I just recently bought a 98 Saturn with a 1.9 dohc, it uses about a qt every 1000 miles what would be the best oil to reduce consumption? high mileage oil or diesel oil?
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I use pennzoil hm and nextgen hm. In the summer i use 10w 30 or 10w 40. Its going to use oil no matter what, so its whats on sale. some use 5w 40 rotella t-6. I stock up on sales, i have a lot of nextgen hm in 5w 30 and 10 w 30 that i got for $1 a quart for my sons saturn.My low mileage saturn is not using oil so it gets pennzoil ultra.
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which one is likely to reduce consumption?
Originally Posted By: jfug97
which one is likely to reduce consumption?
In a Saturn?
Neither or both.
which one is likely to reduce consumption?
In a Saturn?
Neither or both.
Try Pennzoil High Mileage, It helped me on my 98 Toyota with almost the same amount of oil consumption you are dealing with. I now add 3/4 of a quart at the 3,000 mile mark. I run 4,000 mile oil change intervals. It took about 8,000 miles/ 2 oil changes for me to notice the results. I'm sure other high mileage oils will probably do the same as well.
I guess I will go with high mileage oil< jut need to decide which one?
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I guess I will go with high mileage oil< jut need to decide which one?
The only thing that will matter is price, buy the least expensive. If you find a sale stock up.
I guess I will go with high mileage oil< jut need to decide which one?
The only thing that will matter is price, buy the least expensive. If you find a sale stock up.
Pennzoil LL 15w40
It won't burn (noticeably) less, but it will run better on what it burns.
I've had oil burning saturns, and the thin stuff mixes with fuel when you take off from a stop and triggers knock retard. Diesel 15w40 doesn't do this as badly.
It won't burn (noticeably) less, but it will run better on what it burns.
I've had oil burning saturns, and the thin stuff mixes with fuel when you take off from a stop and triggers knock retard. Diesel 15w40 doesn't do this as badly.
I've been running 10w30 Valvoline Maxlife in mine the past couple changes. It seems to help. The Saturn 1.9 is known to use some oil. Its mostly due to the low tension oil rings they used. 1 qt in 1000 miles is not to bad. If you keep the oil topped off and changed at the proper interval, those engines will run forever. There was a guy on one of the Saturn forums with over 400k on the original engine. He just used regualar dino, changed every 3k.
Rumor had it one of the guys on the forum worked on a Saturn with over 600k, belonged to a mail man.
Rumor had it one of the guys on the forum worked on a Saturn with over 600k, belonged to a mail man.
I know it will use oil, just wanted to try to reduce it a little, seems like most suggest high mileage oil, but I have heard diesel oil works well in these engines.
I had the SOHC in my 2002 SC1 and it didnt burn any oil. It also had 50k miles. I used QSGB and it ran very smooth. Didnt burn. I wouldnt hesitate to use a 15w40 or a 10w30 hm in that engine though. Too bad to hear about all the oil consumption saturns have. I didnt know before I found bitog.
I got a oem pcv valve and was told that would help.
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Change the pcv valve.
+1 .... and use the $15.47 Mobil Super High Mileage (5-quart jug)or Walmart's SuperTech High Mileage for $14.63 (5-quart jug) in 10W-40.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Mobil-1-Super-High-Mileage-10W-40-5qt/17034364
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Pennzoil-SuperTech-High-Mileage-10W40-Motor-Oil-5-Quart/16474424
Change the pcv valve.
+1 .... and use the $15.47 Mobil Super High Mileage (5-quart jug)or Walmart's SuperTech High Mileage for $14.63 (5-quart jug) in 10W-40.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Mobil-1-Super-High-Mileage-10W-40-5qt/17034364
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Pennzoil-SuperTech-High-Mileage-10W40-Motor-Oil-5-Quart/16474424
I had considered mobil super HM, but didn't know much about it
Originally Posted By: jfug97
I just recently bought a 98 Saturn with a 1.9 dohc, it uses about a qt every 1000 miles what would be the best oil to reduce consumption? high mileage oil or diesel oil?
Its a Saturn, the boneyard is calling. Let it go.
I just recently bought a 98 Saturn with a 1.9 dohc, it uses about a qt every 1000 miles what would be the best oil to reduce consumption? high mileage oil or diesel oil?
Its a Saturn, the boneyard is calling. Let it go.
its a long way from the boneyard
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