Hi All,
Most synthetic oils wants to change once a year, even though the miles are not that much. Any reason? Is it because of the condensation issue? For eg: Amosil XL wants to change it at 6 months/10k miles.
In my case i use Amsoil XM 0W20 in Honda Odyssey at at 4700 miles, it shows 15% life in OLM. This oil is rated for 6 months / 10k miles. Can i just change the filter and go on for another 5k? Its about 5.5 months on this oil. Oil does not look dark at all. I guess OLM is tuned for dyno 5W20 oil (2010 Odyssey).
Also in my 2000 bmw Z3 2.5, i used the 5W40 Amsoil (the most expensive one). It is almost a year and i drove only 5K miles on it. The OLM on car shows lots of life left, but oil is one year old and Amsoil says life is one year for this oil. Oil still looks ok. Not dark or black.
I searched for this and could not find any clear explanation.
Thanks
Most synthetic oils wants to change once a year, even though the miles are not that much. Any reason? Is it because of the condensation issue? For eg: Amosil XL wants to change it at 6 months/10k miles.
In my case i use Amsoil XM 0W20 in Honda Odyssey at at 4700 miles, it shows 15% life in OLM. This oil is rated for 6 months / 10k miles. Can i just change the filter and go on for another 5k? Its about 5.5 months on this oil. Oil does not look dark at all. I guess OLM is tuned for dyno 5W20 oil (2010 Odyssey).
Also in my 2000 bmw Z3 2.5, i used the 5W40 Amsoil (the most expensive one). It is almost a year and i drove only 5K miles on it. The OLM on car shows lots of life left, but oil is one year old and Amsoil says life is one year for this oil. Oil still looks ok. Not dark or black.
I searched for this and could not find any clear explanation.
Thanks