10,000 Oil change interval.

[THLONE]

And all the women are strong and all the men are good looking!
And they protest peacefully. LOL


Loved the storytelling of Lake Wobegon, Minnesota! We actually have a Lake Wobegon Trail.

Is that downtown where the peaceful protesting was done. ?

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[AdamHarris]

Do you throw your milk out before the due date? I mean why not? fresh milk would be better than week old milk and milk is cheap.

JK, just bein an A-hole. Apparently going to 10k or changing at 2k are both ok.

 

[DRVMN]

Is that downtown where the peaceful protesting was done. ?

I think all of the peaceful protesting was near the Statue of the Unknown Norwegian in downtown Lake Wobegon. After that, they made their way to the Lutheran church for potluck and casserole!

 

[THLONE]

The economy depends on people buying more stuff. The people who waste their money are helping all of us. And you cant convince them that they dont absolutely need to change their oil at whatever intervals they want. Logic and engineering be dammed.

 

[jsphlynch]

I don't know why we bother to argue about this, we all have our opinions and cling to the stuff our daddies or uncles or uncledaddies taught us anyway.

Because it's either argue about this or the manliness of a tailgate damper. Or argue about whether its a damper or a dampener.

And just to add another anecdote: my grandpa (an aircraft engineer) went who-knows-how-long between oil changes. I think he was going 10k+ miles back when the recommendation was 3k. He scoffed at the idea of synthetics and only ever used conventional. He only changed the filter every other oil change. And to top it off, he used Fram filters (another thing we could argue about?). He kept his vehicles forever and never seemed to have any issues with the engines.

I'm not going to follow in grandpa's footsteps: I'm going 5k-6k for the time being, and using full synthetics.

 

[WhyNot21]

...
Let the flaming commence.

This thread was created with one goal in mind. Congrats to the OP for accomplishing their goal.

This subject really has no right or wrong answer. Each situation is different.

 

[Mark Lally]

This thread was created with one goal in mind. Congrats to the OP for accomplishing their goal.

This subject really has no right or wrong answer. Each situation is different.

Actually, the intention was not to induce the flaming, I just had no doubt that it would happen. The purpose was to get people to look at actual evidence (which I provided).
I used to believe in different things until evidence was provided to show that I was wrong. Growing wiser with age is suppose to be the natural progression of things.

 

[FX4Offroad]

Because it's either argue about this or the manliness of a tailgate damper. Or argue about whether its a damper or a dampener.

And just to add another anecdote: my grandpa (an aircraft engineer) went who-knows-how-long between oil changes. I think he was going 10k+ miles back when the recommendation was 3k. He scoffed at the idea of synthetics and only ever used conventional. He only changed the filter every other oil change. And to top it off, he used Fram filters (another thing we could argue about?). He kept his vehicles forever and never seemed to have any issues with the engines.

I'm not going to follow in grandpa's footsteps: I'm going 5k-6k for the time being, and using full synthetics.

FRAM FILTERS?

WHAT THE... (kidding)

 

[MTB-BRUH]

Actually, the intention was not to induce the flaming, I just had no doubt that it would happen. The purpose was to get people to look at actual evidence (which I provided).
I used to believe in different things until evidence was provided to show that I was wrong. Growing wiser with age is suppose to be the natural progression of things.

Do you realize you still have your address listed online for the world to see? Maybe you don’t care but I wanted you to know in case you missed that

 

[Mark Lally]

Do you realize you still have your address listed online for the world to see? Maybe you don’t care but I wanted you to know in case you missed that

I'm a contractor with a website and many links. My address is already on the web for anyone to see.

 

[TORQUERULES]

There's the rub. It's just your opinion. Back it up with hard data and it becomes reliable information.

Just common sense, but hey you do you and run your oil until it looks like Lisa's coffee from the old show "Green Acres".

 

[TORQUERULES]

Why would you leave your oil in for 3k miles? Why would you leave your oil in for 1k miles? Why don't you change your oil every time you put gas in the tank? If it's so cheap and easy there's no reason to not change your oil daily, right?

I have seen this argument before and will never understand why the hell people cling to some arbitrary number their "opinion" decided must be better than the recommended service interval.

Clinging? So trying to run your oil to the last mile of it's usefulness is not clinging to something?

No one has to like my opinion, but I have watched this whole debate develop over the years. It started with people finding out they could get their oil analyzed and soon everyone became a Blackstone groupie. The the Bob's the Oil Guy site hit the net and everyone became an expert on oil grades, viscosity, you name it.

If you had a race car. Say an nicely built small-block Ford with at least 12:1 compression, nitrous, etc. and you raced it on weekends... Would you change the oil in it every 5K miles if Blackstone told you you could? I very much doubt you would.

Not saying my way is better, but it also cannot hurt. Change your freaking oil and quit worrying about trying to be the guy who can go the longest before oil changes. Look at the "I think I threw a rod" thread to see how much these engines cost. Also, read up on LSPI (Low Speed Pre-Ignition). Keeping clean oil in these engines can be very beneficial, but you don't have to if you don't want to. I will though.

 

[VAMike]

Clinging? So trying to run your oil to the last mile of it's usefulness is not clinging to something?

You're not even saying things that make sense. Why do you believe that one number is the "last mile" of the oil's useful life, and another number isn't? So at 10000 miles there's one mile left, and at 10001 miles, what? The oil explodes? (Also, worth pointing out again--10k miles isn't really a thing, the maintenance minder may reach 10k miles or may not, depends on how the vehicle is used.)

No one has to like my opinion

It's not a question of "liking" or "disliking", your opinion simply doesn't matter as this isn't a subjective question. If someone had asked a question like, "which color is the best for the ranger" then your opinion would have equal weight with everybody else's opinion and might be useful to share. On an objective question like "what's the right maintenance interval" there's a correct answer that's specified by the manufacturer -- so who cares about opinions? Why even waste time whining that following the manufacturer's specified maintenance interval is "using dirty oil" but the magical interval determined via ex orifice investigation is somehow important/better?

 

[Leftcoast]

Just common sense, but hey you do you and run your oil until it looks like Lisa's coffee from the old show "Green Acres".

It all makes sense now. Have a great day.

 

[Ames]

oh boy, another oil change interval thread. I bet this one ends with the entire forum in agreement.

Nailed it.

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