change oil...

**shadowfax** · June 12th, 2005 12:12 PM

safe ka na sa every 5k change oil dude!

**izzy** · June 13th, 2005 04:59 AM

maski full syn? kasi may nagsabi sa'kin na pag full syn pwedeng 10K eh...

pero i guess i'll go with changing oil every 5K km.. better safe than sorry...

**chris_d** · June 13th, 2005 05:53 AM

On our cars we change every 1 year... Havent had any problems. On my accord its fully synthetic, its been driven about 8k kms since its last oil change last july...

**KCboy** · June 13th, 2005 08:30 AM

ako, every 6 months ang palit ko sa pajero, mobil 1 5w50. whether i run 5k kms or not, but kung tumakbo na me ng 5k kms in les than 6 months, palit na but that has never happened yet.

**axelangel007** · June 13th, 2005 01:43 PM

change oil every 5000 kms,
if vehicle didnt reach 5000 kms in a yr, change oil every 6 months

**madmaxmaloles** · June 17th, 2005 03:49 PM

Anong best na ma-rerecommend nyong engine oil for 6A12 n/a engine? Someone told me na di recommended ang fully synthetic oils for old cars? Thanks!

**yebo** · June 17th, 2005 05:14 PM

anyone experienced a decrease in mileage using full synthetic oil? medyo bumaba kasi mileage ko. or is it because before i used to change spark plugs at the same time i change oil (every 5k km with mineral oil) and since 8.5k km na hindi pa napalitan so it's the plugs and not the oil? pero para kasi since i filled in fully synthetic oil (sa shell station, forgot the brand) bumaba compute ko ng mileage e.

**mazdamazda** · June 17th, 2005 08:05 PM

yebo...

ano ba ang dati mong langis?

ganyan sa akin... oil ko before is havoline energy synthetic (fuel-conserving naman kasi siya). mga around 9 km/L ako dati. nung nag synthetic ako mga 8-8.5 km/L na ang readings ko.

**speedyfix** · June 17th, 2005 08:21 PM

your milage probably went down because of the change (if at all) of the viscosity of the oil, and not the kind (mineral, semi or full syn). thicker oils will tend to put a little bit more strain on the engine causing it to be worse with the milage.

learn how to pick the correct viscosity for your car... to thick or too thin is bad for the engine.

**speedyfix** · June 17th, 2005 08:24 PM

by the way, older cars can benefit from more protection so full syn oils are ok too. again, the common misconception is that synthetic oils cause leaks, etc... but this is probably because the shop you go to recommended the incorrect viscosity (or that the seals were about to give up anyway...)