

 

[cptbarkey]

My 2014 Caravan is going on 1.5 years on Castrol Magnatec 0w20 and maybe 600 whole miles, no plans to change it for another year unless i'm bored.

 

[facility1]

if you do yearly oil change,Amsoil ss 5w30 holds up well or the 0w-30 for your situation.

 

[2009Caraman]

I got the 3.3l that preceded the pentastar in those vans. Ive always used 0w20 and it at 280000km with no leaks or consumption issues.

 

[TomYoung]

I would be more inclined to buy oil that works for the automobile, and use whatever else is around for lawn equipment.

 

[Triple_Se7en]

My 2014 Caravan is going on 1.5 years on Castrol Magnatec 0w20 and maybe 600 whole miles, no plans to change it for another year unless i'm bored.

The only negative side to your Plan is living near the Texas Gulf, which may slowly create high salt/sodium-inducted hypertension inside your engine.

Have Blackstone check for that. In the meantime, buy a salt-blocking air filter..... cabin too.

 

[oil pan 4]

Going away from 0w-20 or 5w-20 is the right direction.

 

[Son_of_shots]

Time for yearly oil change. I checked records and July is the last oil change with 0w20. I know the Pentastar does care however now that I am down to 5qts of Valvoline High Milage 5w20 and Shell gas truck 0w20 qt. I will be changing up to 5w30 after this oil change so what would you do. Get a 5qt of Valvoline Advance 5w30 for the 1 qt, Valvoline 5w30 plus take a qt from the high mileage or use 5w20 high mileage and Shell Gas truck 0w20. Either way without buy a quart of oil. Reason for the change is all lawn equipment is 5w30 so this makes it easier. Besides all the family vehicles (4) take 5w30.

Use Mobil 1 EP HM 0w20 only. Extend OCI to 15k miles, or every 2.5 years. You're living in 2024, enjoy the progress!

 

[tiger862]

Use Mobil 1 EP HM 0w20 only. Extend OCI to 15k miles, or every 2.5 years. You're living in 2024, enjoy the progress!

I could do that as oil change light goes off at or around 10k. I still haven't change yet cause it still looks good, I know you can't tell by color, however I was changing my Saturn at 5k which was 18 months. I will be using Valvoline from here out however, nothing wrong with Mobil 1.

 

[JohnnyJohnson]

I'm currently under 5500 miles a years. I'm going from October and April OCI to one change a year on a nice day in September or October!

 

[ChrisD46]

By 8 months in my 2017 Sonata 2.4L GDI engine , I could smell fuel dilution on the dipstick, so time to change the oil (1260 miles on this OCI) . *It was the right move as when I changed the oil the fuel smell in the oil draining out was pretty strong . For mostly suburban , shorter trip driving - this engine will see OCI's of 3500 miles / 6 months max using M1 5W30 synthetic oil.