I have been changing my oil once a year since 1974. Mobil 1. Excellent results. No engine problems related to lubrication.

Just a reminder to everyone, follow your manufacturer’s recommendation on oil change intervals. If it says to change it every 5-6k miles, then do it. If something goes wrong with your engine and you tell them that you put the one year engine oil, you just voided the warranty. Thank you Eric for posting the results, been waiting a whole year for this. Thumbs up. Stay dirty.

@las3k91

11 ай бұрын

Mini Cooper S 2008 - user manual says to change oil every 2 years or 15k miles. Not a good idea for me. People stuck to it and then everyone says this engine is a piece of shit, but that's whole another topic.

@aciddiver1978

7 ай бұрын

Take what manufacturers reccommend and divide by atleast 2.

@SuperMrgentleman

7 ай бұрын

Yeah then also ask yourself why the European manual for the identical car and engine will have a longer oil change interval.

@SuperMrgentleman

7 ай бұрын

​@@aciddiver1978Yeah you're just making that up. You're throwing away perfectly good oil then- if you don't believe me just send it in for analysis and they'll tell you it's basically identical to unused oil, it's like $35 all in for a test

@duroxkilo

7 ай бұрын

@@SuperMrgentleman they're not going to test their oil..because if they do (and they should) they'll lose their 'philosophical mechanic edge' and become just regular guys :)

Pretty amazing result considering. I'm still gonna change twice a year with synthetic. Oil is cheap, engines aren't. It's way colder over winter here in Canada too.

@duroxkilo

Жыл бұрын

if they recycle your oil where you live, that's fine, it's your money. but otherwise creating waste for the fun of it is stupid. no disrespect.

@dproulx222

7 ай бұрын

@@duroxkilo What country dumps oil and doesn't recycle it?

@duroxkilo

7 ай бұрын

@@dproulx222 what planet you on? :)

@menombakglobalis

5 ай бұрын

Oil life is determined by how good the electrical system, air-fuel mixture, compression, and your vehicle's workload are.

I change my oil for fun. No way would I let it go that long.

@PercivalBlakeney

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly how it should be. Well said. 😶

@icrossbonez6191

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@Sg-ci4kp

2 жыл бұрын

Same, oilchance is really cheap compared to the costs of gasoline

@tjlee9901

2 жыл бұрын

every six months means your engine gets a flush twice as often as if you do it yearly .

@kofalin

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t find it fun, but I still like to jack my car twice a year for a general check. I want everything to work properly but for fun I have many other things

I've had my '03 GTI VR6 for 16 years now, and am the original owner. I've been having the dealership change the oil (Castrol Syntec, then lately Castrol Edge 5W-40 fully synthetic) once a year, every summer. The car has about 89,000 miles on it, so I only put about 5,500 miles a year on it, driving mainly local on short trips. I have not had one problem or issue with the engine all these years, and still have the original timing chain. My gut is that once a year is fine running full synthetic of any kind, especially if you don't put more than 7 or 8K miles on the vehicle. I've had no oil leaks as well, and only check the dipstick maybe once or twice a year, as the 24v VR6 does not burn a noticeable amount of oil.

Correct me if I’m wrong but your extended interval caused almost 3 times more wear than the 4,000 mile oil change. Iron and aluminum were much higher. I just found same result when I took my 2022 Tahoe to 12,500 miles. TBN was fine, but wear metals are high.

I get that how dark oil is isn't the entire story on when it should be changed, but according to my calibrated eyeball scanner, that oil you drained out sure looked to be way past its prime. Analysis aside, I wouldn't be entirely comfortable knowing that stuff was sloshing around in my otherwise well-cared-for engine. I think I'll stick to regular Mobil 1 and 4K to 6K change intervals.

@stevebaker8966

Жыл бұрын

😊😊😊😅9😊 4:42

There is a lot of information and time packed into this short video. This was well made and appreciated!

I had a Honda Accord which I bought from new and ran Mobil 1 oil in it with an annual filter/oil change schedule. When I retired the vehicle (due to rust and crash damage) it had done 303,000 Km (about 180,000 miles). On stripping down the engine, no perceptable lip was found on the bore and there were no other lubrication-related issues observed. The oil-pan and internals were also *very* clean, with no build-up of sludge or carbon. So how is this annual protection stuff any better than that?

@anonymike8280

3 жыл бұрын

It's called a ridge, not a lip.

@sssnipermonkey5566

3 жыл бұрын

Because Honda Quality boy. Now let’s do the same test on a KIA Rio lol

@aseemagarwal6040

3 жыл бұрын

Was it 3.5 v6?

