1998 Toyota Camry V6
190,000 miles
Mobil1 0w-30
Oil in use for 6 months.
2,500 mile road trip within 7 days and the rest was city driving.
Gets cold started a minimum of 2 times daily and driven 5 miles to the truck stop and back to take or pick up my dad from work 2x daily (4am drop off and 6pm pick up)
Also Idles in bumper to bumper traffic a lot with the occasional 40 mile highway run to the beach and back.
I used Engine Restore but that was a good 5 or 6 oil changes ago (roughly 2 years) i don't know how some remnants could still be floating around in the oil. so i'm guessing it could be that or the bearings going bad. The engine is quite loud and does some ticking sounds at certain RPM while in Neutral.
Its coming up on its second Timing belt and spark plug change in 10k at which point i'll adjust the valves as well (first time being adjusted)
I'm 1,200 miles into a few fill of Amsoil OE 5w-30. I plan to sample that at 5k.
190,000 miles
Mobil1 0w-30
Oil in use for 6 months.
2,500 mile road trip within 7 days and the rest was city driving.
Gets cold started a minimum of 2 times daily and driven 5 miles to the truck stop and back to take or pick up my dad from work 2x daily (4am drop off and 6pm pick up)
Also Idles in bumper to bumper traffic a lot with the occasional 40 mile highway run to the beach and back.
I used Engine Restore but that was a good 5 or 6 oil changes ago (roughly 2 years) i don't know how some remnants could still be floating around in the oil. so i'm guessing it could be that or the bearings going bad. The engine is quite loud and does some ticking sounds at certain RPM while in Neutral.
Its coming up on its second Timing belt and spark plug change in 10k at which point i'll adjust the valves as well (first time being adjusted)
I'm 1,200 miles into a few fill of Amsoil OE 5w-30. I plan to sample that at 5k.
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