Hi Guys, Let me throw this out for consideration. After 25 plus years of pulling wrenches for "Porsche of America" as a master service technician, I can tell you I have seen many motors fail do to a lack of oil however, I can't honestly say I have ever seen one fail because of oil.
At 02:34 PM 10/17/2007 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hi one fact this topic is overlooking is it doesnt matter how muych you >change your oil within reason because 95 percent of engine wear takes place >at start up when all the oil is in the sump and during the warm up period as >all the moving parts are tight till they expand at running temprature >letting an engine idle for 20 or 30 seconds every time you start it will do >more for your engine than any amount of oil changes another thing stop start >driving wil kill an engine quite quickly as it doesnt have time to warm up, >if a journey is within walking distance guess what dont be a lazy sod walk >it and do the car a favour and get some exercise >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Scott Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 11:03 AM >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] synthetic oil, interval between changes? > > > > The last I recall, Amsoil said you could change your oil every 25,000 > > miles. I've been changing the oil once a year and the filter every six > > months. I've not had any problems, bu my wife doesn't put more than > > 12,000 miles a year on our Jeep. Most manufacturers are now saying > > even with conventional oil, you do not need to change it, but every > > 7,500 miles. Oil is cheap, but that's not the point as much as putting > > in the bes possible oil. I still believe an oil change is more based > > on driving habits, amount of driving, and factors of that nature. > > > > Scott > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > On Oct 16, 2007, at 9:14 AM, Larry Stansifer wrote: > > > >> John, > >> > >> Virtually all of the manufacturers have switched over to a full > >> synthetic > >> or a synthetic blend. > >> They all tell you can go from five to ten thousand on an oil change. > >> One > >> company "Ams Oil" even says you just change the filter and add one > >> quart of > >> their oil every three thousand miles. > >> If you operate your vehicle under optimal conditions and it doesn't > >> have a > >> lot of miles you could probably get away with a five or six thousand > >> mile > >> oil change cycle. My personal feeling is and has always been that > >> oil is > >> one of the cheapest things you will ever put in your automobile so you > >> might as well put in the best and change it every three thousand > >> miles. > >> Castral is one of Carol's major sponsors and I think they are > >> recommending > >> something on the order of a five thousand mile change cycle. for their > >> consumer based synthetic oils. > >> > >> HTH > >> > >> At 08:38 AM 10/16/2007 -0400, John Schwery wrote: > >> >Can one change oil less often with synthetic oil as opposed to > >> >regular oil? If so, how long is the interval between changes? > >> > > >> > > >> >John > >> > > >> > > >> >-- > >> >No virus found in this outgoing message. > >> >Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >> >Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.11/1071 - Release Date: > >> >10/15/2007 6:48 AM > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >To listen to the show archives go to link > >> > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > >> >or > >> >ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > >> > > >> >The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > >> >http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > >> > > >> >Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > >> Various > >> >List Members At The Following address: > >> >http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > >> > > >> >Visit the archives page at the following address > >> >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >> > > >> >If you would like to join the Blind Computing list, then visit the > >> >following address for more information: > >> >http://jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws-users.com > >> > > >> >For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy > >> Man > >> >list just send a blank message to: > >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >Yahoo! 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