@tjlee9901

2 жыл бұрын

i believe honda wants you to leave oil in the engine for up to a year anyway .

My niece had a car that leaked oil. She said it stopped leaking when she stopped putting in oil every couple of weeks.

@hxhdfjifzirstc894

4 жыл бұрын

armadillotoe I guess the oil level is now below the hole in the oil pan, LOL

@DaDaDo661

3 жыл бұрын

Randy Bo bandy hooking for cheeseburgers again

@smartd111

3 жыл бұрын

@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 LMAO

@jacobg6528

8 күн бұрын

Wat​@@hxhdfjifzirstc894

Thank you for taking the time to do this!

Been waiting for this one actually. Checked up on it a couple months ago, thanks Eric

A cut open of the filter would be something cool to see. How much junk it collected.

@ericthecarguy

6 жыл бұрын

It's long gone unfortunately. I shot this video months ago. Also, the testing should tell us all we need to know.

@wolvenar

6 жыл бұрын

EricTheCarGuy That depends. Does this oil do its thing by somehow helping to trap the particulates in the filter? You would expect several of these contaminants to accumulate much more, so how does it actually deal with them? The filter might be one possibility.

@Darksyne

6 жыл бұрын

Ehh the filter will look like any other used oil filter and its most likely all black inside. Only abnormal thing you'd see would be sludge or metal fragments and those are highly unlikely unless you have engine damage from neglect which you won't see from Eric's cars ;p

@MV60

6 жыл бұрын

Would have seen if the filter was so clogged it was just by-passing the oil through the safety valve.

@DCSPORTSTER

6 жыл бұрын

I’ve actually cut oil filters apart that had 30,000 km on them as long as your engines clean inside there is no dirt in the filter. In my opinion the oil filter will never save your engine if you don’t change oil.

I was hoping you were going to go threw the analysis with us in detail

These types of tests and procedures are why most ppl trust,value,and pass along etcg's content,thx alot etcg

I've been waiting for this video! Despite the testing I still wouldn't feel comfortable going that long on an oil change, but that's more a personal preference I have than anything else. The oil did look pretty dirty too...I wouldn't be fully convinced that this is safe in the long term until a more widespread test is conducted. I change my oil every 5,000 miles personally.

I've always been comfortable running synthetic for 10k between changes. Its an easy way to remember your interval too. Just keep the oil level topped off in between. Then change your oil filter (and check your air filters) each interval also. The oil will be fine.

@menombakglobalis

5 ай бұрын

Oil life is determined by how good the electrical system, air-fuel mixture, compression, and your vehicle's workload are.

Where's Scotty to start more beef!!!

@360fanboy360

6 жыл бұрын

Scotty "heres why eric the car guy is wrong" Kilmer

@rileycasey3801

6 жыл бұрын

REV UP YOUR ENGINES! REV UP YOUR ENGINES! REV UP YOUR ENGINES!

@debunkingchrisfixx4533

6 жыл бұрын

luilui8812 ummm Scotty already did a video on why not to use the 20,000 mile Mobile 1 oil change that Eric and EE both got paid to endorse, go search it, it was a few months back, Scotty keeps it real, the rest are sell outs now

@TheRichardF10

6 жыл бұрын

christopher bougher Damn, they really get paid? I thought they just get free oil or something like that.

@debunkingchrisfixx4533

6 жыл бұрын

Richard Ojeda dude they get money, thousands per sponsorship, if you watch this video thinking you were going to hear anything other than it’s great you’re stupid. ITS A SPONSORED VIDEO come on dummies 😂

Would love to see the crankshaft bearings. See if it worth it or not especially in the oil passages.

I'm so glad you did this update! Thank you so much

I forgot I was awaiting the results of this, thanks Eric. Not sure about using this in my car...

Oh snap, when I seen this video in my mind I was already saying to my self "Scotty is coming for you Eric" 😅

I've used Mobil 1 full synthetic in my 2007 Nissan Altima for the last 6 years along with the Mobil 1 extended performance oil filter. I change my own oil every 6 months and the engine still runs great at 180k miles with no oil leaks and negligible oil consumption. I'd use pretty much any full synthetic oil in the same fashion, but you also need to use a good oil filter that can handle extended intervals. I'd consider the annual Mobil 1, but I live in the desert and worry about the dust building up in the oil that is too small to be filtered out.

I've been waiting for these results for the past year. Finally I could sit down with a bag of popcorn and witness this event

That's a great result, you know your vehicle has safe lubrication for another year. One less thing to worry about :-D

Is it just me or this guy’s language is brilliant.

