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Old 02-20-2012, 02:10 PM
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Im using penzzoil ultra syntetic 10w30 and my car is burning too much oil, i heard castrol 10w30 is better?
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How much is it burning? How hard are you driving it? I'm using pennzoil platinum in my02 and it's not bad at all if i'm nice to it.
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How much is it burning? How hard are you driving it? I'm using pennzoil platinum in my02 and it's not bad at all if i'm nice to it.
i just use the car for work every day probably 10 miles a day, i just changed my oil a month ago and when i checked my oil level today it was low already, i had to refill it with 1 and 1/2 qts
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i switched to castrol from mobil1 and i am burning significantly less. u should however check ur oil level more frequently than once a month.
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Yeah i did the switch from mobil to castrol as well did help quite a bit but still burns some. Get into the habit of checking everytime you fuel up.
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Regular Castro or synthetic
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Not sure what was in mine when I got it (6 or so weeks ago), but I swithched to Castrol Edge (formerly "Syntec") and things are much better.
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im switching castrol 10w 30 next oil change but which do you prefer syntetic or not?
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try changing/checking PCV. I did that and mine drank a lot less oil right away.
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1qt per 1000 miles is normal. Unless you have an exact miles to quart consumption this is all silliness.
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