I get that this has probably been discussed before, but I'm not going to search through the archives.
I've currently got vehicles where a typical oil change is obviously going to be less than the oil I have on hand.
For my wife's Civic, the owner's manual change amounts are 3.4 quarts with filter and 3.2 without. I find the price of 5 quart jugs much cheaper so that's what I typically get, although once I found a special on quart bottles and used those. But my most recent change it was 5 quarts, I put in about 3.5, and the rest is still in the jug. It also barely uses oil, so I'm not even sure I'll need any for top offs. I'm thinking of getting just 2 quarts the next time which should be enough for a change without a filter with what I have left in the jug.
I'll typically just keep unused oil around for top offs and if there's any left for my next change that's the first to go in. Not really for like 10 years, but used within a year or less for my next oil change.
Any opinions?
I've currently got vehicles where a typical oil change is obviously going to be less than the oil I have on hand.
For my wife's Civic, the owner's manual change amounts are 3.4 quarts with filter and 3.2 without. I find the price of 5 quart jugs much cheaper so that's what I typically get, although once I found a special on quart bottles and used those. But my most recent change it was 5 quarts, I put in about 3.5, and the rest is still in the jug. It also barely uses oil, so I'm not even sure I'll need any for top offs. I'm thinking of getting just 2 quarts the next time which should be enough for a change without a filter with what I have left in the jug.
I'll typically just keep unused oil around for top offs and if there's any left for my next change that's the first to go in. Not really for like 10 years, but used within a year or less for my next oil change.
Any opinions?