[Shop-talk] Oil analysis - Blackstone

[BJNoSHOV8]

You've got it all wrong, I don't do 3k miles anymore.  Now I do 4k miles.




Actually my understanding is that oil has gotten worse recently, 
something about removing the additives that protect against friction.


> It's 2011.  There are better ways to chose your oil change interval 
> than "I thought". Used oil analysis can tell you an awful lot about 
> the actual state of the oil.  It's a waste of money and natural 
> resources to change your oil before it's needed, and changing it at3k 
> because that's what you've always done is firmly in the wastefull zone.
> Again,  it's 2011, oil and oil additive packages are way way better 
> than they ever have been. Enjoy living in future.