1500 mile oil change

[George Harris]

I like your last point about environmental damage. There is a cost even
when the oil is recycled by taking it to a refiner. Personally I use
synthetic and the cost of an oil change every 5,000 mi (8,000 km) is
less than one tank of gas. At today's prices my oil change costs about
Can$30.00 vs $50.00 for a fill up. So I have to change oil and filter
once for every 8 fill ups.

Cheers
George

Brett Dikeman wrote:
> 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.
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>
> 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.
>
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> 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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