So I got a new job, averaging about 2000 miles a month on a '99 dodge stratus 2.4. It has 161,000 miles on it, I figured I better start educating myself on oil care, I've never really paid attention much to oil or oil filters in the past. I didn't think I'd find a forum for motor oil enthusiasts, though I shouldn't be too surprised. I saw a forum that specialized only in levi's denim
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Anyway, the type of driving the car is subjected to is lots of stop and go city driving, with some highway and freeway driving as well. Not to mention turning the car on and off several times throughout the day, a lot times within minutes of each other. And of course fast accelerations. The car takes 10w30 oil, I think the car manual got lost a while ago so I don't know what other range of viscosities are acceptable for it.
With all this new more severe driving, it seems to be burning more oil. Not surprising, I've heard that old cars burn off about a quart every 1000 miles, which sounds about right. I don't know for how long, but my brother had been putting Valvoline maxlife synthetic blend for a while now, with a Fram Tough Guard filter and around 3000 mile oil changes. So far I add a little bit of oil to it every week. We had a quart of some old Western Family 10w30 conventional oil so I've been using that. I don't think mixing a synthetic blend and a conventional should cause any problems. Anyone have any suggestions for oil that might burn less? I wanna try full synthetic next oil change, for the high amount of miles I'm putting in. Unfortunately every oil company says their oil is the best, and every oil works differently for everybody. The motor oil bible website has this calculator for oil that gives each oil an overall rank, Amsoil seems to rank at the top but they don't sell that stuff at your usual Autozone I believe.
I was thinking using Castrol Edge for my next oil, or maybe Valvoline Maxlife full synthetic because of it's age. I was also thinking of a Mobil1 or Purolator oil filter, based on forum posts on this website. They have this mobil 1 filter for the car at autozone: http://www.autozone.com/autozone/parts/M...er=106092_0_0_.
As far as I know there's no oil leaks, at least none that I've noticed. So I'm assuming it's just burning oil since it's old, so using a full synthetic shouldn't be too much of a problem right? Thanks for input guys.
Anyway, the type of driving the car is subjected to is lots of stop and go city driving, with some highway and freeway driving as well. Not to mention turning the car on and off several times throughout the day, a lot times within minutes of each other. And of course fast accelerations. The car takes 10w30 oil, I think the car manual got lost a while ago so I don't know what other range of viscosities are acceptable for it.
With all this new more severe driving, it seems to be burning more oil. Not surprising, I've heard that old cars burn off about a quart every 1000 miles, which sounds about right. I don't know for how long, but my brother had been putting Valvoline maxlife synthetic blend for a while now, with a Fram Tough Guard filter and around 3000 mile oil changes. So far I add a little bit of oil to it every week. We had a quart of some old Western Family 10w30 conventional oil so I've been using that. I don't think mixing a synthetic blend and a conventional should cause any problems. Anyone have any suggestions for oil that might burn less? I wanna try full synthetic next oil change, for the high amount of miles I'm putting in. Unfortunately every oil company says their oil is the best, and every oil works differently for everybody. The motor oil bible website has this calculator for oil that gives each oil an overall rank, Amsoil seems to rank at the top but they don't sell that stuff at your usual Autozone I believe.
I was thinking using Castrol Edge for my next oil, or maybe Valvoline Maxlife full synthetic because of it's age. I was also thinking of a Mobil1 or Purolator oil filter, based on forum posts on this website. They have this mobil 1 filter for the car at autozone: http://www.autozone.com/autozone/parts/M...er=106092_0_0_.
As far as I know there's no oil leaks, at least none that I've noticed. So I'm assuming it's just burning oil since it's old, so using a full synthetic shouldn't be too much of a problem right? Thanks for input guys.