tinking going cheap on oil, lol
#1
tinking going cheap on oil, lol
How important is it to use a brand name oil? I do oil changes every 3 months because I barely hit 1500 miles in 3 months. So should I be spending money on mobil or castrol “quality” over smaller brands they use at gas stations to do a 13.95 oil change?
#2
You should use a decent quality oil and filter. I sense your car is not run on the highway very much, so it consequently does not get up to operating temperature very often, which is not good for the oil.
At any rate, changing the oil every 3 months after 1,500 miles is a waste of money regardless of what kind of driving you do.
You should be able to extend your oil change interval to at least 6 months and possibly longer.
At any rate, changing the oil every 3 months after 1,500 miles is a waste of money regardless of what kind of driving you do.
You should be able to extend your oil change interval to at least 6 months and possibly longer.
#3
+1. Use a good quality oil and filter and extend your oil changes out to 6 months. No need to change every 3 months, or even 3k miles for that matter, that is a waste of money.
#4
I’m not using synthetic oil. I was told that oil (not synthetic) starts to brake down after 3 months no matter how many miles is on it.
I always get OEM filter, so no worries there, i was just interested in oil. No, i don not get too many highway miles, 98% stop and go, New York you know.
I always get OEM filter, so no worries there, i was just interested in oil. No, i don not get too many highway miles, 98% stop and go, New York you know.
#8
check out www.bobistheoilguy.com for all you ever wanted to know about oil
#10
i definitely put only 1.2K on my car in 3 months. I still use M1 oil with OEM filter and change it every 4 months. Oil comes out looking like it did when I put it in.
Still don't want to going with a cheaper oil since I have 110K on the car.
Still don't want to going with a cheaper oil since I have 110K on the car.
#11
Originally Posted by hellfyre
i definitely put only 1.2K on my car in 3 months. I still use M1 oil with OEM filter and change it every 4 months. Oil comes out looking like it did when I put it in.
The earlier advice on this thread from Bobo and mtrai are right on, except for the change I suggest below.
In the past there was general advice to at least change your oil every 6 months, no matter what the mileage. But with the not well publicized (but it did happen) fact that the government has mandated ultra-low-sulfur gasoline beginning last March, this advice can be rewritten to say that you should at least change your oil once a year -- in the event that you do not hit the mileage mark for an oil change.
#13
If you want to change every 6 months, use the cheaper Castrol. There have also been reports of engines with the mileage you have on yours developing leaks when changed from dino motor oil (Castrol GTX) to synthetic motor oil. If this engine has been running on synthetic for most of those miles, there should be no problems staying with synthetic. But I would not change synthetic every 6 months unless it hits the mileage mark for a change -- something like 10 K miles.
#14
Originally Posted by mtrai760
check out www.bobistheoilguy.com for all you ever wanted to know about oil
#15
Originally Posted by SilverMax_04
If you want to change every 6 months, use the cheaper Castrol. There have also been reports of engines with the mileage you have on yours developing leaks when changed from dino motor oil (Castrol GTX) to synthetic motor oil. If this engine has been running on synthetic for most of those miles, there should be no problems staying with synthetic. But I would not change synthetic every 6 months unless it hits the mileage mark for a change -- something like 10 K miles.
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