so I got the "check eng oil lvl" light. No big deal I get it a lot when I get close to having to change my oil. I usually just have an extra qt. In the truck but this time I don't. I went into the garage and found some 10w30 my dad uses. I've topped it off with this before. But it's 5 years old. I've looked it up and everywhere it says it's good up to 5 years. What should I do. Ok to use it till i change my oil in 1k miles. It's a big 5qt. Bottle and it was still sealed and unopened
5 year old oil
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iamdub
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I don't see how one "stale" quart of oil mixed in with 5 normal (and used/dirty at that) quarts is gonna make a lick of difference other than get the level back up.
Sasquatch
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When i read the title to this thread i thought we were going to see an engine with more sludge than jon chimpo`s.
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02_Tahoe
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No thank god
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02_Tahoe
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Luckily I didn't have to find out, while I was figuring out what to do one of my friends stopped by just to say hi and he gave me a ride down to advance auto to buy a quart. Thank you for the reply tho
iamdub
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I think it would've been just fine. Since there's 5 quarts of it, I'd use it with a quart of a MMO or some other cleaner to do a motor flush.
RaiderRodney
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It would have been fine to use.
ScottyBoy
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Why do you keep losing oil between oil changes? That's the real question that you should be concerned with. Do you have a leak, or are you burning that much oil?
I was using a LOT of oil and I couldn't figure it out since I didn't have any leaks. I searched several Chevy truck forum sites and I saw that it was a fairly common issue on 99-03 Chevy trucks because of the PCV valve. They redesigned the PCV valve in 04 to a "fixed orifice" style instead of the style with the little valve that rattles. I picked up one at the dealer for $7.00 (since no parts stores around me had anything but the rattle style). That alone solved my oil burning issue. I went from having to add a 1/2 to 3/4 of a quart every 3,000 miles to being g able to go a full 7500 miles on synthetic oil without losing ANY oil. Still full after 7-8 months and 7500 miles.
I was using a LOT of oil and I couldn't figure it out since I didn't have any leaks. I searched several Chevy truck forum sites and I saw that it was a fairly common issue on 99-03 Chevy trucks because of the PCV valve. They redesigned the PCV valve in 04 to a "fixed orifice" style instead of the style with the little valve that rattles. I picked up one at the dealer for $7.00 (since no parts stores around me had anything but the rattle style). That alone solved my oil burning issue. I went from having to add a 1/2 to 3/4 of a quart every 3,000 miles to being g able to go a full 7500 miles on synthetic oil without losing ANY oil. Still full after 7-8 months and 7500 miles.
