Kizashi Club

KuroNekko wrote: ↑Fri Aug 06, 2021 5:42 pm The oil I currently use is the Kirkland Signature Full Synthetic 5W-30 from Costco. It's not actually the Amazon Basics motor oil. I think the discussion involving the two as the same comes from the fact that both of these, in addition to Walmart's SuperTech Full Syn, are made by Warren and are the same synthetic oil formula. What I can tell you is that Kirkland Signature's bottle has a clear window to see the oil level.

I have no complaints about the oil. It appears to hold up well and doesn't burn off in any unusual manner. It might not be the best synthetic motor oil out there but it does the job at a great price. The value is what matters to me because the Kizashi itself is a value-oriented vehicle. You get a lot for the money and you don't need to spend a lot to keep it running well. I think a reputable budget synthetic motor oil is perfect for the Kizashi in the manner I use the car, which is probably more demanding than most people here. I use the car for commuting, work duties, and personal. I want to use synthetic for the more demanding use, better sludge resistance, and longer oil change intervals but can't justify using higher end oils because the Kizashi's engine is rather ordinary and simply doesn't need primo stuff.

KlutzNinja wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 8:52 am

KuroNekko wrote: ↑Fri Aug 06, 2021 5:42 pm The oil I currently use is the Kirkland Signature Full Synthetic 5W-30 from Costco. It's not actually the Amazon Basics motor oil. I think the discussion involving the two as the same comes from the fact that both of these, in addition to Walmart's SuperTech Full Syn, are made by Warren and are the same synthetic oil formula. What I can tell you is that Kirkland Signature's bottle has a clear window to see the oil level.

I have no complaints about the oil. It appears to hold up well and doesn't burn off in any unusual manner. It might not be the best synthetic motor oil out there but it does the job at a great price. The value is what matters to me because the Kizashi itself is a value-oriented vehicle. You get a lot for the money and you don't need to spend a lot to keep it running well. I think a reputable budget synthetic motor oil is perfect for the Kizashi in the manner I use the car, which is probably more demanding than most people here. I use the car for commuting, work duties, and personal. I want to use synthetic for the more demanding use, better sludge resistance, and longer oil change intervals but can't justify using higher end oils because the Kizashi's engine is rather ordinary and simply doesn't need primo stuff.

In all honesty, I misremembered the whole Amazon/Costco thing lol. Without checking the other thread, I genuinely thought you had Amazon oil.
For the oil change I did a couple weeks ago, I used Pennzoil Platinum again (the only oil I’ve used so far), but almost went with STP synthetic oil (brand carried by AutoZone) because they had a good deal going on last month. I’ve read on Bob is the Oil Guy that it’s decent, as is the store brand oil at O’Reilly’s. Also considered Pennzoil’s standard synthetic. Stayed with PennzPlat because I go a year between changes (driving under 5k miles, however). More importantly it’s to hopefully compensate against how the oil might not have been changed for a while during the period between buying the Kizashi and when I first changed the oil over a year later. Figured the oil might have been changed right before I got it, since the battery and tires were new, but I really don’t know. So the Kizashi might have been running on some real old oil (likely conventional or blend) by the time I changed it. And even then the car seemed to run fine. The filter attached back then was a nice Austrian Mahle filter, of all things.
Do you still use the Mobil M-103 extended use filter? Again I’m just relying on memory, but I thought a lot of folks here used that filter.

Also did a tire rotation when I changed the oil, and checked front brakes (didn’t bother with rears since the pads and rotors were replaced three months earlier). If I used the brake pad reader right, I’m somewhere between the lowest green and tallest yellow. I’m not sure how long that will last me. Honestly I thought that’s where they were 13 months ago when I last checked them.