Re: Motor Oil For Older Engines

["Mark Price" <mprice@xxxxxxxxxx>]

It's nice to know someone agrees with me!
I've gone with 5,000 mile oil changes ever since I started driving.
[1979] Never had a problem or sludge buildup in anything I've owned.
Consumer reports did an oil study in the 80's that agreed. 5,000 miles was the break point, at 5500-6000 mile mark the oil starts to fail. 3,000 mile changes are simply a way for the oil companies and lube places to make money and waste oil.
   I don't argue with people, I just do it my way, by the way, My wife's Altima just clicked over 99,000 miles with nothing being done to it but replacing a leaking valve cover gasket! It has always had 5,000 mile changes with an occasional 5,500 just because we were busy. This car does not use one drop of oil between changes either!
   My 96 Cherokee had 89,000 on it with no problems only difference was I used Pennzoil Synthetic in it because it improved the fuel mileage over dino oils.
 I always replace the filter!
Mark Price


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From: "Bruce Hevner" <scramblr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: mail-From-mprice-westco.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:  Sun, 7 Nov 2004 11:41:56 -0500

>Interesting thread so far. One point that has not been addressed,,, CHANGING
>THE OIL!!
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>I think you might be able to use kerosene for oil if you changed it enough!!
>The debate over oil has gone on for years,, every body has a favorite,, and
>that's fine. If what you are using works,,, GOOD!
> As an engine rebuilder for over 30 years I have seen just about every oil
>out there used successfully,,, and have problems. The bigger problem than
>the brand of oil is,,,, THE OPERATOR!!!
> A vast majority of failed engines I have seen were caused by ONE SINGLE
>PROBLEM. FAILURE TO CHANGE THE OIL at proper intervals!!! Oh sure there are
>design failures here and there, but in no way do they come close in numbers
>to the engines I saw that were SLUDGED BEYOND BELIEF !!!.  Deep enough that
>the valve spring retainers were all that was visible in the head. Two inches
>deep in the block valley?? Sure, all the time. COMPLETELY solid from the
>block to the bottom of the intake?? Yup. Completely covering the oil pickup
>in the pan?? More common than you might think.
>  All these ARE oil related,, in a way,, but NOT the oils fault. So the
>moral of the story is,,, KEEP UP WITH OIL CHANGES!! And while my personal
>opinion is the 3500 mile oil changes are a waste ( I change mine every
>5-6000 and use Mobil-1). Changing it TOO often is FAR less damaging than not
>often enough. 
>PS,,, The motors I have taken apart that were using Synthetic lube had
>virtually NO sludge and were usually apart for a mechanical failure. 
>But HEY,,, that's just ME!
>Bruce Hevner
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