Awesome! Thank you for your information and doing the test for us to know about it.

Ahhhh been waiting for this one. Thanks Eric!

Did they mention doing this yearly schedule WILL void your warranty on a car thats still covered?

@ismann9148

6 жыл бұрын

It will void your warranty if you don't follow your car's recommended interval. Mobil 1 states this to avoid being sued.

There was a test of Synth (regular Mobil 1) vs. conventional oil, and they sent samples off to a lab also. The results were that regular Mobil 1 was actually still in good shape at 15K. My point being that if you run regular Mobil 1 you could get very close to the year mark and be fine rather than shelling out the big bucks for the extended life oil. I change every 10K or 6 months - call it good.

@tjlee9901

2 жыл бұрын

why not a year ?

@ryanhill7318

2 жыл бұрын

@@tjlee9901 He would be pushing it driving 20k miles a year.

@duroxkilo

7 ай бұрын

people don't comprehend like at all what happened to engines in the last decades, how much tolerances and materials improved. when was the last time you saw cars in traffic trailing white smoke? engine don't wear out like your father remembers... there was a time 1 in 5 cars was burning oil at 50k miles and virtually all at 100k miles. those times are gone :)

I love it... I have been using this for 3 years... on a 2010 Subaru Outback and a 2005 Nissan Altima....I normally go every 6 months between oil changes though... and it costs around $35 with filter at my local auto shop

I've been using Mobil 1 15,000 mile oil and oil filter in my cars since about 2008. I assume it's the same formula as Annual Protection. 10,000 miles is about as far as I'm willing to go on an oil filter. It's good to see my faith has been well placed. Thanks ETCG. You rock. You are the inspiration for my own channel. I don't have the shop or the fancy tools you do, but I think that's what adds to my channels charm. Thanks again. Can't wait to see new numbers on the Fairmont project.

Eric, are you going to go the full year/20k again or not? Also I may have missed it but did you change the filter in between?

I do this all the time with Amsoil Signature Series oil and Amsoil Filter.

Thank you for the good advice sir, keep it up the good job!👍🏼

Thanks Eric for doing this experiment.

Next year pull the valve cover?

Use to do my oil change every 8000/km with regular mobil1 until i started to use blackstone , was changing it way to early. I'm now doing it at 12 000k ,always nice to save some money .

@nelsblair2667

5 жыл бұрын

Rick-jk blackstone lab testing has me up to 14k miles. Next I plan to try Pennzoil or Honda oil for 1 year or 27,000 miles. Most people haven’t taken engines past 300k miles. Most people don’t use oil lab results to determine what’s optimal for their car. The labs saved me a bunch of money and keep a close watch on my car’s engine and transmission. The haters can hate but they don’t have the data and they don’t have a Honda running past 320,000 miles.

@nelsblair2667

5 жыл бұрын

The amsoil enthusiasts note that amsoil can get you to 6 months. They don’t seem to understand that almost any synthetic or blend can get a car to 20,000 miles or one year and can do that for at least 120,000 miles. Some of the labs have results up to 500,000 miles. The 20,000-mile interval doesn’t harm the engine but it does help a lot of things.

Well grinded video!Thnx Eric.

I’ve waited a whole year for this video!

I just did my own test with this oil as well, I drive a 2012 honda civic si, and I used blackstone labs as my testing ground. I found that I had increased levels of lead, iron, magnesium, boron, sodium, phosphorus, zinc, and aluminum when in comparison to Blackstone's universal averages. The most concerning number for them was the added lead content. In general they suggested that I stick to the 10K interval change of oil and it was my choice to continue using the annual protection oil. I still use annual protection today, but I will be change it at 10K miles instead of 18K which was the length between on my original test. Food for thought.

@Sg-ci4kp

2 жыл бұрын

Yes thats clever, we didany tests with different cars. The yearly chance is the best way

@alexvillalobos7137

2 жыл бұрын

18,000 miles I’m surprised it’s running why would you do that to an si unless you were trying to find out how much damage it would cause. I’m here because I’ve only put 2000 miles on my type r in 1.5 years but don’t want to change the oil even though they say every 6 months.

@mickeyadvani3749

Жыл бұрын

Change Full Synthetic Oil. Every six months or six thousand miles.

if i recall correctly, Eric, you used to use generic walmart oil until you started getting sponsored by oil companies - i remember your saying the off-brand oil passed the same standards as the name brands - i guess name brand oils are better, but are they worth the diff?

