Topic: oil change intervals? (Read 20637 times)

turbohf · « **on:** October 08, 2010, 02:24:49 PM »

so yeah. how often you do it? and you use regular or full synthetic?

btw here at my dealer we do Mobil 1 at 7500 miles...

92CXyD · « **Reply #1 on:** October 08, 2010, 02:32:26 PM »

Quote from: turbohf on October 08, 2010, 02:24:49 PM

so yeah. how often you do it? and you use regular or full synthetic?

btw here at my dealer we do Mobil 1 at 7500 miles...

In my Previa every 15k b/c I use Royal Purple and it has 9qt. capacity. (7qts in the pan and 2 in reservoir). ;D

danz · « **Reply #2 on:** October 08, 2010, 02:37:01 PM »

drag car gets oil changes pretty often.

old DD boosted car got oil changes every 3000ish km.

longest i ever went was 5000km on full synthetic, which included 8 track days, probably 35-40 passes

kgx · « **Reply #3 on:** October 08, 2010, 02:42:01 PM »

7500 or after a track day. roadcourse oil temps kill even synthetics pretty quick.

i use german castrol. AFAIK, it still tests as the best or near the best oil out there.

bigdaddyvtec · « **Reply #4 on:** October 08, 2010, 03:06:39 PM »

Slut: Royal purple every 1500-1750

Rodeo... 3500-5000

bigdaddyvtec · « **Reply #5 on:** October 08, 2010, 03:07:33 PM »

Quote from: kgx on October 08, 2010, 02:42:01 PM

7500 or after a track day. roadcourse oil temps kill even synthetics pretty quick.

i use german castrol. AFAIK, it still tests as the best or near the best oil out there.

the German Castrol is good, Not close to the best though

ratcityrex · « **Reply #6 on:** October 08, 2010, 03:13:28 PM »

rotella 15w-40

about every 2k. But thats like every 6 months

Kain · « **Reply #7 on:** October 08, 2010, 04:33:54 PM »

the newer modern oils generally can be left in the engine longer than the typical 3k mile.

2slow · « **Reply #8 on:** October 08, 2010, 05:28:56 PM »

Quote from: Kain on October 08, 2010, 04:33:54 PM

the newer modern oils generally can be left in the engine longer than the typical 3k mile.

HOLY SHIT NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ryan89crx · « **Reply #9 on:** October 08, 2010, 05:34:44 PM »

Quote from: Kain on October 08, 2010, 04:33:54 PM

the newer modern oils generally can be left in the engine longer than the typical 3k mile.

OMG amazazing!!!!

I beat the piss out of mine, so it gets changed every 2500 or so. Synthetic in the Explorer gets it close to 4k, and the Trailblazer probably 5k+(whenever the dash tells me to lol)

snm95ls · « **Reply #10 on:** October 08, 2010, 05:38:15 PM »

I haven't changed mine yet...

jarebear667 · « **Reply #11 on:** October 08, 2010, 05:58:01 PM »

the daily prix like 5000ish, my turbo honda beating the hell out of it and track days under 3000.

brine04 · « **Reply #12 on:** October 08, 2010, 08:34:26 PM »

My slut hasn't ever run long enough to get an oil change. Daily gets 15w40 Rotella T every 10000km.

kgx · « **Reply #13 on:** October 08, 2010, 09:14:46 PM »

Quote from: bigdaddyvtec on October 08, 2010, 03:07:33 PM

Quote from: kgx on October 08, 2010, 02:42:01 PM
7500 or after a track day. roadcourse oil temps kill even synthetics pretty quick.

i use german castrol. AFAIK, it still tests as the best or near the best oil out there.

the German Castrol is good, Not close to the best though

what's currently the best? i know GC destroyed mobil1 in a 5k oil analysis done on a 3SG.

jabberwock · « **Reply #14 on:** October 08, 2010, 10:34:54 PM »

Conventional oil, 5 to 7ish k per change. Slopped out D.

92CXyD · « **Reply #15 on:** October 08, 2010, 10:47:40 PM »

Quote from: kgx on October 08, 2010, 09:14:46 PM

Quote from: bigdaddyvtec on October 08, 2010, 03:07:33 PM
Quote from: kgx on October 08, 2010, 02:42:01 PM
7500 or after a track day. roadcourse oil temps kill even synthetics pretty quick.

i use german castrol. AFAIK, it still tests as the best or near the best oil out there.

the German Castrol is good, Not close to the best though

what's currently the best? i know GC destroyed mobil1 in a 5k oil analysis done on a 3SG.

