Valvoline Maxlife Oil..Anyone us it?

Question : How many months/miles before changing this oil?
--Monroe Muffler told me FIVE months before
it breaks down

I recently switched to this oil when Monroe advised it for my 1995
Corolla which has 150K miles. I paid a little more, but apparently
this oil lasts a lot longer.....???

"slatt333" <slatt333@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Question : How many months/miles before changing this oil?
> --Monroe Muffler told me FIVE months before
> it breaks down
>
> I recently switched to this oil when Monroe advised it for my 1995
> Corolla which has 150K miles. I paid a little more, but apparently
> this oil lasts a lot longer.....???
>[/color]

The automaker recommends that you maintain their recommended oil change
interval, regardless of the oil you use.

Given a choice, I would follow the automaker's recommendations before I
followed anyone else's.
--

Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)

slatt333, 11/18/2006,8:43:22 PM, wrote:
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> Question : How many months/miles before changing this oil?
> --Monroe Muffler told me FIVE months before
> it breaks down
>
> I recently switched to this oil when Monroe advised it for my 1995
> Corolla which has 150K miles. I paid a little more, but apparently
> this oil lasts a lot longer.....???[/color]

I don't understand the elapsed time recommendations of oil changes.
Seems to me elapsed mileage makes more sense. How does anyone know how
far you drive in a set time period? If they said -- three months or
three thousand miles, whichever comes first -- that would be better.
Even then why three months? Does oil really degrade that badly if it's
been sitting in your car for three months with very little mileage?

My mom had a Mercury (87) that she drove once or twice a week for maybe 15
miles/trip - it got less than 1000 miles/year. I would get it changed once
a year. Usually she was on freeway speeds and seldom did short trips. If
reversed, I'd probably have it done twice a year if she still drove.
Not an answer but what the conditions are more important to me than
miles/months. You will never, IMHO, go wrong with 3k/3months.
Ron


"badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> slatt333, 11/18/2006,8:43:22 PM, wrote:
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>> Question : How many months/miles before changing this oil?
>> --Monroe Muffler told me FIVE months before
>> it breaks down
>>
>> I recently switched to this oil when Monroe advised it for my 1995
>> Corolla which has 150K miles. I paid a little more, but apparently
>> this oil lasts a lot longer.....???[/color]
>
> I don't understand the elapsed time recommendations of oil changes.
> Seems to me elapsed mileage makes more sense. How does anyone know how
> far you drive in a set time period? If they said -- three months or
> three thousand miles, whichever comes first -- that would be better.
> Even then why three months? Does oil really degrade that badly if it's
> been sitting in your car for three months with very little mileage?[/color]

"badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> slatt333, 11/18/2006,8:43:22 PM, wrote:
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>> Question : How many months/miles before changing this oil?
>> --Monroe Muffler told me FIVE months before
>> it breaks down
>>
>> I recently switched to this oil when Monroe advised it for my 1995
>> Corolla which has 150K miles. I paid a little more, but apparently
>> this oil lasts a lot longer.....???[/color]
>
> I don't understand the elapsed time recommendations of oil changes.
> Seems to me elapsed mileage makes more sense. How does anyone know how
> far you drive in a set time period? If they said -- three months or
> three thousand miles, whichever comes first -- that would be better.
> Even then why three months? Does oil really degrade that badly if it's
> been sitting in your car for three months with very little mileage?[/color]

A vehicle that is driven for infrequent short trips tends to build up
condensation in the crankcase. I think Toyota's recommendation is actually
6 months or 5,000 miles, so you should not encounter any problems in 3
months with low mileage.
--

Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)

"badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> slatt333, 11/18/2006,8:43:22 PM, wrote:
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>> Question : How many months/miles before changing this oil?
>> --Monroe Muffler told me FIVE months before
>> it breaks down
>>
>> I recently switched to this oil when Monroe advised it for my 1995
>> Corolla which has 150K miles. I paid a little more, but apparently
>> this oil lasts a lot longer.....???[/color]
>
> I don't understand the elapsed time recommendations of oil changes.
> Seems to me elapsed mileage makes more sense. How does anyone know how
> far you drive in a set time period? If they said -- three months or
> three thousand miles, whichever comes first -- that would be better.
> Even then why three months? Does oil really degrade that badly if it's
> been sitting in your car for three months with very little mileage?[/color]

If you only drive a few times a week, for at least 30 miles per trip, then
you could wait for 3000 miles to change the oil without regard to any time
limit. But if you drive only a few miles for each trip (and the engine
usually does not get fully warmed up), then you need to stick to the time
limit of 3 months.

