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Saludos de Puerto Rico !! My 2005 Civic has 2,000 miles. I also have Free "Valvoline Maxlife" oil changes for 3,000, 6,000, 9,000 and 12,000 with dealer. I was thinking about changing Filter NOT oil using my first 3,000 free oil change. Then at around 5,000 use my 6,000 oil change and apply AMSOIL XL 5w-20 and not use Valvoline. Is this a waste of Good oil??
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Rep Power: 295 its not a waste completely good...i use amsoil 0w-30 full synthetic....just do an engine flush before u put it in...as in put the flush in run it at 2000 rpms for 15-20 mins than empty the oil when its hot than wait than fill with amsoil...it'll run better than new with more power
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Originally Posted by smalie25
Saludos de Puerto Rico !! My 2005 Civic has 2,000 miles. I also have Free "Valvoline Maxlife" oil changes for 3,000, 6,000, 9,000 and 12,000 with dealer. I was thinking about changing Filter NOT oil using my first 3,000 free oil change. Then at around 5,000 use my 6,000 oil change and apply AMSOIL XL 5w-20 and not use Valvoline. Is this a waste of Good oil??
Valvoline Max Life is one of the best oils on the market. First of all it is a synthetic blend, 22% synthetic by volume, one of the highest around. Secondly it has a high amount of moly 5% by weight, moly is one of the best anti ware additives. In short if they are giving you this oil, USE IT. It's great stuff, must Tribolist I know use this exact oil and speak very good of it. This oil is good for 4,000-5,000 miles, don't pay for Amsoil yet.
In fact, I think Amsoil is a very good oil, but it’s a bit of an over kill IMO, I generally go with the Valvoline Max Life every 4,000 miles on every car I have. The amount of additives and all that used in Amsoil is VERY good, but frankly you just don’t need all that, and the for synthetic oil I find Mobil 1 (even though not the best) is just fine for a normal civic. Now if go turbo or something, I might change my opinion a little, but generally anything more than Mobil 1 is a waste of money IMO. Remember the only real advantage to going synthetic is that you can go 6,000-7,500 mile between oil changes, but the oil costs more, other than that there is no MAJOR difference between the dino and synthetic oils any more.
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