Automakers Lengthen Oil Change Intervals
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From: Brent P on 29 Mar 2007 00:02 In article <pb7m031m123p78ksrcc3qf7svpki52rqor(a)4ax.com>, clare at snyder.on.ca wrote: > On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:05:37 -0500, tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS(a)yahoo.com > (Brent P) wrote: > >>In article <460ad725$0$27206$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net>, SMS wrote: >>> Steve Barker wrote: >>>> I'm a regular guy (retired) with 4 vehicles that always have, and always >>>> will, get 3k oil changes on straight 30 weight oil. >> >>> This will increase the engine wear at start-up, though if you're in a >>> hot climate it won't be too bad. Just make sure that it's a detergent >>> SAE 30, not non-detergent, as both are available. >> >>There are some engines with small oil passages where it's probably not a >>good idea at all. > Not an engine built that can't run straight 30 if the temps don't drop > below something like 55-60F. Funny how the same people who demand that 3,000 mile oil changes are needed just to prevent engine damage feel that changing oil weight from recommended is just fine and dandy. Afterall, the engine was extensively tested by the manufacturer with the weight of oil specified.... and you just 'know' what will work 'better' in it without so much as engineering drawings of it. I'll stick with the recommended weight oil, as I know there are small passages in it and I'd rather be sure everything got oil.
From: Brent P on 29 Mar 2007 00:07 In article <tfqdnaXhke_ggpbbnZ2dnUVZ_oipnZ2d(a)giganews.com>, Steve Barker wrote: > Look at your Chevy's manual and see what it says to do if the auto reminder > is reset by accident. My GMC's manual say in this event to change the oil > at 3,000 miles. Imagine that. Straight from the Big One. 3,000 miles from when the auto reminder is accidently reset. That makes sense.... think about it for it momement.... odds are it's not being accidently reset at the time it needs to be reset but when there is some milage already done. Sounds to me as if this accidental reset rule is designed to hit a nominal 6K change.
From: Brent P on 29 Mar 2007 00:09 In article <5e7m03h7jbpfh502qbt6nepp7ic8rsh94e(a)4ax.com>, clare at snyder.on.ca wrote: > Minimum 20 minutes to get the oil to full operating temperature, and > then about another 10 minutes for every day of short run cold morning, <snip> When your coolant has reached OT and the thermostat is open, the oil has reached operating temperature some time before that. It's basic heat transfer. If it had not, the coolant and engine block would still be warming the oil and the Tstat would remain close.
From: Brent P on 29 Mar 2007 00:11 In article <1175131532_7955(a)sp6iad.superfeed.net>, jim wrote: > > > clifto wrote: >> >> jim wrote: >> > Well that certainly shoots your argument in the foot. Irv Gordon >> > attributes the 2 and 1/2 million miles on his volvo to 3000k oil >> > changes. >> >> Are you saying he's not going to change his oil for another half million >> miles, or that he's changed it more than once per mile driven? > > He says he changes his oil at every 3000 miles and that is what he > claims is the secret to getting so many miles. Actually it was his willingness to take care of the entire car and fix things when they broke or when someone crashed into it.
From: Steve Barker on 29 Mar 2007 00:58
Where are these so called "small" passageways? The smallest clearances involved are the cam bearings, and they get the oil first. And the basic engine block technology hasn't changed for 50 years or more. -- Steve Barker YOU should be the one controlling YOUR car. Check out: www.lightsout.org "Brent P" <tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:wJWdnaHFx-P3p5bbnZ2dnUVZ_hadnZ2d(a)comcast.com... > In article <pb7m031m123p78ksrcc3qf7svpki52rqor(a)4ax.com>, clare at > snyder.on.ca wrote: >> On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:05:37 -0500, tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS(a)yahoo.com >> (Brent P) wrote: >> >>>In article <460ad725$0$27206$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net>, SMS wrote: >>>> Steve Barker wrote: >>>>> I'm a regular guy (retired) with 4 vehicles that always have, and >>>>> always >>>>> will, get 3k oil changes on straight 30 weight oil. >>> >>>> This will increase the engine wear at start-up, though if you're in a >>>> hot climate it won't be too bad. Just make sure that it's a detergent >>>> SAE 30, not non-detergent, as both are available. >>> >>>There are some engines with small oil passages where it's probably not a >>>good idea at all. > >> Not an engine built that can't run straight 30 if the temps don't drop >> below something like 55-60F. > > Funny how the same people who demand that 3,000 mile oil changes are > needed just to prevent engine damage feel that changing oil weight from > recommended is just fine and dandy. Afterall, the engine was extensively > tested by the manufacturer with the weight of oil specified.... and you > just 'know' what will work 'better' in it without so much as engineering > drawings of it. > > I'll stick with the recommended weight oil, as I know there are small > passages in it and I'd rather be sure everything got oil. > > |