If you use a full synthetic oil (not including the Castrol scam oil), you
can go 7500 miles or 6-9 months between changes. If you do the math, you
will find that using synthetic oil with a longer change interval is about
the same cost as conventional oil.

On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 23:53:43 -0700, Mark A wrote:
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> "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:xn0etvl2cd6887006@news.readfreenews.net...[color=green]
>> slatt333, 11/18/2006,8:43:22 PM, wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> Question : How many months/miles before changing this oil?
>>> --Monroe Muffler told me FIVE months before
>>> it breaks down
>>>
>>> I recently switched to this oil when Monroe advised it for my 1995
>>> Corolla which has 150K miles. I paid a little more, but apparently
>>> this oil lasts a lot longer.....???[/color]
>>
>> I don't understand the elapsed time recommendations of oil changes.
>> Seems to me elapsed mileage makes more sense. How does anyone know how
>> far you drive in a set time period? If they said -- three months or
>> three thousand miles, whichever comes first -- that would be better.
>> Even then why three months? Does oil really degrade that badly if it's
>> been sitting in your car for three months with very little mileage?[/color]
>
> If you only drive a few times a week, for at least 30 miles per trip, then
> you could wait for 3000 miles to change the oil without regard to any time
> limit. But if you drive only a few miles for each trip (and the engine
> usually does not get fully warmed up), then you need to stick to the time
> limit of 3 months.
>
> If you use a full synthetic oil (not including the Castrol scam oil), you
> can go 7500 miles or 6-9 months between changes. If you do the math, you
> will find that using synthetic oil with a longer change interval is about
> the same cost as conventional oil.[/color]


Uh-Oh. What do you mean Castrol Scam Oil?
I just changed the oil in my Scion with Castrol Full-Synthetic. Are you
referring to the 'Syntec Blend'? I have used that before, but have always
kept to the 3,000 mile oil changes.

I am planning to go 4,500 with the full synthetic.

And, I have been using Castrol Dino for about 26 years now. On a 4 quart
crankcase, I put in 3.5 Qts of Castrol GTX, and one quart of Marvel
Mystery Oil. The three cars I have done this on have gone 247,000, 258,000
and 188,000 with no trouble!

On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 19:50:33 -0600, Ray O wrote:
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>
> "slatt333" <slatt333@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1163900602.905442.186600@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...[color=green]
>> Question : How many months/miles before changing this oil?
>> --Monroe Muffler told me FIVE months before
>> it breaks down
>>
>> I recently switched to this oil when Monroe advised it for my 1995
>> Corolla which has 150K miles. I paid a little more, but apparently
>> this oil lasts a lot longer.....???
>>[/color]
>
> The automaker recommends that you maintain their recommended oil change
> interval, regardless of the oil you use.
>
> Given a choice, I would follow the automaker's recommendations before I
> followed anyone else's.[/color]


Except that you can't go wrong with 3,000 miles/three months!

I Never do the Three months! I always stick to 3,000 miles (sometimes
4,000 if it's raining the weekend I hit 3,000!)

Of course, now I am not driving like I used to. I'd go 100 miles on a
Sunday, just for fun! With the price of gas now, and the value of
vehicles, I drive less now.

They say three months because it's easier to remember and note on the
calendar, that's all.


badgolferman wrote:[color=blue]
> slatt333, 11/18/2006,8:43:22 PM, wrote:
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> > Question : How many months/miles before changing this oil?
> > --Monroe Muffler told me FIVE months before
> > it breaks down
> >
> > I recently switched to this oil when Monroe advised it for my 1995
> > Corolla which has 150K miles. I paid a little more, but apparently
> > this oil lasts a lot longer.....???[/color]
>
> I don't understand the elapsed time recommendations of oil changes.
> Seems to me elapsed mileage makes more sense. How does anyone know how
> far you drive in a set time period? If they said -- three months or
> three thousand miles, whichever comes first -- that would be better.
> Even then why three months? Does oil really degrade that badly if it's
> been sitting in your car for three months with very little mileage?[/color]