Post your latest oil change

Within last 2 mos:

2000 Jetta GL w/2.0 188,000 miles - 4.75 liters Castrol Syntec 5w-40, Purolator PureOne filter.

2003 Ford Explorer XTL w/4.0 81,000 miles - 5.0 liters Castrol GTX 5w-30, Motorcraft filter.

2006 Honda Odyssey EX-L RES NAVI 46,000 miles - 2x drain/refill with Honda ATF Z-1. 3.3 liters/change.
 
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2003 Impala base. 73,341 when I changed it. Napa gold 1040 (fleetfilter) and 4.5 quarts Pennzoil/O'reilly/Quaker State regular 5w30.
 
Lots of oil changes lately, all of these were performed 10/1/09 or later.

2008 GMC Acadia - 5.5 Qts 5W-30 Quaker State QHP, Napa Gold Filter
2004 Chevrolet Cavalier - 4.5 Qts 5W-30 Formula Shell, Supertech Filter
2007 Saturn Aura - 4 Qts 5W-30 Valvoline Synpower, AC Filter
2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer - 7 Qts 5W-30 Formula Shell, AC Filter
2000 GMC Sierra - 6 Qts 0W-30 German Castrol Syntec, K&N Filter
1987 John Deere 160 Lawn Tractor - 1.75 Qts 30W Valvoline All Climate HD, Supertech Filter
2007 Chevrolet Impala - 4 Qts 5W-30 Mobil 1, K&N Filter
2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer - 7 Qts 5W-30 Mobil Clean 5000, Supertech Filter
 
I dumped the AMSOIL AFL out of my Jetta today. Was at the track and shifted 3-2 rather than 3-4 at about 7K RPM. Made a bit of a funny noise after that session but nothing that anyone could really pinpoint, so I dumped the oil to look for metal in it. Didn't see anything interesting, so refilled with M1 0W-40 from the local Autozone as I didn't have any AFL on hand. This is the first time I've filled with anything but the AMSOIL, not particularly happy about it, but ultimately doesn't matter.
 
Ran PP 5w20 for 6k oci in my Jeep Wrangler. (Total of 29k miles, and I go by the OLM) Changed it today to Mobil 1 5w20. I've been runing Ford Motorcraft oil filters on the Jeep as recommended by Jeepers on JK-forum.com. Jeep JK owners had been having trouble with M1 filter anti-drainback valve and getting bad noise on starts. I experienced this, as well the one time I ran that filter. The Motorcraft filter works well, and they are cheap. I bounce back and forth between M1 and PP, primarily going with M1 for winter. I guess I believe it flows better cold, but I don't really know if that is the case.

This engine sounds the same with either oil, so other than the aforementioned perception, I have no other ideas about which is better. I've had great luck with M1 on other engines for years, and I see so many good UOAs on PP, so that's why the waffling. (Plus, I occasionally score PP at a low price.)

I've got M1 5w30 in my Solstice now, as well, with a Supertech cartridge filter. I go by the OLM or 1 year, whichever comes first. This time, the year came first. I've got 24k on this car, but didn't put many miles on it last year. It went about 5k on PP 5w30 last time, and the OLM was at 48%. Same deal in my head between the two brands of oil. Again, I hear know audible difference between the two oils. I had a UOA done on PP a couple years ago and it was excellent. I also had trouble with a PurOne oil filter. The media began to deteriorate at about 4 or 5k on the oil. Supertechs have done very well. I ran one to around 8k miles and it looked great.
 
1999 jeep cherokee 4.0L aisin aw4(trans)
6 quarts maxlife 10w-40
pure one filter
3 quarts of valvoline merc/dex (drain and fill)
 
Changed oil on the little Saturn yesterday, 5qts PP 5w-30, Amsoil filter.

Had an oil change place do it. Just no want-to to get underneath the car this time.
 
2003 Blazer 4.3L
PP 5w-30
AC Delco PF-52 oil filter
*First time the 4.3 got Full Syn has 78,XXX miles*
*First time I have ever used a Pennzoil product*
 
2006 Jeep Liberty 3.7L
GC 0w-30
Fram XG3600 filter

First time this engine has seen synthetic, let alone TRUE synthetic. First time DYI oil change. Quite proud of myself
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Triple header yesterday-
2007 Civic Si- 5qts Amsoil 5w-30 (ASL), Mobil 1 filter.
2009 Legacy 3.0R- 6.5qts Amsoil 5w-40 Euro, Subie filter.
2002 Regal GS- 4.5 qts Maxlife 5w-30, Wix filter.
 
1997 Chevy Cavalier 2.2L- 4 1/2 Quarts Pennzoil Platinum 5W-30/NAPA Gold Filter

2003 Ford Expedition XLT 4.6L- 5qts Motorcraft Semi-syn 5W-20, 2qts Motorcraft Full syn 5W-20/ NAPA Gold Filter

2007 Ford Mustang 4.0L V6- 5Qts Valvoline Maxlife Semi-syn 5W-30/NAPA Gold Filter

1999 Jeep Wrangler 2.5L- Mobil 1 10W-30/NAPA Gold Filter
 
Changed the oil in the Odyssey today. 4.75 qts of Castrol GTX 5w-20 and a Purolator Classic filter...nothing fancy but works for me. I bought the van a month ago with 45K on the odo. Took it home for a night before buying and saw it had a white Carquest oil filter on it. When I bought it, I told the dealer to make sure they changed the oil..well, the same filter was on it when I got it home so I just decided to be safe and change it along with the tranny fluid and the cabin air filter.
 
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