I am kidding, but just a little. My personal oil
changing experience leads me to believe that all this
frequent oil changing is just a scam and not by the
oil companies. Just two more points of data. I had a
1983 Mazda 626 for 10 years. I changed the oil twice.
It still ran strong before I sold it at 200,000
miles. I had a 1980 BMW 320i for 21 years. The oil
got changed maybe 5 times. It never had a problem and
ran great.
According to those quick change places, you should
change your oil every 3000 miles. Right. According
to the manufactuers, it should be changed every 7500
miles. I read a Mobil oil report that said engine oil
is good for 15000 - 30000 miles. Who's right?
How many engine rebuilds have you people who change
your oil every 3000 miles had to do? I'm not saying
that frequent oil changes are bad, other than for the
environment, just that they are a waste of money.
David
--- Joe Curry <Spitlist@gte.net> wrote:
> David,
> You are kidding, right????
>
> You should never let the oil go more than 6 months
> regardless of how few
> miles you drive. Contaminants get in there even
> when it is sitting.
>
> And 20K is well over the recommended mileage
> interval even if it had not
> been that long.
>
> CHANGE THE OIL!
>
> Joe
>
> David Yip wrote:
> >
> > I last changed the oil in my TR6 about 3 years and
> > 20000 miles ago. It still runs fine. Just as
> > background, the car just ticked over 140,000
> miles.
> > It's never been rebuilt. The most major engine
> work
> > that has been done to it is that it had eletronic
> > ignition installed. It still turns over instantly
> > except for the dreaded first start of the day in
> the
> > morning. That takes about 2 seconds of churning.
> >
> > Should I tempt fate and change the oil or just let
> > well enough alone?
> >
> > David
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