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MrTube · 12-28-2011, 11:12 AM

I own a 06 Pontiac Grandprix and an 06 Saturn Vue. I run 0W30 Mobil 1 in the Grandprix and change it every 8-9K miles. I run 0w20 Mobil 1 in the Vue which has a Honda 3.5L V6 in it and change it every 8-9K. I run K&N or Mobil 1 filters as both are the same thing, it depends on what I can find at the time. All filters are not created equally especially when your running them for a long time. We do 99% highway miles with our commute now. Back when we did a lot of stop and go driving I was changing it every 6K.

In my opinion which isn't worth anything, anyone doing 3K mile oil changes on any remotely modern vehicle which has a decent running engine even driven in the city is wasting oil and money.

An engine with a lot of mileage and a lot of blowby is a different story. A lot of blowby means a lot of carbon getting into the oil. This of course is my theory and could be wrong.

12-28-2011, 11:12 AM	#16
MrTube Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,471	Re: Non-Model A oil usage I own a 06 Pontiac Grandprix and an 06 Saturn Vue. I run 0W30 Mobil 1 in the Grandprix and change it every 8-9K miles. I run 0w20 Mobil 1 in the Vue which has a Honda 3.5L V6 in it and change it every 8-9K. I run K&N or Mobil 1 filters as both are the same thing, it depends on what I can find at the time. All filters are not created equally especially when your running them for a long time. We do 99% highway miles with our commute now. Back when we did a lot of stop and go driving I was changing it every 6K. In my opinion which isn't worth anything, anyone doing 3K mile oil changes on any remotely modern vehicle which has a decent running engine even driven in the city is wasting oil and money. An engine with a lot of mileage and a lot of blowby is a different story. A lot of blowby means a lot of carbon getting into the oil. This of course is my theory and could be wrong.