Coke into motor oil for Lifter noise.(1500 mile oil change)

[Brett Dikeman]

At 5:44 PM -0500 3/11/03, Simplstupd at aol.com wrote:
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>Here's why I do 1500 mile oil changes:  oil is cheap.  Engines are not.  So,
>I spend $10 on an oil and filter change every 1500 miles.

So, in other words, after 4 years, you've spent as much as a new
engine would cost.  What was that about "oil is cheap, engines are
not"?  Depends upon the engine, my friend.

>   That is cheap insurance that my engine, which has never been
>rebuilt, will continue on a happy life.

It's not 'insurance' at all.

Good synthetic oil will last upwards of 20,000 miles.  Dino oil,
depending upon the engine, quality, etc, will last around 3,000
before it starts breaking down.

What you should be doing is having an oil analysis done on your oil
when you change it; the analysis tells you all sorts of useful
things, including whether the oil was still usable or not.  If it
comes back OK, add more miles to the change interval and test again.
That and you will get more "insurance" from using a better oil than
simply changing out cheapo oil on a absurd schedule.

If you don't believe me, ask Phil Payne; he made his thoughts
explicitly clear on the subject of oil change intervals, and it was
that people doing 3k mile changes were flushing money down the
toilet.  You're opening a fire hydrant.

I suppose you probably sneer at the soccer mom driving the big SUV
that gets half the mileage of your 'babied' car.  Did you ever stop
to consider the environmental repercussions of your change interval?

Brett

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