@wholeNwon

6 жыл бұрын

If it's ILSAC GF-5 (API SN) you're getting the most modern standard of lubrication regardless of price. So, there's nothing wrong with Walmart oil, etc.

@TheRichardF10

6 жыл бұрын

wholeNwon I use Supertech Full Synthetic for at least 10,000-12,000 miles without any issues on a 2012 Civic.

@seeya205

6 жыл бұрын

Most oils are refined at the same place. It's just marketing!

@nickv4073

6 жыл бұрын

Just a tip. If you don't like Walmart oil, which I think is good oil, you can always get a deal on name brand oil, even Mobil One. Just check the web sites and see who is offering a rebate at the time. There is always one or more rebates available at any given time. I once bought a 5 quart jug of Mobil One for $5.00 after rebate.

@Darksyne

6 жыл бұрын

As long as oils meet modern API and ILSAC GF-5 standards than it's all good, just slightly different additives and as long as you change the oil regularly you should be fine. It is marketing but at the same time there is some truth to that marketing and some oils do have superior cleaning abilities and tougher film strength but you won't notice them in real world driving. Only if performance is a concern.

Had been waiting for this one. Thanks.

Great video as always Eric! I use Amsoil 10w-30 ZRod in my '93 454 with an aftermarket cam for the added protection of Zinc and Phosphorous, specifically for the cam as per the manufactures recommendations. I send the oil in after 3000 miles for analysis. I will extend the drain intervals after a few tests, just looking to get a trend going as i'm only 1 test in thus far. Tests show high levels of lead and iron compared to averages for my motor, wondering if you may have any insight into what the general causes would be for this? Stock bottom end with aftermarket valvetrain. Thanks for all your hard work!

The oil change interval on my current car here in the UK (a 2017 Volvo V40 2.0 D4 twin-turbo diesel) is 18,000 miles or 1 year whichever comes first, so much the same as your van covered with the Mobil1 annual protection. I personally can't figure out why oil changes need to be so frequent in the US, unless you are using poor quality oils or the vehicle is regularly used in a dirty environment. For normal road use, a year should be no problem.

@TimonNetherlands

6 жыл бұрын

The owner's manual of my Kia Sorento says I must change the oil at an interval of 3.500 miles... This is ridiculous, even more so when you consider it's a diesel. I change oil once a year.

@SaberusTerras

6 жыл бұрын

Tradition, mostly, when it was plain ol' dinosaur squeezings. Old conventional oils broke down much faster and needed changing every 3000 miles. Also, US uses traffic lights and road designs are not the best for smooth driving at consistent speed. People here are also very chaotic in how they drive*. So we end up with lots of stop and go traffic which is harder on oil than driving long distance at steady RPM. *: I know many countries have bad drivers, but the bad behaviors tend to be consistent. Here, it is true chaos sometimes. I swear some drivers in the US got their license as a prize in their breakfast cereal.

@sebascc007

6 жыл бұрын

Teribus13 gas quality in América is by far worse that the gasoline and diesel used in Europe. Bad gasoline equals to less oil life

@__WJK__

6 жыл бұрын

Sebastian Conde - Can you please provide information or a link that supports your claim regarding European & American fuels having such extreme quality control differences!???

@Teribus13

6 жыл бұрын

TimonNetherlands are you, as your username suggests, in the Netherlands? Or elsewhere in the world? My last car was a 2012 Kia Rio diesel, the intervals on that were 10,000 miles or a year (again, this is in the UK)

Great video eric love seeing the actual results

thanks for the video Mr Eric,so helpful.

Got a question. I have a 99 Honda Accord 4 door. Recently got a motor put in. It sat for 2 yrs before the new motor was put in. My AC isn't working now. What could be the issue for a fix? You're help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Cool stuff. I already use Mobil1 synthetic, I love it. But I would never recommend using this oil and changing it yearly.

@Chris-de2qc

3 жыл бұрын

Why not?

was curious about this oil.. still not going to use it (maybe). 1 thing l wish someone would make clear, that you use the oil filter designed for this oil. At work, we have people that buy or want the annual protection, that wont use the filter and l tell them l dont think it will do a good job as far as filtering the oil like it needs for a year or 20k miles.IF you are going to use this, use it as intended oil & filter!

@Motolav

6 жыл бұрын

My 05 Accord's manual says 10k miles for oil change and 20k miles on filter. As long as you don't grab a crap filter with paper ends holding it together it should be fine on a known good engine.

