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Originally Posted By: virginoil When u store a car engine oil is not the only consideration. There other fluids coolant, brake, transmission, air con, battery, to be maintained as well. I am a car maintenance fiend. Especially with this car, which I want to last many more years, as I am...

Originally Posted By: bigt61 2 years, 3000 miles on dino should be no problem. 4 years, 6000 miles on synthetic should also be doable. Keep it topped off. My car doesn't use ANY oil. After 3K or 4K miles, I can't see any consumption on the dip stick. So far. I check the oil regularly, anyways.

I'm retired, and am driving much less than when I was working. I have a 2005 Pontiac Vibe (Toyota Matrix, 1ZZ-FE engine) that has 44K miles on it. In the last year, I've only put 1600 miles on my car. Normally, I would change the oil every year, late in the fall. I used to drive 3k to 4k per...

Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8 ^^^Thanks, this is a very old thread but your update is becoming better known and is needed to counter all the baseless hooey about the evil Dexcool. I wonder why it is that whenever I read about somebody finding really bad sludge in their cooling system, it's...

Originally Posted By: steve20 does that mean you had about 80 bucks/month for food before? seriously Steve Before, I didn't have to worry about how much I spent on food. But, I probably only spent about $60 to $75 a month. I don't eat very much. I'm not very big, and I intend to stay that...

Originally Posted By: CourierDriver when buying oil and filters, ask urself this question: How much is a new engine compared to the cost of ur oil and filter? IMHO its a thought, if u can afford a 10 dollar filter vs a 3 dollar filter, go for the best u can afford. Im just saying. Let's put...

Originally Posted By: CourierDriver when buying oil and filters, ask urself this question: How much is a new engine compared to the cost of ur oil and filter? IMHO its a thought, if u can afford a 10 dollar filter vs a 3 dollar filter, go for the best u can afford. Im just saying. I put...

Originally Posted By: mrsilv04 I don't think that SuperTech filters have ever been mentioned in this forum before. Therefore, the search function would be useless... Please try to FIND the information that's ALREADY OUT THERE before posting. I did try the search function.I either got no hits...

Originally Posted By: gathermewool If I was trying to save money, I'd be all over the AAP monthly oil change deal. $33 for an oil change that'll last you up to a year, depending on the car. The nearest Advanced Auto Parts store to me is a 30 mile round trip. I would have to buy a lot of stuff...

Originally Posted By: sayjac Basically agree with above post and smaller ST filters. That said, having cut open and posted pics of an ST7317, it's no media area leader. And, for the ST's ~2.86 one can now get a better imo, more efficient Classic L14610 with 1.50 rebate, for less money. But, if...

Originally Posted By: oilboy123 Motorcraft are decent. Pure 1 I like as well. I use the Super Tech filters for Auto-RX runs. They are OK. Where do you buy the filters you listed?

Originally Posted By: chubbs1 They are OK some have the plastic ecore design. If you are running 3-5k intervals you should be OK. Are you near an AAP? I would much rather use a purolator Classic. I used to get my oil at WM, but I have found they just can't beat the monthly specials at AAP...

I saw these as WalMart, right next to the Fram filter...except they cost even less. There is a cutout picture on the side of the box, and it shows a metal cap for the filter media, not cardboard; so that gives it one better feature than the Fram filters. They are black; which I don't care for...

Originally Posted By: Trav I take care of a few older Toyota's one is 86 Corolla GTI 16v It has the same spec 10w-40 summer 5w-30 winter spec as yours. I found using 5w-30 in summer it used a little oil, if that's not an issue then there is no problem running it. I think that your car has the...

Originally Posted By: tinmanSC Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR Go ahead use 5W30 in summer as long as you race your car. One assumes this is supposed to be "as long as you don't race your car." And I can't imagine that 5w-30 would hurt anything in that car. LOL. That's what I assumed. When...

I have a 1988 Toyota Celica that I bought brand new. I'm getting older, and only put about 1000 miles a year on it these days. The owner's manual calls for 10W-40 above 32F, and 5W-30 below 32F. Since I only drive it in the summer, I've been using 10W-40 castrol dino oil. I'm wondering if it...

Originally Posted By: chad8 All oils made now are good unless you have some high tech motor like a tdi. Some days i can't see why this site even exists. Not one person on here keeps their cars long enough for oci's and lab tests to be relevant. Its more about ocd's and the American tradition...

Hmm... Spring... or late fall oil change. Hard to decide... good points for both. Now I don't know which to do....

Since I quit driving to work last fall, I'm putting very few miles on my 2005 Pontiac Vibe. (Toyota 1.8L 1zz-fe engine, same as 2005 Corolla and Matrix). I used to drive about 5000 miles/year, and I changed the oil 2x year, spring and very late fall, using Castol dino oil, 5W-30, year round...

Originally Posted By: 5sfe91 Is your Celica an Alltrac?? No, it's just a Celica ST. That's what I could afford to buy, and pay cash for, in 1988. But it has AC that works far better than the R134a systems, an electric sunroof, upgraded stereo, and a 5 speed manual transmission. Not a very...