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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 07:24 PM
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i had an oil change with full synthetic at 100k. its now at 151k. should i change it again or doesnt synthetic last longer?
 
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 07:31 PM
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CHANGE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

51K miles on any oil and filter is just wrong. I'm sure most of it is hwy miles, but still, I wouldn't go over 15K with the synthetic 15K mile oil.
 
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 07:46 PM
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agreed. change it. there seem to be a number of threads lately on wondering if they should do an oil change??? have i missed something that said we dont need to change it as often anymore?
 
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 07:56 PM
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Good god man! Change your oil I hope you mean 5,000 miles not 51,000 miles!! I work at an auto center and I had a lady come in that had 35,000 miles on her oil and air filter and tires (non rotated).... hour and a half later I got her running again! =D
 
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 08:04 PM
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oh lol ill change it then. i thought that if you had synthetic oil, it would last alot longer.
 
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 08:22 PM
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i change mine every 3,000 miles and rotate my own tires.....F150...i used to have a saturn when i was young pup...and i never changed my oil until 50 plus thousand miles, and i burned out my engine,,,so lilttle advice change it!!!!
 
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 08:49 PM
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Regular oil is recommended to be changed every 3,000 miles, but with all the hwy driving everyone does, it is suggested to change it out at 5,000 instead.

Synthetic oil can easily last 5,000 miles, most go about 10K miles, and now they have a synthetic that's supposed to last 15K miles. IF the oil it self would last that long, I'd still want to change the filter half way through.

My buddy didn't change his oil in his chebby for 22K miles, and I told him he was an idiot!
 
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 09:08 PM
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man i feel bad for not changing it earlier. ill do it tomorrow
 
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 09:12 PM
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what brand oil do yall use?
 
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 09:16 PM
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well i asked that alil earlier and the guys tell me to run motorcraft synthetic blend... I'm planning on trying that and then working my way up to mobil 1 full synthetic... I've also found out that the fellas like the motorcraft filters too ... I hope this helps!! =D
 
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 09:17 PM
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Either Pennzoil Platinum or Mobil 1 5w20 synthetics. The Pennzoil was buy 1 get one free at one of the national chains last month so I bought up a few years worth.
 
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 09:29 PM
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few years worth holy cow... might as well just buy a 55 gallon drum! buy one get one free of that would be a sweet deal! =P
 
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 09:42 PM
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I personally don't car for pennzoil, and I'm sure someone will want to argue about it, but I believe there are better oils out there.

Motocraft oil and filter would be my vote.
 
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 09:55 PM
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few years worth holy cow... might as well just buy a 55 gallon drum! buy one get one free of that would be a sweet deal! =P
I hit up about four of the shops around here and cleaned them out of the 5w20. I used to go with the Mobil 1, but for half the cost I was more than willing to switch to the Pennzoil. To tell you the truth, there's little difference between the major brands as there is no mystery to hydrocarbon chemistry.
 
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 11:07 PM
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Holy Crap 51,000 miles...
Git R Done..
 
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