@mucialmichaud8020

6 жыл бұрын

I still don't trust that oil for the inteval. To long for an oil change. I like to work on my car it's gonna be too long for me to service it. Curious

@brianmccarten1361

6 жыл бұрын

I use the annual filter with mobil high mileage oil about 5k miles. If it's rated to last a year the filter must be pretty good but I just like to know my engine is staying clean.

@Munchy05

6 жыл бұрын

I looked into this and mobile1 stats that you must use their filter with their oil or else the warranty they provide becomes void. So yes use the annual filter with the annual oil as well.

@Darksyne

6 жыл бұрын

It's actually shocking that honda actually recommends changing the filter every other oil change.

I’m 10 months (25,000 miles) into the annual challenge on Pennzoil Platinum from Jiffy Lube. We changed the filter from service champ to wix xp after 7,500 miles. I agree that most or all users should seriously consider the 1-year interval, after the car has reached 70k miles. May every engine reach a million miles!

FINALLLYYY BEEN WAITING A YEAR

I do oil changes on mommas 2000 4runner at about those intervals(1 year or about 15k) but I use a group 4 100% PAO amsoil blend. Which brings me to my next question. Is this mobil one a group 3 hydrocracked "synthetic" or a group 4 synthesized synthetic? What im saying might sound redundant to some but it is not. Her car never burned or leaked a drop of oil and its got a skid pad under it that makes it a pain in the ass to do a change so i decided to switch it over to something that called for less frequent maintenance. When i ran a group 3 synthetic i would notice the oil level drop that you were talking about after a good number of miles. At the time i figured maybe it did burn a little oil over time. Not a big deal, the drop was minimal. A few years later I was educated on the difference between group 3 and 4 base stocks and switched it to amsoil the next time it came up for an oil change. And im sure there are other companies that do a good group 4 synthetic but youve got to research or youll end up putting in a different brand of group 3 "synthetic." Turns out it never did burn a drop. I figured out that it was was volatizing the group 3 base stock oil over the 1 year period. There was a minimal amount of seepage through those old gaskets for the first few thousand miles since i moved it to a group 4 but since then it hasnt leaked burned or volatized a drop. Ill let that seepage slide as a break in period for 20 year old seals and gaskets that had never touched anything but dino oil. I figure your honda is probably the same. Number one its a honda and hondas dont tend to burn oil, and number two its maintained by a mechanic. Probably just volatility.

Glad to see it worked out for you, even though I'll be sticking to the 5000km conventional oil changes as specified in my owner's manual. Perhaps when I get a newer vehicle (that's designed with synthetic oil and longer service intervals in mind) I'll give this stuff a shot.

I will definitely use it next time... I been waiting all year for your results to see what will happen

Eric, do you recommend changing the oil filter during the coarse of the said year and topping off the oil? Or is it ok to run the Mobil 1 and a high performance matching filter for the duration of the entire year?

Great video. I switch to Fully synthetic Pennzoil a few years ago for our 01 DGC, which had about 178k at the time. Now at over 239K, she still runs great at 10K OCI's. I have to add about 3/4 qts. every 2 to 3K. Had Blackstone Labs to test the oil and all was good. I drive over 2K a month, so changing the oil twice a year works for me.

I use AMSOIL Signature and had similar results. After 130,000km and 6 years of annual oil changes I can say it works great. Oil consumption was approximately 0.25L for every 20,000km on this 2009 Nissan Sentra. Sent a sample and was recommended to change 8000km later than normal.

I bought a 5quart Mobil 1 annual protection a year ago and kept in my storage. I didnt open the seal even. Do you think I can use that now without hesitation?

Amazing how fast the year went. Also, no surprise as Mobil 1 has Been on the top of my list for quite some time now

I live in Middle east ( OMAN) and most people change the oil every 5000 km and few people do it every 10000 km And i dont know if this is the correct wY to do it or not but i have honda accord 2008, and if i changed the oil after 20000,km then there will be no oil in the engin because the oil decrease by about 1 Liter every 5000,km So it is defficult to exceed 15000 or 20000*km I am nkt sure about this but i think this is related to the high temperature which in mid summar can exceed 60C° and you can add to that there is no rail and the dust id bluking the air filter of the envin and some of it can go inside the engin if not changed gradually Also there is some evidince tbat showing the low quality of the gas I think these factors play major role in engin live

Excellent!

@heyitschinoable

6 жыл бұрын

wyattoneable Eric O should try this on the Jeep? Lol

Erice-Thanks for the excellent video! Did you change the oil filter during that year, or did you run the same one all year? Also, what type of oil filter did you use? It would be interesting to see it cut open and compared to the same oil filter left in for only a standard interval. Thanks!

