I just changed my oil TODAY to an MC cousin, the Conoco Phillips Super All Season Synthetic Blend (see below) and this was my first oil change where I did it all by myself from A to Z..yes even loosening the existing oil filter (that's usually tighened by a shop). I tell you, it feels good to change your oil from A to Z for essentially the first time. The last time, I needed help loosening the oil filter and the guy who helped me tightened it quite rigorously but only with one hand reaching thru the wheel wheel and interestingly enough, it conversely came off very easy and in-fact might have been on the verge of becoming a bit loose even as it was like knife to hot butter. I tightened the one that replaced it with both hands!
This is my second consecutive change using this same oil, Conoco Phillips Super All Season Synthetic Blend 5w-20 and I tell ya, to answer you question..you're not missing a thing...The oil I drained felt just short of a whopping 5500 miles and even though the color was expected to be white when I drained the oil and it was, the oil still had some stick to it and it wasn't totally 'nondescript' to the touch or absent of any "fell to it" when you feel it between you thumb and index finger as you drain it. I realize I have no UOA but based on oil that has come out of my old Integra which demonstrated to me what oil abuse could be (it had massive head gasket and overheating issues so the oil really took a beating)
I think this oil is superb, both MC and the oil I use below- Conoco Phillips Super All Season Synthetic Blend, as they are close cousins if not siblings. This is my second OCI and based on what I saw drain out, the oil was dirty but it still had some "stick to it" and was NOT totally devoid of all total additives if you will.
Woo, feels good to do my first oil change from A to Z! Anyone have a similar story of first self-serve DIY oil change or can remember vivid tales of your own first oil change?!
This is my second consecutive change using this same oil, Conoco Phillips Super All Season Synthetic Blend 5w-20 and I tell ya, to answer you question..you're not missing a thing...The oil I drained felt just short of a whopping 5500 miles and even though the color was expected to be white when I drained the oil and it was, the oil still had some stick to it and it wasn't totally 'nondescript' to the touch or absent of any "fell to it" when you feel it between you thumb and index finger as you drain it. I realize I have no UOA but based on oil that has come out of my old Integra which demonstrated to me what oil abuse could be (it had massive head gasket and overheating issues so the oil really took a beating)
I think this oil is superb, both MC and the oil I use below- Conoco Phillips Super All Season Synthetic Blend, as they are close cousins if not siblings. This is my second OCI and based on what I saw drain out, the oil was dirty but it still had some "stick to it" and was NOT totally devoid of all total additives if you will.
Woo, feels good to do my first oil change from A to Z! Anyone have a similar story of first self-serve DIY oil change or can remember vivid tales of your own first oil change?!
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