I watch for synthetic oil to go on special up here in Canada. works out to almost half price or 32 bucks for five litres. Of course the engine takse 5.7 litres so i always buy four jugs. I figure, what the hell right, twin turbo, stressed to the max 4 cylinder, -20 degrees winter mornings ...go for it
If you use it (I do not), haven't you wondered with all those start/stop cycles on a regular basis, how much raw fuel gets dumped into the cylinders every time, and how much lube is washed away ???
Start/stop has been much enhanced from yrs back, good info in this article. I don't use it but would if it didn't require using Ford's bms .
I'm sure it has improved.....but I'm so old school that I can't help but think that all the start/stop/restart cycles do more harm than good.....double that when dealing with a cold engine where oil hasn't had a chance to warm up properly.
I don't get it, to shut off the engine don't you need to shut the fuel off? Along with the ignition, of course.
yeah - but if you take the time to read the article - stop/start is disabled unless the vehicle is at a warmed up temp, I believe that us how it works on the Ranger. Also Mazda doesn't even use the starter, just fires a cylinder positioned at TDC and those that use starters do the same - TDC position to miminize cranking, you have one cylinder with fuel/air ready to fire. Technology is great until you have issues - then a lot of it is so complex the everyday person is screwed. I've been able to fix a lot of somewhat complicated crap by understanding how it is supposed to operate - a good example of that on here is the airline tech providing intricate details on how things function.
I saw or read an article (maybe on here) on how many changes had to be made to vehicles because of the ASS. If I remember right they had to add a pressure pump to the transmission to keep line pressure up, an electric circ pump to the cooling system for hvac an stuff.
Yes, but you are saving the planet by eliminating 1/2 cup of exhaust and saving 1/247 th gallon of gas by not idling....which is the whole reason for the stop/start stupidity.
His oil tests are pure theater entertainment. They have no relation to true ATSM testing that use reference base oils for comparison testing against, not against other brands like he does.
I haven’t really paid attention to the miles at my oil change interval. I’ve been changing at 50% oil life, which is usually 5 to 6k miles and twice a year. Mobil 1 using Motorcraft filters. I’ll have to look next time, and at 67k miles do an analysis next change
