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Old 11-11-2011, 06:50 AM
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How long do you guys go on the % of oil usage,I am at 7000 miles on my oil and still 32% im using lucas oil products.. al
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I go until it tells me to change it. I don't look at the miles at all. That'* what the oil life monitor is for.

When I do my next change I'm switching to AMSOIL which only has to be changed once a year, with filter changes in between.
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I just got a prefered customer from a amsoil rep I ran into at seekonk speedway,that will be my next oil also,that filter setup is like 400 bucks..the dual filtration system..
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I'm not using that one .Just the Signature series oil and Wix filters.
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thats what im going to get the 5-30 syn.
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you dont use the amsoil filters?
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Nope, they cost too much and Wix has been proven to be good for many, many years.
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Actually, scratch that. I just looked at my dealer pricing list (got a good hook up) and I can buy enough oil and filters (12 quarts and 2 filters) to last me a year for both vehicles for less than it would cost me to buy conventional stuff for one.

Oh, and I think you're talking about their by-pass systems Vendo. I'm not gonna get that considering I don't have a diesel and won't be make much soot.
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on my gxp i used to change it about 40% or so, usually go by mileage or color which ever comes first

i change my oil ever 5000 KM not miles
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40%?

You're stuff is still near perfect!!


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