My wifes vehicle. My first GM product in my 25 years of owning vehicles.
1. What kind of vehicle you have? 2011 Buick Enclave 3.6L DI 70k Miles
2. What your owner's manual says and change intervals as well? 5W30 Dexos1 OCI every 5K. Currently using Kendall Full Synthetic 5W30 AC Delco PF63 non-Ecore (have about 4 of these left).
3. Where you live? Northeast Ga. Fairly predictable weather: 3 months of High 80's to mid 90's, 3 months of 40's to 70's Spring and Fall, and 3 months of 30's to 50's. Snow a couple times of year for less than a week. Occasional single digits and teens, probably several weeks per Winter.
4. How you drive (easy? hard? fast? slow?) She drives hard. Quick off the block and quick to stop.
5. What your daily drive is like (short trips? long trips? city? highway?) 50% country 2 lane 55-70mph. 25% 30-50mph small town stop and go. 25% highway 75-80mph. Interstate 1-2 times per month for an hour or so at 75-80mph. Long vacation driving trip a couple times per year interstate 75-100mph for 5-6 hours.
6. Whether your car has any known problems? No know issues. Uses about 1/2 to 1 qt oil between changes. But no detectable leaks.
Vehicle will be kept for several more years unless issues come up. Honestly it's been a good vehicle so far besides the annoying half dozen recalls it's had. From reading a lot of horror stories about this engine I've always been concerned about it. I've read many UOA's of the Penn Ultra working well in this engine but since the reformulation I'm not sure anymore. I'm not set on the Kendall, just figured I'd give it a try. It did develop a loud tick at startup after my wife took it to a local independent guy for the last oil change. He used a Might Guard II filter and who knows what oil. I changed the oil and filter @ 1684 miles and no more tick.
1. What kind of vehicle you have? 2011 Buick Enclave 3.6L DI 70k Miles
2. What your owner's manual says and change intervals as well? 5W30 Dexos1 OCI every 5K. Currently using Kendall Full Synthetic 5W30 AC Delco PF63 non-Ecore (have about 4 of these left).
3. Where you live? Northeast Ga. Fairly predictable weather: 3 months of High 80's to mid 90's, 3 months of 40's to 70's Spring and Fall, and 3 months of 30's to 50's. Snow a couple times of year for less than a week. Occasional single digits and teens, probably several weeks per Winter.
4. How you drive (easy? hard? fast? slow?) She drives hard. Quick off the block and quick to stop.
5. What your daily drive is like (short trips? long trips? city? highway?) 50% country 2 lane 55-70mph. 25% 30-50mph small town stop and go. 25% highway 75-80mph. Interstate 1-2 times per month for an hour or so at 75-80mph. Long vacation driving trip a couple times per year interstate 75-100mph for 5-6 hours.
6. Whether your car has any known problems? No know issues. Uses about 1/2 to 1 qt oil between changes. But no detectable leaks.
Vehicle will be kept for several more years unless issues come up. Honestly it's been a good vehicle so far besides the annoying half dozen recalls it's had. From reading a lot of horror stories about this engine I've always been concerned about it. I've read many UOA's of the Penn Ultra working well in this engine but since the reformulation I'm not sure anymore. I'm not set on the Kendall, just figured I'd give it a try. It did develop a loud tick at startup after my wife took it to a local independent guy for the last oil change. He used a Might Guard II filter and who knows what oil. I changed the oil and filter @ 1684 miles and no more tick.