When to change oils??

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Re: When to change oils?? #816074 12/12/03 11:09 PM
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 21,653 Albany, Georgia K Kremithefrog I have no life
Kremithefrog I have no life K Joined: May 2002 Posts: 21,653 Albany, Georgia	Originally posted by 97Duratectour: I have about 81,000 miles on my car and I'm running Valvoline Durablend 5W 30 (a syntheticly blended oil). I have heard that after about 75,000 miles it's a good idea to switch to an oil like Valvolines Max Life to help restore and protect the engine. Do you think there is any advantage to one of these "higher milage oils" or no? If you're engine is in bad conditon, I'm sure the max life could help. Personally I used mobil1 at close to 100k miles. I did the change to mobil1 at ~83k miles, so my engine wasn't even using the good stuff it's whole life,,, in fact is was probably using 10w-30 and the car is spec'd for 5w-30... But I don't have problems now and I like the mobil1. 98.5 SVT 91 Escort GT (almost sold) 96 ATX Zetec (i brake to watch you swerve) FS: SVT rear sway bar WTB: Very cheap beater CEG Dragon Run - October 13-15

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