I am considering using a HM oil in my 2001 Dodge Dakota and my wife's 2003 Honda Accord. My truck has 163K, her car has 135K. Current fills are QSGB 10W30 in my truck, Mobil Super 5000 5W20 in her car. Both vehicles will burn about half a quart in 2000 miles. I had to add half a quart to my truck last week, added half a quart to her car today.
I have been reading up on HM oil, I know our oil consumption is perfectly normal, however I am reading up to see if I might want to try HM oil, see if her car and my truck might run any better and use any less oil. Plus I have been searching and reading a lot about ST oil here, it appears to be a good quality oil.
We were at WM today, I read the back of the ST bottles. ST HM says it is "formulated with a unique combination of premium base oils and enhanced additive system to provide increased performance in high mileage engines". I wonder if this means the ST HM is a synthetic blend or is it a regular dino conventional with extra additives like it says..
I will have to use the Mobil Super 5000 HM in my wife's car, unless I can find Peak HM or one of the store brand Warren HM oils in 5W20. I plan to check for PEAK HM 5W20 at Dollar General later this week when they have their BOGO sale. WM does not carry a quart bottle of ST HM in 5W20. I didn't see it in the 5.1 quart jug either. On the ST regular and HM oils, they both said "WSE" on the bottom of the bottle. Both were SN and the conventional was $2.74/quart, HM was $3.77/quart. MS5K was also $3.77/quart, MS5K HM was $4.52. Maxlife was $4.97.
I would rather not use a blend in my truck. I ran the Kendall GT1 Blend a while back, did not like it very much. Truck ran a lot noisier and I got a few less MPG on it. I have run Maxlife in my truck before, I lost MPG with it too. I would like to find a good HM dino for my truck. I can run a good blend in my wife's car without any problem, it does not seem to be particular about oil at all. Both the ST HM and regular ST had the energy conserving seal on the bottle, so it makes me think the HM may be a conventional too, not a semi-syn blend.
Sorry if this has been asked before. I could not find it if it has been asked. Thanks for any info on it.
I have been reading up on HM oil, I know our oil consumption is perfectly normal, however I am reading up to see if I might want to try HM oil, see if her car and my truck might run any better and use any less oil. Plus I have been searching and reading a lot about ST oil here, it appears to be a good quality oil.
We were at WM today, I read the back of the ST bottles. ST HM says it is "formulated with a unique combination of premium base oils and enhanced additive system to provide increased performance in high mileage engines". I wonder if this means the ST HM is a synthetic blend or is it a regular dino conventional with extra additives like it says..
I will have to use the Mobil Super 5000 HM in my wife's car, unless I can find Peak HM or one of the store brand Warren HM oils in 5W20. I plan to check for PEAK HM 5W20 at Dollar General later this week when they have their BOGO sale. WM does not carry a quart bottle of ST HM in 5W20. I didn't see it in the 5.1 quart jug either. On the ST regular and HM oils, they both said "WSE" on the bottom of the bottle. Both were SN and the conventional was $2.74/quart, HM was $3.77/quart. MS5K was also $3.77/quart, MS5K HM was $4.52. Maxlife was $4.97.
I would rather not use a blend in my truck. I ran the Kendall GT1 Blend a while back, did not like it very much. Truck ran a lot noisier and I got a few less MPG on it. I have run Maxlife in my truck before, I lost MPG with it too. I would like to find a good HM dino for my truck. I can run a good blend in my wife's car without any problem, it does not seem to be particular about oil at all. Both the ST HM and regular ST had the energy conserving seal on the bottle, so it makes me think the HM may be a conventional too, not a semi-syn blend.
Sorry if this has been asked before. I could not find it if it has been asked. Thanks for any info on it.
