Extended Performance Mobil One Synthetic

I've used similar extended oils in cars before, but in my truck or anything performance related, I stay away from them. I prefer to change my oil more often, especially in the SS with my build.

I change my oil in everything every 3K and do not spend the money on extended life oils.

My Polaris dealer does my oil changes and looks everything over. The oem oils are rated for 5,000 miles but I generally change between 3000 and 4000. The oil has always looked real clean when we changed in this mileage.

I change my oil and filter every 5 thousand miles myself......And i use Polaris oil and filter [synthetic]

I do use the Mobil 1 and filter in my wife Suzuki SUV And change the oil and filter once a year ...

Milage 7 to 8 thousand miles....

Mobil 1 at one time advertised 25000 miles or 1 year. If forced, I wouldn't be afraid to try it . . . BUT oil is cheap compared to engines. Today's dino oil is good enough that most of it would probably go a year or 25000. Am I going to do it in MY stuff? Nope. 5 or 6 thousand with conventional oil, 10 to 12 thousand with synthetic is my personal limit.

If I had a bottomless bank account, I would really like to try 100,000 on a fill and a filter. Just as a test. Not going to happen. Anybody else?

2001 VW Jetta coming up on 400,000 miles, changing the oil every 10,000 miles, no issues. Mobil 1 5W-40 Turbo-Diesel Truck. Our 2019 Honda Ridgeline gets it's oil changed every 5,000 miles, but that is on the dealer's dime since it came with a lifetime oil change. The SlingShot is averaging about 5,000 miles per year, so it gets it's oil changed around New Years.

Bill

Quote from openair

Mobil 1 at one time advertised 25000 miles or 1 year. If forced, I wouldn't be afraid to try it . . . BUT oil is cheap compared to engines. Today's dino oil is good enough that most of it would probably go a year or 25000. Am I going to do it in MY stuff? Nope. 5 or 6 thousand with conventional oil, 10 to 12 thousand with synthetic is my personal limit.

If I had a bottomless bank account, I would really like to try 100,000 on a fill and a filter. Just as a test. Not going to happen. Anybody else?

Years ago my dad got lazy and didn't change his oil in a 1984 crown vic with the 302 v8. It lasted 27k miles before the pump siezed. Luckily, that's all that went out. Car had about 75k miles on it, was healthy otherwise. We changed the oil pump and they drove it for another 10 years.

IIRC, he was using standard 10w30 oil, quaker state. No synthetic, he was always too cheap for it.

it took my long enough to go from 3000 to 5000....who will pay for the worn out engine? After 15,000....

usually my oil is down a quart after 5000....after 15,000 it will be dry...LOL...

I thought that marking said "adequate"

I use mobile 1 and change every 3500 miles. My brother is a retired mechanic, always said "regular oil change is the cheapest extended service insurance you can buy."

I also consider the way most of us drive our slings to be "extreme duty", high speeds, hard acceleration, most of the run time in warm/hot/dry/dusty weather. Virtually every manufacturer recommends more frequent oil change schedules for this.

Don't neglect your air filter either. I clean & relube my K&N filter each time I change the oil.

These articles are pretty informative

http://www.synlube.com/usedoil.htm

https://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/UsedOil/OilChange/

https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/UsedOil/ChangeInterval/

there is a suggestion that the extended oil change intervals is Actually to reduce the amount of used oil in the environment...

Edward Neal I run regular Mobil 1 in everything and when my Raptor hit 70,000 miles i started using Mobil 1 High Mileage version in it.

Do i think its better than other synthetic oiis??? Probably not....

The reason i run it is simply because i am not always able to change my oil at 5000 or 7500 miles. And i feel like Mobil 1 will help carry me to 10,000 or whatever i hit before i get it serviced. Its just like buying a little extra time just in case .....

One other thing.... oil threads on a forum are like political and biblical topics.....everyone has a different opinion..... So please people dont start posting why you like Amsoil and why you like Redline and you like Royal Purple and so on and on and on ............. Its all good stuff........ i will go as far as to bet if you used the cheapest oil at a dollar store and kept it changed every 4000 miles you wouldnt have a single issue with it.

Had a brand new ‘87 Plymouth Voyager minivan with a 4 cylinder engine. I used Mobil 1 from new. I changed the filter every 5k, but changed the oil every 10k to 15k. Got 240,000 miles on that van before we sold it. Never had an engine issue.

Anyone changing the oil before the recommended time in the service manual or owners manual is just throwing money down the drain but whatever makes you feel good...

Some of us don't bother recording mileage between oil changes. I just change my oil every time I change the rear tire. That works out to every 3 to 4 thousand miles anyway. I just wish someone who come out with an extended mileage rear tire for the Slingshot

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Quote from EricRedSL

Anyone changing the oil before the recommended time in the service manual or owners manual is just throwing money down the drain but whatever makes you feel good...

Most oil change recommendations are mandated by the government (you know the guys who are smarter than all of us) Granted the newer synthetic oils are much better and last longer but for some of us old habits never die. With my driving habits and running a turbo I feel it is cheaper than another motor.

Quote from Funinthesun

Some of us don't bother recording mileage between oil changes. I just change my oil every time I change the rear tire. That works out to every 3 to 4 thousand miles anyway. I just wish someone who come out with an extended mileage rear tire for the Slingshot

Now that is a statement I can relate to!