Webfors - I'm using $19 for 5 quarts Pennzoil Platinum 5w30 in my 08 Subaru Legacy GT for 3750 mile OCIs due to warranty concerns. It is ridiculous, but there it is. Pennzoil is probably the best synthetic at it's price point for shorter OCIs while still running a synthetic.
OP - I'm someone who just ran ~15,000 miles on AMSOIL SSO 0w30. I literally have the sample sitting in my car awaiting shipment to blackstone. So I say this as someone who was "walked the walk"...
Do you do lots of highway driving? Are most of your regular driving events for 20-30 minutes or more? Do you actually drive this truck for 20,000-30,000 miles a year (or will you?)?
Will you be doing lots of idling? Towing? Anything out of the norm?
Will you be operating in a dusty environment or doing alot of city driving (especially in a city like LA, with it's more polluted air)?
If you are doing primarily highway driving for 30+ minutes most days of the week and you don't want the hassle of changing your oil more frequently than necessary, then AMSOIL is probably your best bet. If you are cost conscious and fit any of the criteria I listed above in my questions, you will most likely want to go with a lower cost oil that you change more frequently to help remove contaminants/fuel/etc.
I personally chose AMSOIL because it allows me to only 2 oil changes a year (running ~15,000 miles per change) which is great since my oil changes are a real PITA due to the filter location. On top of that's it's a quality oil which keeps my engine wear down and helped reduce my car's consumption. But...each oil change honestly costs me about $90.....5 quarts of SSO, plus 3 quarts of top-off oil, plus a filter.
That's alot of money put into oil for 15,000 miles.
Joe
OP - I'm someone who just ran ~15,000 miles on AMSOIL SSO 0w30. I literally have the sample sitting in my car awaiting shipment to blackstone. So I say this as someone who was "walked the walk"...
Do you do lots of highway driving? Are most of your regular driving events for 20-30 minutes or more? Do you actually drive this truck for 20,000-30,000 miles a year (or will you?)?
Will you be doing lots of idling? Towing? Anything out of the norm?
Will you be operating in a dusty environment or doing alot of city driving (especially in a city like LA, with it's more polluted air)?
If you are doing primarily highway driving for 30+ minutes most days of the week and you don't want the hassle of changing your oil more frequently than necessary, then AMSOIL is probably your best bet. If you are cost conscious and fit any of the criteria I listed above in my questions, you will most likely want to go with a lower cost oil that you change more frequently to help remove contaminants/fuel/etc.
I personally chose AMSOIL because it allows me to only 2 oil changes a year (running ~15,000 miles per change) which is great since my oil changes are a real PITA due to the filter location. On top of that's it's a quality oil which keeps my engine wear down and helped reduce my car's consumption. But...each oil change honestly costs me about $90.....5 quarts of SSO, plus 3 quarts of top-off oil, plus a filter.
That's alot of money put into oil for 15,000 miles.
Joe
