synthetic oil or not
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Just got back from my 5K 1st free service. They only use 5W-30 Castrol with recommended change at 5,000 miles. If you change at 5K intervals there is no advantage to putting in synthetic oil. They didn't have any 2011 models yet but expect them next month. They did tell me there are still a few LFA's available but the color selection is limited.
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Quote: "5K intervals there is no advantage to putting in synthetic oil". Simply not true. Many advantages over dino oil, increased mileage for one. Google it and you will see.
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I think a good intention for use of synthetic oil is:
Lease car (that you will not buy at the end of the lease) or purchase if you do not intend to keep past three years - Dino oil per maintenance schedule.
Purchase that you intend to keep for many years / 100,000 miles - synthetic oil every 5,000 miles or 4 months.
Lease car (that you will not buy at the end of the lease) or purchase if you do not intend to keep past three years - Dino oil per maintenance schedule.
Purchase that you intend to keep for many years / 100,000 miles - synthetic oil every 5,000 miles or 4 months.
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If you follow, at a minimum, the recommended intervals, you can't go wrong using either dino or synthetic. It's mainly personal preference unless synthetic is "required" for your vehicle.
#10
I would say reg. oil is fine if you do not drive with the foot on the pedal like me.
I was using mobile one on my car and decided to be cheap and change my oil with 5W-30 Castrol. I can tell you that the car doesn't seem to go as smooth or fast as if it had mobile one. Maybe it is just me...
I was using mobile one on my car and decided to be cheap and change my oil with 5W-30 Castrol. I can tell you that the car doesn't seem to go as smooth or fast as if it had mobile one. Maybe it is just me...
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I would say reg. oil is fine if you do not drive with the foot on the pedal like me.
I was using mobile one on my car and decided to be cheap and change my oil with 5W-30 Castrol. I can tell you that the car doesn't seem to go as smooth or fast as if it had mobile one. Maybe it is just me...
I was using mobile one on my car and decided to be cheap and change my oil with 5W-30 Castrol. I can tell you that the car doesn't seem to go as smooth or fast as if it had mobile one. Maybe it is just me...
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I've been using Mobil1 5W-30 full Syn for years but for some reason after only about 15,000 miles in the ES350 and 20K miles my partner's IS250 I noticed some sludge at the bottom of the oil filter housing. I change my own oil, that's how I noticed. I switched to Pennzoil Platinum for the last three oil changes, I just did my oil change and ordered an analysis kit online so as soon as I'm ready for the next change I'll send it out and let you know what they find. It'll probably take a couple months.
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In late 2006 when I bought my ES350 my dealer in Annapolis Maryland confirmed the oil changes they perform are with regular oil. I was surprised considering the price of the oil change. I did the first one there for free but have performed the rest myself ever since using fully synthetic 5W-30.
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In late 2006 when I bought my ES350 my dealer in Annapolis Maryland confirmed the oil changes they perform are with regular oil. I was surprised considering the price of the oil change. I did the first one there for free but have performed the rest myself ever since using fully synthetic 5W-30.
Lexus of Silver Spring recently quoted $215 for Oil change and tire rotation.I assumed they'd use synthetic oil.How much were you charged at the Annapolis Dealership?