Thanks Eric!! You make great videos but I guess you already know that!

Damn, that oil reminded me of the chocolate fountain from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

I run Amsoil signature series 5W 30 which was actually the first oil brand to offer one year oil changes!! and it’s 100% synthetic not full synthetic there is a difference!!!

The performance filters add more mileage and extended oil drain. Nice one Eric!

Excellent Video My question is , Would you suggest that this can be done with A High performance engine like a BMW or Mercedes Benz? And would this be sutible for late model cars as well?

Woo! I've been running the Mobil One Extended Life, supposedly good for 15k miles and a year. It made it through 15k miles and about 9 months, and it's about 9k and 6 months in on the next batch. Haven't had any issues, considering having a test run when I next change it.

@annieworroll4373

6 жыл бұрын

Worth noting that my driving is probably 85%+ highway, which of course helps to minimize wear and thus would make an extended interval more viable even on regular oil. Heavy city driving could be another story altogether. Also, for reference, I drive a 2000 Pontiac Grand Am GT.

One thing I find funny that nobody has noticed quite yet is that the oil didn't last from start to finish he had to continually add oil so that new fresh oil was being added to the already used oil in the engine . Remember he said it kept burning off . I did the same test with mine and couldn't make it on a whole year without having to add more oil to the engine because of burn off . Most engins will burn off a little oil and you will have to add oil periodically. So it wasn't actually one year old oil change of the engine continually burned off oil then by the end he would have already added a new oil change to the engine . This is why the oil sample he sent in came back good . There was fresh new oil added, it wasn't the same old oil the whole year through otherwise we would have seen different result.

@insideoutsideupsidedown2218

5 жыл бұрын

Should.have sent a sample in at 3 , 6 and 12 months to compare that way the 1ST sample would have no added oil and the comparison would be more legit

@Optic_texas

5 жыл бұрын

Half way Mark and at the end point is not alot of oil used

@robertogomez8100

5 жыл бұрын

Well it could be useful to know how much oil was added in that time, if it was less than a quart it wouldn't be that bad.

@1997LT1Camaro

5 жыл бұрын

Yes adding fresh oil from the fact that there is engine consumption is a variable. Maybe find an engine where there is less dramatic consumption?

@MrGoldarr

5 жыл бұрын

I went 9 months on my 2007 Honda Civic Ex that has 123,000 miles in it. I put castrol GTX synthetic blend high mileage oil and an STP extended life oil filter. I was going to go a year, but I went 9 months. I didn’t send it to a lab, but my friend who owns a small shop for 33 years and has been changing oil since he was a kid was impressed. The oil looked and flowed like new. I was also only driving In City for those nine months. I didn’t count the mileage though 🤷‍♂️ it might have been 5000 around there I assume.

Wow nice video Eric thank you for the info

I have been using Pennzoil Ultra Platinum with a Fram XG filter. Fram claims 20000 miles or 32000 km with a premium synthetic oil and I changed it after about 28000 km. Eric, which filter do you use with Mobil 1 Annual?

That’s all I use in wife’s new crv well it’s almost 2 years now I use the annual protection and the matching filter I change the oil at 7500-8500 miles I know I’m prematurely changing it but o well at 483 miles i started using it and at advanced auto it’s 32.99 for oil and the filter and I always have a $20 off speed perk so $12.99 for oil change

Yes, I have done that, changing oil once a year, over a period of thirty years, 25.000 km a year. No problem.

@lonniebeal6032

4 жыл бұрын

Had to be full synthetic, conventional wouldn't make it without causing sludge in your motor.

@69lol69

4 жыл бұрын

full synthetic 1 to 3 years on your "weekend car" is not a problem if you don't have extreme climate conditions the oil will still come out still good as new but 25000 km/h is asking for trouble, i would change it after 10.000 km no mater the time passed

You definitely can, I’m getting an oil change tomorrow. December 31st 2020 will be my first oil change. January 8th 2020 is when I got the car. I put over 20,000 miles on it and it’s still in amazing shape.

Hey Eric, I have a question pertaining to a 98 honda accord immobilizer issue. When it gets hot in the cabin somehow the ring around the ignition isn't acknowledging the key fob, hence no start issues. I will see the green key light flashing when it fails to start but as soon as the car cools down the immobilizer works. Well I suspect the receiver ring around the ignition is faulty but can these immobilizer be disengaged somehow without buying a new ring receiver or immobilizer?

I've owned my car for 12 years from new and all I've ever done is change the oil every 12 months. I have had no engine problems at all.

