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    What motor oil are you running?

    So what kind of motor oil are yall running? And why did you chose it? And how do you like it? Ive been running Valvoline 5w-20 ever since i bought the XK almost 2 years and i like it but i want to know what are all running and how do you like it? and how many miles do you change it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cabledog25 View Post
    So what kind of motor oil are yall running? And why did you chose it? And how do you like it? Ive been running Valvoline 5w-20 ever since i bought the XK almost 2 years and i like it but i want to know what are all running and how do you like it? and how many miles do you change it?
    I just recently switched over to fully synthetic and actually won a free oil change from amsoil on here. I also switched to 89 octane.

    I have (2) free oil changes from my local dealership so I will probably use whatever fully synth. oil they have but after that I intend to keep using Amsoil 5w-20.

    I want to do anything and everything to get this engine past 200k lol
    2010 Silver HEMI XK QTII

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    Thanks and yea im trying to get every mile out of this engine i can. how often do you change your oil? i do about every 2500 to 2700 depending on how it looks, i do mostly city driving so its a little rougher on the engine than highway or country miles.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cabledog25 View Post
    Thanks and yea im trying to get every mile out of this engine i can. how often do you change your oil? i do about every 2500 to 2700 depending on how it looks, i do mostly city driving so its a little rougher on the engine than highway or country miles.
    Honestly I usually trust the Oil Change Required system because if I'm not mistaken it will come on earlier or later depending on how your driving? it ends up being about every 3,000
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    Quote Originally Posted by Core XK View Post
    Honestly I usually trust the Oil Change Required system because if I'm not mistaken it will come on earlier or later depending on how your driving? it ends up being about every 3,000
    Idk havnt really noticed that, and what oil filter do you run? ive always ran fram but ive been thinking about the K&N Performance one?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cabledog25 View Post
    Idk havnt really noticed that, and what oil filter do you run? ive always ran fram but ive been thinking about the K&N Performance one?
    I only changed the air filter so far so the stock oil filter is still in there. I am thinking of changing it to K&N when Matt and I do my 30k. Mine only has 21k on it so the OEM stuff isnt too badly warrn just yet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Core XK View Post
    I only changed the air filter so far so the stock oil filter is still in there. I am thinking of changing it to K&N when Matt and I do my 30k. Mine only has 21k on it so the OEM stuff isnt too badly warrn just yet.
    Haha dang last time i check mine it had about 63K and im betting when i get it back it will be 70K, My sister love showing it off LOL!

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    haha I bet!

    I am curious to know how long others run between oil changes when running fully synthetic; I have heard you can space the mileage out more between changes when running fully synthetic but I could be wrong.
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    I run Amsoil OE line and change every 5k.

    For anyone changing synthetic oil earlier than that, I'd recommend having an oil analysis run at your next change. You might be surprised and have plenty of life left in the oil. Hell I'm probably changing mine too often at 5k..... but at least I know I'm past the midpoint for oil life.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt View Post
    I run Amsoil OE line and change every 5k.

    For anyone changing synthetic oil earlier than that, I'd recommend having an oil analysis run at your next change. You might be surprised and have plenty of life left in the oil. Hell I'm probably changing mine too often at 5k..... but at least I know I'm past the midpoint for oil life.
    Glad to hear that lol I changed mine at 21k so I am thinking one at 26k and then when we do my 30k maybe ill do it again...
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