That's exactly right. Dad told me the other day that for every X quarts he buys at Auto Zone he get's $5.00 off. I said why don't you just go to WalMart and get that price without all the hoops?
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That's exactly right. Dad told me the other day that for every X quarts he buys at Auto Zone he get's $5.00 off. I said why don't you just go to WalMart and get that price without all the hoops?
I'm with two-eagles, AMSOIL in everything i got, even my boat. Change the filter about 11000 mile and the oil once a year. I use my birth date to change everything out.
10k for gas burners and 15k for diesel enginez... I guess if u used synthetic, you could stretch it a little more
I change the oil in my truck when the reminder hits 10%...
On my bikes I do every 2k miles or after a track day.
Full synthetic in both.
On my bikes I do every 2k miles or after a track day.
Full synthetic in both.
Even at that you should be fine. So much less blow by and other variables in newer engines that don't get dirty as fast. Of course as you get past 200k you will want to adjust your service intervals.
if you are serious about knowing when to change the oil in your vehicle, send a few samples of oil to Blackstone Labs. They will do an oil analysis and tell you exactly what is in the oil and the levels of all of the additives in the oil. Send samples in at 3k, 5k, 8k and 10k and they will tell you exactly when (in their opinion) you should change your oil (given the same style of driving and oils).
Buddy works with large industrial motors/generators and this is what they use. it's not rocket science, just send them a few samples and they will tell you when the oil is bad. Plus they can tell by what other stuff is in the oil if you are going to have issues with top end, bottom end, etc.
Read one of their reports and see what you can find out about your motor.
http://www.blackstone-labs.com/gas-engine-sample-report-1.php
Don't guess, get a professional opinion based upon years of analysis and data. it's not that expensive and if you are planning on keeping your vehicle for a while, it's worth it.
Buddy works with large industrial motors/generators and this is what they use. it's not rocket science, just send them a few samples and they will tell you when the oil is bad. Plus they can tell by what other stuff is in the oil if you are going to have issues with top end, bottom end, etc.
Read one of their reports and see what you can find out about your motor.
http://www.blackstone-labs.com/gas-engine-sample-report-1.php
Don't guess, get a professional opinion based upon years of analysis and data. it's not that expensive and if you are planning on keeping your vehicle for a while, it's worth it.
I was going to post about blackstone.
it doesn't cost that much to have your oil sampple done.
it doesn't cost that much to have your oil sampple done.
Meh, when Shell Rotella T6 full synthetic is $25 a gallon, it's cheap to do oil changes frequently. On the bikes and ATVs I probably do them more often than I really need to, but there is peace of mind knowing that there is always clean, quality oil in there...
That may be the case, but if so there was something wrong with the oil. Or they ripped him and charged for something he didn't get.
No modern engine should fail that way, that early.
But then again they were trying to get out of the expense of replacing an engine, so I don't know that I would take their word on it.
