Burning oil
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Burning oil
How much oil do you guys burn? I just did an oil change and only 4 quarts came out, and that has been pretty typical for the truck. It doesnt get oil changes as often as it should, but I still dont feel that it should be burning that much either.
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It varies from 5-8ish thousand miles per change. Most of that is towing though. The oil varies often too. The owner prefers Castrol High Mileage, but sometimes it just goes to Jiffy Lube. These are variables I am not in control of. This is the oil I had to use this time 
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We didnt have the heart to tell him.
Oh well. It was on sale for $5 after rebate, so a $5 oil change aint bad. But a full synthetic would have been better.
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My '01 doesn't burn/use a single drop between changes at around 3-4K miles. That's using Castrol Dino GTX 5/30
I recently did a chance with Castrol Syntec, got about 2K miles on it, and still ... not a single drop.
And I'm not easy on it.
I recently did a chance with Castrol Syntec, got about 2K miles on it, and still ... not a single drop.
And I'm not easy on it.
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mine only burns when I tow my toy hauler, it'll burn a full quart in 300 miles. I tow my car on an open trailer it burns next to nothing. Pretty sure it's the guide seals but I'm lazy to change them.
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My truck at 270K will use about 1.5qt on a 6000mi cross country trip, mildly loaded (not me 
the truck). I'm not light on the foot.
I use M1 Synth 5/30.
I have never checked it myself but I've heard some say that synthetic will leak/burn more then Dino.
the truck). I'm not light on the foot. I use M1 Synth 5/30.
I have never checked it myself but I've heard some say that synthetic will leak/burn more then Dino.
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I use Valvoline 5w20 on our 02 F250 V10 all season long change it 5,000 to 6000 tops miles. Don't use a drop that I can tell. This is mainly towing too and highway driving most of the time. But this was our first oil change on it. Thats all I run on all our trucks Valvoline. Oh ya and it isn't synthetic just regular.
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If you change to Synthetic when you have been running regular all your trucks life I thought it would mess it up? Or is it the opposite change synthetic to regular? I just ran regular on our trucks no matter what.
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That is an urban legend. Synthetic and conventional are interchangeable at all times any point in a vehicles life.