Is the lack of analysis on stationary engines a factor of short run times? Caterpillar has a super aggressive program of analysis that helps them keep machines running for way longer than ever before and lowers maintenance costs by allowing fluids to run longer. If I had an engine with a sump that held 100 gallons you bet I'd want to get all I could out of that oil, changing it early would be crazy talk compared to running a $20 analysis...
I find it interesting that the "Mercedes Martha Stewart" doesn't care about whats going on INSIDE the engine. My cars get the opposite treatment, I don't really mind what they look like, they have to perform. Then again I drive like 4x as much as you do. -Curt ________________________________ From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: Mercedes List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 5:28 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mobil 1 $23 at Wally World I am changing about every 5k-6k and I'm perfectly happy with that. If the oil hasn't "broken in" (and I would like to see the citations for these claims) by then it's not going to. For almost 25 years I worked with industrial diesels with 1000s of HP that had sumps well beyond 100 gallons. Almost every one of them was changed on a calendar basis, only a few were changed based on oil analysis. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with oil analysis, in fact, when done properly it can provide a wealth of information about the engine. In the stationary engine business, about the only people who do oil analysis are those who have an aggressive maintenance program that pays close attention to everything, and/or those running engines in prime power (continuous) operation. Everyone else does it every two years or so. Quite frankly, I don't care to do it and I don't want the additional hassle and expense. I'll just change mine on the intervals I'm happy with and continue on. And yes, we could argue that I would save money in the long run, but I'm not that interested in doing so. I'm just more comfortable with changing the oil and filter out at the mileage or time I think is appropriate. Dan _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
