Synthetic blends oil change interval

[blupupher]

Originally Posted By: CT8
Originally Posted By: dave1251
Originally Posted By: blupupher
Only the 10w30 is not Dexos approved. I wonder if the blend percentage between the 5w and 10w is a lot different?



I failed to find a dexos1 10W30. http://www.centerforqa.com/dexos-brand1/
I would imagine 10w30 isnot a recommended viscosity so why would a company play for the licensin.

That makes sense. I did not realize GM did not have 10w30 as a spec anymore.

Still, I wonder if the syn percent is different between the Magnatec 5w30 and 10w30.

Not that it would change anything for me, I still plan on using the Mgnatec 10w30 I have in my mom's Saturn Vue (GM6094M requirement, not Dexos).

 

[Ohle_Manezzini]

Dexos 1 goes 0w20, 0w30 and 5w20, 5w30, and not above those viscosities, because they're all fuel economy, too.

 

[Wolf359]

Originally Posted By: NO2
There is almost no price difference between conventional, synblend and full synthetic oils. Mobil 1 sells for $15/5Q after rebates, the EP version for $18/5Q. I really don't understand why anyone would bother when at the very most you might save $2 or $3 per oil change, and spend more per mile when you consider the longer life of synthetics. My question is why would spend more for an inferior product?


That's now, a few years ago I had some left over conventional, I think it was $10 for a 5 quart jug with filter at Pepboys before Mobil started doing their rebate or rather their rebate wasn't honored at Walmart at the time. And if the car is a leaker, it doesn't really matter if you put synthetic or conventional in, it's going to leak out so you put the slightly cheaper conventional in. i started out with a blend and then just topped up with conventional.

 

[SR5]

There is a lot of love here for semi-synthetic Magnatec, MaxLife and Pennzoil Gold.

Any DuraBlend users out there ? I have some in my stash and a oil change is coming up soon.

 

[ChrisD46]

+1 on the Motorcraft being a 50/50 blend ; Pennzoil and Quakerstate blends also state 50/50 blend.
Originally Posted By: Wolf359
Yeah, it's really hard to say. I used to go 7-8k on a synthetic blend on a Ford. I think it was hard to nail down but there were claims that Motorcraft oil was a 50/50 synthetic blend although most manufacturers don't say what the percentage split is. I used to just make my own by throwing in a couple quarts of synthetic with conventional. Did over 200k on the car before the transmission died.

 

[Triple_Se7en]

Make your own blend. Whatever suits your personal taste (33% or 50%) blend. I did it for 11-12 years and mostly used 50% blends. You can even be a tribologist that mixes manufacturer names.....ie.... Pennzoil and Castrol. Did that plenty also. Never an issue and never had to reduce OCIs doing it.

 

[wtd]

I run the Motorcraft 5W-20 blend in my 2014 Mustang GT for over 5,000 miles with no problems. I run it out for a full year which the last time was about 6,000 miles. The year before that was 7,200 miles. The oil still looks very clean at the oil change.

Wayne

 

[mjoekingz28]

Originally Posted By: SR5
There is a lot of love here for semi-synthetic Magnatec, MaxLife and Pennzoil Gold.

Any DuraBlend users out there ? I have some in my stash and a oil change is coming up soon.


Raises hand!

Oils and greases.


Top notch stuff

 

[WiskyBadger]

Originally Posted By: mjoekingz28
Originally Posted By: SR5
There is a lot of love here for semi-synthetic Magnatec, MaxLife and Pennzoil Gold.

Any DuraBlend users out there ? I have some in my stash and a oil change is coming up soon.


Raises hand!

Oils and greases.


Top notch stuff
It's hard to find around here. The last time I saw it, it was like $6.99 a qt. Yea good luck with that.

 

[KCJeep]

Menards and Orscheln's both stock Durablend at reasonable and occasionally sale prices. Since Maxlife is virtually the same thing and much easier to find I have always run Maxlife of the two.

 

[SR5]

Originally Posted By: KCJeep
Durablend ........Since Maxlife is virtually the same thing and much easier to find I have always run Maxlife of the two.


Hi KCJeep,

Yeah I agree semi-syn MaxLife and semi-syn DuraBlend are very similar products. Here it's the other way around, lots of DuraBlend of various weights & grades. But only one MaxLife flavour here, it's 20W-50 only. It's one of our better 20W-50's, as it's semi-synthetic and Euro A3/B4 rated.

 

[SR5]

Originally Posted By: mjoekingz28
Originally Posted By: SR5
Any DuraBlend users out there ?


Raises hand!

Oils and greases.


Top notch stuff


You Sir, are a man of style and class.

 

[WiskyBadger]

Originally Posted By: KCJeep
Menards and Orscheln's both stock Durablend at reasonable and occasionally sale prices. Since Maxlife is virtually the same thing and much easier to find I have always run Maxlife of the two.
Ahh checked Menards site. It appears they do have it. Been a while since I've been there.