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From: Rockville, MD (right outside DC)
At first when i read what you were getting for MPG, i thought, HOLY CRAP, and then it hit me, you have a 2500 and not a 1500 truck. The 2500 trucks dont have MDS, and MPG is not that great with the 2500. BUT the oil consumption with a 2500 should be NO different than a 1500, it shouldnt be using that much oil. I`ve never seen a complaint with a 2500 on here thats using as much oil as yours is. I hope when you switch to valvoline that it helps your oil situation. If it dosent after a couple oil changes, then you definatly got somethin goin on there brother. Are you using the factory oil filters...??? If not, you should be. Just my opinion on that anyway.
as for the person who just mentioned fram, dont ever use fram. I wish I could explain it, but one of the first lessons I learned in my autotech classes years back, the one teacher saw-zaw'd a fram filter in half and another filter, and explained to us why to never use fram.
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From: Ontario, Canada
You can mix any of the oils if you want. Synthetic with synthetic and even synthetic with conventional, they are all compatible. The synthetics are based on PAO and the different companies formulate their own formulas. In many cases, the oils are the same and "re-branded". I know there are many strong opinions based and this subject and expect lots of rebuttals, but I have yet to see any proof that you can't blend them.
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running a k&n. you suggest a mopar filter?
as for the person who just mentioned fram, dont ever use fram. I wish I could explain it, but one of the first lessons I learned in my autotech classes years back, the one teacher saw-zaw'd a fram filter in half and another filter, and explained to us why to never use fram.
as for the person who just mentioned fram, dont ever use fram. I wish I could explain it, but one of the first lessons I learned in my autotech classes years back, the one teacher saw-zaw'd a fram filter in half and another filter, and explained to us why to never use fram.
No sense in giving the factory an edge in trying to void your warranty.
You can actually buy the MOPAR brand oil filters right at wal-mart for about $4 to $5 bucks a pop.
If i remember right, the part number for the MOPAR filter is MO-899
But you may want to check that part# out before you buy one just to be safe.
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You can mix any of the oils if you want. Synthetic with synthetic and even synthetic with conventional, they are all compatible. The synthetics are based on PAO and the different companies formulate their own formulas. In many cases, the oils are the same and "re-branded". I know there are many strong opinions based and this subject and expect lots of rebuttals, but I have yet to see any proof that you can't blend them.
And no, i dont have any proof that it dosent hurt anything, BUT, i dont see anyone saying it does it any good, either.
Thats what they said when they started blending ethanol into gasoline too...
the end result is that they found out it does damage to engines.
Yeah i know, i`m comparing apples to oranges, but you get what i`m saying.
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LU, here I thought you had said amsoil, so I did a quick google, and found this chart quite interesting
http://www.worldsbestoil.ca/mobil-vs-amsoil.php
http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl...1t:429,r:0,s:0
http://www.worldsbestoil.ca/mobil-vs-amsoil.php
http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl...1t:429,r:0,s:0
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LU, here I thought you had said amsoil, so I did a quick google, and found this chart quite interesting
http://www.worldsbestoil.ca/mobil-vs-amsoil.php
http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl...1t:429,r:0,s:0
http://www.worldsbestoil.ca/mobil-vs-amsoil.php
http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl...1t:429,r:0,s:0
And the funny thing about all amsoil`s test results, its THEIR oil, THEIR tests, of course it beats everybody else`s oils...lol.
I find it also funny that amsoil never shows how much ash & zinc they put in their oils when comparing
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From: Red Clay - Georgia
Interesting thread; I was just buying oil at Wal Mart, and they didn't have Valvoline synthetic, my first choice, so I just bought Mobile 1. I think I will take it back and try to find Valvoline somewhere else. It seems it is getting harder to find Valvoline full synthetic than it used to be.
I have a '93 Dakota 3.9 V6, odometer broke at 120k miles, I used Valvoline synthetic blend when I got it at 43,000 miles (previous owner used Valvoline dino, I think) - that thing STILL does not use any oil at all between changes! I do have to guess on the mileage between changes since the odometer broke, but I am going about 3,500 - 4,500 miles between changes. I love that old Dakota!
I have a '93 Dakota 3.9 V6, odometer broke at 120k miles, I used Valvoline synthetic blend when I got it at 43,000 miles (previous owner used Valvoline dino, I think) - that thing STILL does not use any oil at all between changes! I do have to guess on the mileage between changes since the odometer broke, but I am going about 3,500 - 4,500 miles between changes. I love that old Dakota!
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Interesting thread; I was just buying oil at Wal Mart, and they didn't have Valvoline synthetic, my first choice, so I just bought Mobile 1. I think I will take it back and try to find Valvoline somewhere else. It seems it is getting harder to find Valvoline full synthetic than it used to be.
I have a '93 Dakota 3.9 V6, odometer broke at 120k miles, I used Valvoline synthetic blend when I got it at 43,000 miles (previous owner used Valvoline dino, I think) - that thing STILL does not use any oil at all between changes! I do have to guess on the mileage between changes since the odometer broke, but I am going about 3,500 - 4,500 miles between changes. I love that old Dakota!
I have a '93 Dakota 3.9 V6, odometer broke at 120k miles, I used Valvoline synthetic blend when I got it at 43,000 miles (previous owner used Valvoline dino, I think) - that thing STILL does not use any oil at all between changes! I do have to guess on the mileage between changes since the odometer broke, but I am going about 3,500 - 4,500 miles between changes. I love that old Dakota!
I switched to vavoline, best thing i ever did. Sometimes valvoline is very hard to find, but keep looking for it, its worth it..!
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I was at a NAPA store 2 weeks ago and there was a guy buying Valvoline oil and the store was short on supply. He asked the guy behind the counter if they had anymore and the counter guy said that the NAPA oil is Valvoline oil. The customer asked if it was the same formulation as the Valvoline - rebranded, or just made by Valvoline. The counter guy insisted it was just rebranded. The price was lower for the NAPA oil.