I know its kind of old but here is the oil test I have DL to refer to. Oil%20Tests

And just found this of interest: http://www.carbibles.com/engineoil_bible.html

If you are using the right oil filter you can change your less often. ;D

oil filter article: http://people.msoe.edu/~yoderw/oilfilterstudy/oilfilterstudy.html

Somewhat updated version of this article: http://minimopar.knizefamily.net/oilfilters/index.html

Teg2boo · « **Reply #16 on:** October 08, 2010, 11:30:41 PM »

You guys really change the oil of your car???

BoostedSchemes · « **Reply #17 on:** October 09, 2010, 01:03:55 AM »

i go to about 3-5k on all my cars regardless of what oil i run, regardless of how i drive it

its just a fucking car you fags

bigdaddyvtec · « **Reply #18 on:** October 09, 2010, 04:19:29 AM »

http://www.animegame.com/cars/Oil%20Tests.pdf

79fairmont · « **Reply #19 on:** October 09, 2010, 09:15:07 AM »

The turbo mustang I change twice a year. It runs 15-40 rotella. The daily beater I change every 5000 or so.

jabberwock · « **Reply #20 on:** October 09, 2010, 10:10:34 AM »

Quote from: bigdaddyvtec on October 09, 2010, 04:19:29 AM

http://www.animegame.com/cars/Oil%20Tests.pdf

So if you can keep sand out of the oil pump, you'll be ok with any oil.

Fancy oils might have super neat pressure characteristics, but don't they also make you discover new leaks in the engine?

michigan_soler · « **Reply #21 on:** October 09, 2010, 10:37:01 PM »

When I get bored... 2k-10k... I look at it to see if its still gooid quite often though

bigdaddyvtec · « **Reply #22 on:** October 09, 2010, 11:32:49 PM »

Quote from: jabberwock on October 09, 2010, 10:10:34 AM

Quote from: bigdaddyvtec on October 09, 2010, 04:19:29 AM
http://www.animegame.com/cars/Oil%20Tests.pdf

So if you can keep sand out of the oil pump, you'll be ok with any oil.

Fancy oils might have super neat pressure characteristics, but don't they also make you discover new leaks in the engine?

When you have something that fails (Mobile 1), costs you money in valvetrain and find something that doesnt (RP)... Then find specifics showing how hard the bandwagon Mobile 1 is alkong with empirical data as to exactly how much better your new choice is (based on research).. Its win. The shit costing a bit more than Mobile 1 and deciding to change itmore often and actually take care of the motor (Not ewxactly a 120K mile D16 or GSR) makes sense... Sand i n it or not.

Dumbfuck.

snm95ls · « **Reply #23 on:** October 09, 2010, 11:34:40 PM »

But this guy on the internets said that Royal Purple blew up his engine...

Hotrodlincoln · « **Reply #24 on:** October 10, 2010, 12:49:15 AM »

Schaeffer oil
/thread

DasPoop · « **Reply #25 on:** October 10, 2010, 04:13:45 AM »

Oil I always use is Total. It used to be Elf but was merged. Doesn't get nearly as hot and looks great even after heavy use

Other good oil to look at is Fuchs.

turbob16hatch · « **Reply #26 on:** October 10, 2010, 04:42:23 AM »

I use castrol gtx, why you ask? It's cheap. $:-\$

caged · « **Reply #27 on:** October 10, 2010, 04:46:00 AM »

I use castrol magnatec because thats what we use at work and its free and ill be fucked if im buying oil.

jabberwock · « **Reply #28 on:** October 10, 2010, 08:54:53 AM »

Fuck emissions.

Get oil with zinc and phosphorous.

What are Rotella T's zinc levels vs RP?

No one uses Mobil 1

dumbfuck

jabberwock · « **Reply #29 on:** October 10, 2010, 09:17:02 AM »

It appears from my little bit of research that new cams have not been tempered, they're still made like they were years ago. Reusing an old cam with new oil seems to be ok with flat tappets since old oil had high zinc and this tempered them in a way. Now only certain diesel oils and racing oils still have the high zinc. So break new cams in with high zinc oil and then you can theoretically do whatever.

synthetics suck

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