re: Oil change with synthetic

You show me how you would manage that and I'll give you a dollar.

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My wife's Jetta states ever 10k miles in the manual.

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Yeah, many of the European brands have 10-20k intervals. Basically change it once a year.

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Full synthetic costs the same as standard oil in the long run. If you have to change conventional oil every 3,000 miles, that's 3 oil changes at $30-$40 a pop vs. 1 oil change at $100.

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The Ford dealership where I bought my truck for some reason has some coupon on their site that for a $50 synthetic oil change that I use literally every single time. Probably have used it 12-13 times at this point.

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if its full synthetic and the right weight, its probably dexos approved

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Incorrect. There is not that many dexos approved.

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You should me how you would manage that and I'll give you a dollar.

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OK

AMSOIL's Signature Series 5W-30 (I picked this at random) is about $8.00 per quart AFTER you pay a $20 "fee" to get wholesale pricing. Filters (that last 7,500 miles) are about $4 each.

Let's say you drive 20,000 miles a year (again I picked this at random so pick another number that best suits your driving). AMSOIL's Signature Series is warrantied for 25K miles/1 year so you'll need 6 quarts X $8 and 3 filters X $4 = $60 for the year! PLUS you only have to change your oil once and dispose of the old oil once and your time is worth money too.

I don't think there is another oil better than AMSOIL & no I'm not a dealer (never have been).

You need to do a cost analysis based on your driving to figure out how much you'll save in actual $$ and time.

You can keep the dollar

I think he meant how do you get the filter off without the oil coming out.

I know I've never taken the filter off a motor that still had oil in it.

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think he meant how do you get the filter off without the oil coming out.

I know I've never taken the filter off a motor that still had oil in it.

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probably has the amsoil filter system

I skimmed through this a while back, and have gone to Quaker State Ultimate durability LINK

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Actually there isn't 1000's that are dexos approved

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I said hundreds, fwiw

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Royal purple has several full synthetic oils but only 1 is dexos approved

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The normal RP is dexos approved in the correct weights.

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Pennzoil, Castrol, and Mobil 1 are the same.

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Penzoil 2 out of 3
Castrol 3 out of 3
Mobil 1 Most of their main varieties are

Again all in the correct weights.

63 listed at O'Reilly alone

BTW, I had never heard of this until today, and have owned a GM truck since 07.

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