@TheRichardF10

6 жыл бұрын

colintx800 I assume you use full synthetic, am I correct?

@colintx800

6 жыл бұрын

Richard Ojeda Yes correct :)

@TheRichardF10

6 жыл бұрын

colintx800 That's good. Running a full synthetic is always better from new.

@mridware9694

6 жыл бұрын

How many miles you drive in a year

@maventeckers

6 жыл бұрын

Yet

I've used Amsoil, and change my oil once a year, 200k miles, no issues.

@iishyxvietxboyii

3 жыл бұрын

How many miles per year were you driving?

Eric, if my Toyota manual specifies Iridium spark plugs, will Platinum Double Tip work OK instead. I accidently bought the wrong Denso p/n.

Good vid. I appreciate the empirical vs. anecdotal evidence. Based on the low cost of oil vs. the high cost of engine wear, I'm still going to change my oil every 5000 miles or so. But it's good to know that this oil has the capability to protect for an extended period of time.

i change mine every 7,500 miles syn blend

I can go a full year without changing my oil but i barely drive it and only have 56k miles on my car that i bought new in Nov 07. I've done the oil changes myself every 6k miles with Mobil1 synthetic though since i want that car to last for as long as possible.

@dixoncider7256

6 жыл бұрын

I am right there with you.

@jameslee2105

5 жыл бұрын

ive done 6 k miles on full syn mobil 1 and it looked just fine to my eye . slightly dirty but no way near black and used up or deteriorated . im thinking 8 -10 k might be okay but i dont drive that far in a year .

Hi Eric, did u feel any difference in the engine performance since u been using the oil for a year? usually after a certain amount of time, the engine performance drop because of the oil degration. Since the results show that Mobil 1 can really goes up a year without oil change, will it affect any engine performance? if not, perhaps I don't mind investing of Mobil 1

Great video Eric! Thanks

does America use different blend petrol/gas & diesel & oil to other countries ?? I'm in the UK & for the last 20 years always changed oil & Filter plus air filter Annually ( I guess average mileage 15-20k miles) no problems.. My works van is a Fiat with advertised 30k service intervals, but in reality the service light usually comes on at 20-25k miles

@dunebasher1971

6 жыл бұрын

Americans have a bit of a fetish about changing oil every five minutes :) I'd argue that in the UK, it's completely standard to change oil and filter once a year. That's what I've grown up doing, and it's never been a problem.

@MotorScotti

6 жыл бұрын

dunebasher1971 exactly, same thing in Europe. The factory. recommendations usually are 20-30'000 km / 2 years whatever comes first. So kind of funny to see that it's a huge thing to keep the oil 1 year.

@moofree

6 жыл бұрын

Europeans have Ultra Low Sulfur gasoline, with a max of 10PPM of Sulfur, which allows for extended oil change intervals. Here in the US, we ostensibly had 10PPM gasoline starting in 2017, but the EPA is still allowing some refineries to sell 50ppm gasoline, so you have no idea how good the gasoline you're putting in your tank is.

@BEEBEE159

6 жыл бұрын

@888johnmac That's because your piece of shit European cars don't last more than one year. So in your case, you just throw the whole piece of shit car away after a year, no need to change the oil.

@888johnmac

6 жыл бұрын

Jason.. thanks for an intelligent reply to a fair question.. 2002 Subaru Forrester, had for about 10 years, about 250,000 miles on it !!

I think if I were to go that long on an oil change. I would change out the fliter at least once maybe more.

@hxhdfjifzirstc894

4 жыл бұрын

john walters If you're going to change the filter, might as well put new oil in at the same time.

Hi Eric. Love your videos and find them very informative. May i ask your opinion on Honda oil filters ? Meaning...are they really necessary or can i use Purolator's best or others such as K&N, Mobil 1, etc ? I recently watched a video on Honda Filter showing they are cheap and made of paper or cardboard on the inside. I don't feel like dropping $13 for a Honda brand Filter at Wallyworld ( yes walmart actually sells them) if it really not necessary. Btw, i have a 2006 Honda Pilot, 3.5 V6 in very good shape with 127k on it.

Been waiting for this vid!

I can not believe it was last year when you did this it seems like it was yesterday.I still believe in the old way every 3000 miles I do not like waiting a year.

I do this but with amsoil signature series... and change it at ten thousand miles since i do a lot of city driving and sitting in traffic👍🏻

@nelsblair2667

5 жыл бұрын

Travis Meering try lab testing your amsoil, Pennzoil, mobil 1, or Honda oil after 10k miles. I suspect that you’ll learn that you could have been going to 20k. I suspect that 35k would also work. You’d have to occasionally up and in the middle you’d have to change the filter. You’d have to use a reputable source for your filter and your oil. But I think that the labs would agree that 25k isn’t a problem.

