Oil information needed

[coolcars]

I need help deciding which oil to use. Im heading to college and my car won't be driven at all, its gonna be sitting for year and half in Ohio. I want to do one oil change before . Do I use conventional or those high change interval oils for example Mobile 1 EP? What i want to know is will the conventional oil loose its effectiveness over the duration of time compared to high change interval oils?

 

[CT8]

Use a proper spec conventional oil. Syn oil has certain benefits over conventional oil if the certain benefits will be used. The car sitting will not use those benefits.

 

[SirTanon]

Those "high change interval" oils are meant to be used when one drives a lot.. that's what the "long interval" means.

If the car is literally going to be sitting there for a long time with little actual mileage, then really ANY oil that meets the required specs will work.

What Make/Model/year is the car in question?

 

[BrocLuno]

Originally Posted By: CT8
Use a proper spec conventional oil. Syn oil has certain benefits over conventional oil if the certain benefits will be used. The car sitting will not use those benefits.


+1

 

[coolcars]

its a 2010 nissan altima

 

[bbhero]

Yeah man I would just put in a good conventional oil like PYB, VWB, Havoline etc.... No need in putting in something like Mobil 1 extended performance.

 

[69GTX]

Make arrangements for your folks for someone else to drive it 15-20 miles every 4-6 months....assuming you're keeping adequate insurance on it. Your insurance company might allow several drives per year at minimal expense, especially if it's an adult over 40-50.