Mobil 1 extended service oil

Leingod

Is it ok for me to run regular gas instead of premium?

I don't feel like listening to you guys answer my question. I think I'll just subject my own opinion as fact.

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barncobob

I feel like im getting jerked here

eastwest2300

reported!!!!!

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mishuko

he did his around 7500 km on average BUT he did mostly highway driving. not thrash and bash... he also drove 24/7 so it's a bit different since he was constantly moving and getting an oil change every 3 days

SouthArk370Z

Then you're sitting there with undiluted "bad" oil on all the parts all Winter.


Yes, one can get away with longer than 6 months oil changes. Between the materials used in newer engines and the great advances made in lubrication, corrosion is not as big of a deal as it used to be. BUT ... neither materials nor oils are perfect and there will be a significant amount of corrosion if you don't change the oil often.
In your situation, changing your oil at one year intervals probably won't do enough harm to really worry about. But why take a chance? Oil and filter aren't that expensive. As someone said before, it's cheap insurance.

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JARblue

I encourage you to send off samples of your oil after each change to Blackstone Labs. It only costs $25 and they'll even send you free materials to ship the oil. They will give you straight up facts about the quality of your oil and the amount of contaminants.

You said you've done two year OCIs in all your previous cars. I still question what makes you think that a two year interval is ok. It is very likely that your other car manufacturers recommend 6 month minimum OCI just like Nissan. I bet its not 2 years

Also, I read your logic for 1 year oil changes ... Go read the Bob The Oil Guy forums and you'll quickly realize it's far more complicated than your explanation. FWIW, I have seen manufacturer recommended 12,500mile/1year OCIs recommended on some vehicles in recent years, but they were not high performance sports cars.

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mishuko

the 335 recommended a 16000km interval on their manual...not a super high performance but nothing to baff at either. still way too much (10k mile) interval.

JARblue

BMW had actually recommended a 15,000 mile / 24 month interval before reducing it to every 10,000 miles / 12 months. I wonder why they changed it ...

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Ghostvette

IBTL




TBH, I think OP is trolling.....

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Darwins Child

I have to apologize for not being clear in an earlier post. I even re-quoted it without realizing it.
I thought that the last phrase with the word "continue" would make clear that I've always changed in our previous vehicles at a 1-year interval, but I guess I wasn't clear enough. I must admit that the phrase "as I have in all my vehicles of the past" could be understood to apply to the first part of the sentence. It does not.

So now I'll say that I've never changed any of our present or previous vehicles' oil at a two-year interval. In fact, for our year-round Outlander I have changed oil twice in one year when we have put on more than normal kms.

JARblue

I'm glad to hear that you are not doing 2 year oil changes. I change the oil on my Z 3-4 times a year based on mileage alone.

Also, my oil changes cost ~$30, so there's really no reason to try and extend the life of the oil. I just picked up 5 quarts of Mobil 1 at Walmart for $22.88 the weekend before last.

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kenchan

I luvs rusty's cat.

Leingod

Did you guys see the new Captain America: Civil War trailer??? Spidey is back baby!!!

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Darwins Child

Do you change oil at less than 2,000 miles?

Again, I'm not trying to extend the life of the oil I buy. I only want to fully utilize the oil that I do buy, rather than pour unused oil into the eco-station's waste-oil tank.

My last comment on this thread will be after I pick up a Nissan oil filter, hopefully tomorrow, to report what the service manager has to say about the scenario I've already stated. I hope the thread is not locked until after I report what he says, because what he says may interest some owners whose vehicles are in a similar, short-summer-only, low-km situation to ours.