Testosterone: The New Synthetic Oil

[goliath1812]

It is easy enough to change the filter without doing a complete oil change, if that's something to be worried about. However, I also am using Royal Purple synthetic filters that are also rated for extended periods. My oil analysis also came back fine, showing the filter working well after the 7000 miles. In fact, this has been a regular thing for me, I just haven't had an oil analysis done until my last change. With the car being 6 years old, and over 120,000 miles I have seen nothing but good coming from the oil I use, the way I have been using it. Would the analysis show the same if I had been using dino oil with Frame filters? Maybe, but I sure wouldn't want to try going 7,000 - 8,000 miles on them without a change.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by goliath1812

It is easy enough to change the filter without doing a complete oil change, if that's something to be worried about. However, I also am using Royal Purple synthetic filters that are also rated for extended periods. My oil analysis also came back fine, showing the filter working well after the 7000 miles. In fact, this has been a regular thing for me, I just haven't had an oil analysis done until my last change. With the car being 6 years old, and over 120,000 miles I have seen nothing but good coming from the oil I use, the way I have been using it. Would the analysis show the same if I had been using dino oil with Frame filters? Maybe, but I sure wouldn't want to try going 7,000 - 8,000 miles on them without a change.

Perhaps I am just lucky. I've only done 17 oil and filter changes (IIRC) in almost 270k miles, all dino oil. I had my plugs changed at about 208k. The dealership tried to find other things to recommend to me to have done, but didn't find anything (except the air filter, which I was already planning to change myself later that day) and said my engine looked great. I'm not 'burning oil' either.

[goliath1812]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

Perhaps I am just lucky. I've only done 17 oil and filter changes (IIRC) in almost 270k miles, all dino oil. I had my plugs changed at about 208k. The dealership tried to find other things to recommend to me to have done, but didn't find anything (except the air filter, which I was already planning to change myself later that day) and said my engine looked great. I'm not 'burning oil' either.

That is fantastic if you can (and obviously have) get away with it. If I were to use dino oil, I would not feel comfortable going more than 5k per change, and remember it wasnt too long ago that it was every 3k was recommended. So to feel confident that I can run a few thousand more miles on synthetic, thats what I'll do.