CatchinBluegill wrote:
kirbymurphy wrote:
I had a bad experience with high mileage oil. My van ran very low only two weeks after the oil change. Never lost any oil before while using regular 10W40 and none after. I'd read that it helps improve seals but another article mentioned the problem I had with the oil disappearing. Don't know what to believe. :?
That also happened to me. It took longer than 2 weeks, but was well short of what the oil change interval should have been for a full synthetic, either by time or mileage, and it was on a fairly low mileage (less than 50K) Odyssey. I've had zero problems with oil consumption on this vehicle, so I changed out the synthetic and went back to regular oil. There are many Hondas out there with 200K+ miles on them using regular oil, so I'm going to stick with regular oil from now on. At my 7-year average annual mileage, it'll take me over 20 years to get to 200K and who knows? I could die before then LOL
High mileage oil is not the same as synthetic. High mileage oil is supposed to lubricate seals, etc. that are likely to be problems on older cars. Synthetic oil is suitable for a vehicle of any mileage.
