Thought you guys might be interested - oil changes
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Originally posted by Arniss
I watched a 60 Minutes episode a few years back where Consumer Reports took 10 New York City taxi engines apart, inspected, photographed and documented engine wear then rebuilt the engines. They placed new motor oil in all 10 taxis. 5 taxis had oil changes every 3,000 miles or every 3 months for one year. The other 5 taxis also got new oil but went a year with no oil change, only weekly level checks and filled to proper level.
After the year was over all 10 of the engines were torn apart, reinspected and no difference was found in engine wear between the two groups.
Something to think about...
I watched a 60 Minutes episode a few years back where Consumer Reports took 10 New York City taxi engines apart, inspected, photographed and documented engine wear then rebuilt the engines. They placed new motor oil in all 10 taxis. 5 taxis had oil changes every 3,000 miles or every 3 months for one year. The other 5 taxis also got new oil but went a year with no oil change, only weekly level checks and filled to proper level.
After the year was over all 10 of the engines were torn apart, reinspected and no difference was found in engine wear between the two groups.
Something to think about...
By the way I took some out tonight after having it the car for 2 weeks. Clear as when I put it in the car and still at the same level
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From: Abq, NM
This is a good thread. In a&p school, learned that oil does not really break down. It gets dirty. That is what kills oil. I run Valvoline Dura-blend in everycar i've owned. Never had an oil related break down. Change every 4000 miles. As anal as i am about my car, comes out a little less golden than it goes in. First time to hear of Amsoil. Does it come in standard weights??