Longest I could go on a 2007 Saturn Ion was 8 months. The longest on my 96 Subaru EJ22 (after all the seals replaced) was about 10 months. (11 thousand miles, and I do check my oil levels, and check oil consistency.) I was happy with these results, both changed at 11,000 miles.

glad to see more than 1.1 million subscribers 😄 nice work Eric

I appreciate your trial of this oil eric and i am glad to see it came out ok. But i think i will still continue to change my oil every 3K

@dixoncider7256

6 жыл бұрын

Me too.

That's impressive! Especially in a high rev Honda. That being said, I think extended oil change intervals are way overrated. Full synthetic oil (Pennzoil Platinum Ultra) costs 20 bucks, so it's totally ok to change the oil twice a year over 5-7K miles, which I will stick to. Thanks for the video, Eric, this reminded me I wanted to send drained oil for analysis.

I want to know what filter was used and how did it hold up ? The oil may arguably be suitable one year but I've heard nothing mentioned about the oil filter itself.

I always service my car and van annually and never had an issue, they run a Ford 1.6 Duratorq and a Fiat 1.9 JTD and I use motorcraft oil in both (I go to a ford garage). Usually they do not reach the specified oil change Km in a year but even if they go a bit above I still stick to the routine. No oil related failures, no smoke and no oil level loss in both!

'Mobil 1' is the oil of choice for Porsche and here in Europe generally has a price to match that elevated status. I'm a fairly 'tight' person (As in I don't like to waste money) but still replace the oil and filter every 10000 km or at least once a year, whatever comes first. Never use 'top quality' branded oils but always get OEM filters etc. Oil consumption is not an issue nor is excessive smoke etc on my little Fiat Seicento (all 54 BHP of it). However, Mobil 1, used in all our Porsche's requires a litre every 5000km which, according to Porsche is completely within 'spec'. This applies to both diesel and petrol engines made by Porsche AFAIK.

@wholeNwon

6 жыл бұрын

Here, when we don't see a pool of oil under a Porsche, we suspect that the crankcase is empty.

@Malossianoplus

6 жыл бұрын

Mobil 1 suck. American don't know nothing about oil. They keep using "full synthetic" but isn't 100% synthetic. So a full synthetic or normal synthetic is still a semisynthetic oil. That is why they need to change this every 7/8000 miles. What is mobil 1 full synthetic? 40% high refined mineral oil(hydrocracked) with some pao 4 base oil and additives. Keep dreaming and shooting.. XD

@worldtraveler2500

6 жыл бұрын

Malcolm Young s

@Malossianoplus

6 жыл бұрын

zeroyon223 here in europe 5lt of motul cost less than 5lt of shitty mobil 1 fake synthetic.

@Baerchenization

6 жыл бұрын

I am not sure what the big deal with the 1 year interval is. Porsche had a 2 year interval (or 20K miles) all the way, with the 'gold label' Mobil 1. And now they market 1 year as a big deal... I also had a sample tested after 2 years and it was in good condition, recommended for further operation.

I'll still change muh oil after 3,000+ miles because my right foot gets heavy.

@__WJK__

6 жыл бұрын

MavHunter20XX - Let me guess... you probably work for the oil industry !!! lol

@ForTehNguyen

6 жыл бұрын

your wallet likes to get lighter for no reason too

@johnmoore1495

6 жыл бұрын

That’s a fair point I didn’t think off. If you’re really beating the shit out of a car you probably shouldn’t wait 20,000 miles. Now a mini-van where you’re probably carrying kids and driving like a grandma, yeah you’re good.

@TheRichardF10

6 жыл бұрын

Right on.

do I need to change the oil in a truck I rarely drive? put fully synthetic in it 28 months ago (with high mileage oil filter) but I have only put a thousand miles on it since then and have not drove it at all in the last year. I look at the oil dipstick and the oil is still a brownish color (which is a positive) as it is usually black when I change it.

I just went 4 years without an oil change but the car (2005Grand Marquis) hardly ever gets driven and I only put about 600 miles on it over that time and I just finally changed the oil but the old oil still looked good and it wasn't really low maybe a 1/2 quart from full. The car was left to me by my Grandparents an I just keep it to drive when I need more passenger room than my Truck has . So is it bad to forego oil changes on cars that sit for years in the garage practically undriven ?