Oh with oil 5k should be fine, I use something different. Sorry I'm half asleep and didn't read right.
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Oh with oil 5k should be fine, I use something different. Sorry I'm half asleep and didn't read right.
the dealer told me the scheduled interval on oil changes for my 2014 Cruze is every 7500 miles, and that get's a synthetic blend. I'm trying to decide if its worth swapping from the synthetic blend to a full synthetic and change the filter every 7500 miles and oil every 15,000
Well IK the 97-03 generation is 5k mileage intervals on regular oil but I'm not sure on 04+. I heard 7,500 miles but IDK if thats true.
you're alive?Quote:
Originally Posted by Russosaur
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Originally Posted by HighOctaneRacing
So I will be good on 5k then?
its a 2014 cruze that I'm talking aboutQuote:
Originally Posted by HighOctaneRacing
I highly suggest not going over 5k on a 1.4T.
Smell the oil when it comes out and feel it, the turbo gets that oil so damn hot. It's burnt and nasty after 5k even with the best Dexos valvoline oil we sell at my work.
Only time I've ever used full synthetic was because the kid at the counter insisted VR-1 was ALL synthetic. So I got one oil change for the flat tappet car in synthetic at conventional price. I liked it. In my daily GTP, I use a blended oil and go 3,500-4000.
Time frame? 6 months?
Oh well in that case, change it whenever you feel it's necessary lolQuote:
Originally Posted by SgtMarshal
If the car sits that much, yeah I try to do it twice a year as a minimum.Quote:
Originally Posted by turbo96
5k on a 3800 is fine WITH full syn . check the oil level every 1k in case of leaks thho but remember full syn is a SLICKER oil therefore it will slide thru seals easier and "create" leaks.Quote:
Originally Posted by turbo96
the first 4 oil changes are free.Quote:
Originally Posted by HighOctaneRacing
I'll have to remember that, the dealer kept insisting to my grandpa to let the DIC show like 5% oil life before bringing it in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fivefingerdeathpunch
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Originally Posted by Fivefingerdeathpunch
Valvoline is crap! crap I tell you! BTW if you didn't know valvoline is made by Ashland Inc which is the same as NAPA oil.
I've been waiting for someone with more experience to chime in. I would imagine the turbo gets the oil hot because the intercooler is supposedly inefficient. would you recommend a switch to full synthetic?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fivefingerdeathpunch
all dealers are like that. Even when I worked at a Honda dealership they told customers to go till it says 5%.Quote:
Originally Posted by Russosaur
yea yea yea give me **** for workin at a who-n-duh dealership lol
I used this Royal Purple & was strongly advised not to, so I then went to Mobile 1.http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08...d31fc18ab2.jpghttp://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08...3b21a106fd.jpg
Oil is oil, synthetic is synthetic.
Valvoline to Mobil 1 to Castrol, the motor will not know any different and they all must meet the same exact standards to be ran in a newer cars that call for dexos or whatever else. Cold weather testing is not something I will get into as certain oils do flow better at those temps but thats not what is important.
Your Cruze 1.4T can run the semi synthetic oil because it likely has or meets the dexos requirement that GM wants. Because it's turbo'd and the fact that they get so damn hot, I would change to a full syn just for that reason. A longer lasting oil is what I would want to run.