Should I use Valvoline MaxLife?

[BradC]

I read that the oil is for high milage engines. My engine has 99,934 miles, holds 75-80PSI oil pressure consistantly and uses 1/8 quaet of oil every 3K miles. Should I use it or just stick with the regular Valvoline 5w30?

[3.4 slow to go]

I think you'll be happy with it. Iuse it on my 95 Blazer, about 94-98k on it.

[*K*night Rider]

Is the engine leaking any?

Ive never used Maxlife, but I do use DuraBlend (also Valvoline) and am very happy with it.

I used to think I was losing oil, but it turns out that the people that changed my oil were retards. I change it myself now. They didnt realize that with the OEM short filter, only 4.5 quarts would go in...they always told me I was losing a half a quart.

Now, just to use all 5 bottles of oil, I use the filter made for the Trailblazer's 4.2L which fits perfectly, but is a little bit longer.

Why the hell did I just put all that in this thread? Sorry for the hijack

[Devilboy28]

I asked my mechanic about MaxLife a few months ago and he said as long as I change my oil when I should, there will be no problems using regular name brand oil.

[Blizzard96]

I used to use it for my car but saw no difference...then again, I didn't have an oil consumption problem.

I'll be going back to M1 so I can do longer drain intervals.

[JAM]

I used all types of oils and never noticed any differance until I used Royal Purple full synthetic. Engine actually idled smoother, and acelerated smoother. A differance you really could feel. ;)

[CARdiac]

I use it in both of my cars. I had a small oil leak in the 'maro and it went away for a while....but it is back. I can say, i saw a significant reduction in oil consumption on my honda....

[Tri-Flo 99]

i work at VIOC. yeah the maxlife stuff is good- if you really wanna wake up your engine, tell them you want the 3 part syn power cleaner, it works a bunch better than seafoam, it'll make it feel like a new car...

road trip special (3 part+oil change) 79.99, but 89.99 for maxlife with it, dude its worth it

[*K*night Rider]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Tri-Flo 99:

road trip special (3 part+oil change) 79.99, but 89.99 for maxlife with it, dude its worth it<hr></blockquote>

holy sh!t thats expensive... :eek:

[RUC]

I dont know about valvoline, but dont try castrol high mileage. I Used this stuff and my engine started hesitating and knocking. Once I changed this oil out to regular penzoil and some seafoam, it stopped.

[TurboKillaZ]

no wonder this guy says that it costs $60 to change oil in his mercedes [img]graemlins/rofl.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/rofl.gif[/img]