10000 mile oil changes
12-17-2009, 07:00 PM
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main thing is to keep a good filter and check the oil if its brokin down change it i never let my oil get brokin down if you change your oil earlier than 5K your wasting money but the good thing is its your money to waste.
02-19-2010, 06:01 PM
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for you folks waisting money changing your oil and hurting the environment with the extra waiste every 3K .... i would like to let everyone know i change my G8 every 10K it was changed a 500 miles 2000 miles 10000miles and 20000 miles and it just dynoed 335rwhp and 353tq with just CAI thats up there with the highest CAI G8 numbers and it had 25000 miles on it on the dyno the oil was 5000 young while it was on the dyno at 30000 miles i will change it to amsoil sig series and i will not change the oil again untill 60000 miles unless a oil sample says i need to before then....
really what i don't understand is why people would waste money like changing oil every less than 5K ??? i mean are yall the kind of people that drink half a drink and poor the rest out or eat half a burger and throw it away to eat half of a different one cause your still hungry
i wish i had money to throw away like that
really what i don't understand is why people would waste money like changing oil every less than 5K ??? i mean are yall the kind of people that drink half a drink and poor the rest out or eat half a burger and throw it away to eat half of a different one cause your still hungry
i wish i had money to throw away like that
02-19-2010, 06:10 PM
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I run amsoil in my truck and change it every 7,500. I believe amsoil states you can run it as long as a year or 20,000 miles.
In my camaro on the other hand i use kendall and change it about every 1000.. but mostly cuz I'm constantly doing something to it
In my camaro on the other hand i use kendall and change it about every 1000.. but mostly cuz I'm constantly doing something to it
02-19-2010, 07:27 PM
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i change mine every 3k but also get free oil changes
02-19-2010, 07:33 PM
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just sturing things up i noticed things had slowed up and i have nothing else to do 
02-20-2010, 01:27 PM
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Amsoil from all the tests I have seen conducted CAN last 10k+ miles no problem, but Amsoil is expensive. I usually change mine between 4500-6000 miles using RP... I wouldn't feel comfortable running it longer then that but that every 3000 miles scam was made up back in the day to help boost oil sales and was largely based on conventional oil that had none of the modern day detergents. Even conventional oil these days should be good for 4500 miles in a daily driver type car... Of course I run the synthetic as an added protection that my oil can last 4500+miles....but ya that's my .02 anyways.
02-24-2010, 02:47 AM
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thank you but amsoil who i say knows way more than you says its ok and my 2002 tahoe that gets 24mpg with 22s and runs flawlessly with now 160K+ miles on it says your not so smart yourself and the techs at amsoil are. I must say it was a gamble i was hoping it would ruin the motor so i would have a good reason to put a 402 in it but in fact its running now as good as ever on its 3rd one year interval change the year after the 34K it went 29.5K and this year its looking like another 30+K...
main thing is to keep a good filter and check the oil if its brokin down change it i never let my oil get brokin down if you change your oil earlier than 5K your wasting money but the good thing is its your money to waste.
main thing is to keep a good filter and check the oil if its brokin down change it i never let my oil get brokin down if you change your oil earlier than 5K your wasting money but the good thing is its your money to waste.
for you folks waisting money changing your oil and hurting the environment with the extra waiste every 3K .... i would like to let everyone know i change my G8 every 10K it was changed a 500 miles 2000 miles 10000miles and 20000 miles and it just dynoed 335rwhp and 353tq with just CAI thats up there with the highest CAI G8 numbers and it had 25000 miles on it on the dyno the oil was 5000 young while it was on the dyno at 30000 miles i will change it to amsoil sig series and i will not change the oil again untill 60000 miles unless a oil sample says i need to before then....
really what i don't understand is why people would waste money like changing oil every less than 5K ??? i mean are yall the kind of people that drink half a drink and poor the rest out or eat half a burger and throw it away to eat half of a different one cause your still hungry
i wish i had money to throw away like that
really what i don't understand is why people would waste money like changing oil every less than 5K ??? i mean are yall the kind of people that drink half a drink and poor the rest out or eat half a burger and throw it away to eat half of a different one cause your still hungry
i wish i had money to throw away like that
Now for the highlighted sentences. You are bashing people for "wasting" money on frequent oil changes, but you, yourself, just posted you tried to purposely blow an engine. That's not wasting money? Also by stating such you have essentially agreed that going too long between oil changes is detrimental to an engine. Or at least that was your thoughts too.
02-24-2010, 10:53 PM
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theres nouthing wrong with 3 k or sooner oil changes the only reason companys said 10k is that we hurting the enviroment with to me is stupid crude oil came from the ground whats wrong with it going back plus the oil never wears out its the addtitives that do so to me change ur oil when ever u want hell i have a friend with a yfz that he ride the **** outa it every day and he never change the oil since he bought it brand new and he never had problems with it so with oil its kinda what ever u wanna do 3k changes 10k or never its ur choise if u think its expensive to do 3k changes and try to push ur motors u should try to pay for a diesel oil change my dmax holds 10qt and i run amsoil everything in all my trucks so its over 100 bucks with a filter every 5k but i do it sooner if i towed anything (yay ramdom rants)
02-25-2010, 06:36 AM
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http://www.machinerylubrication.com/...filter-sensors
There is some good info here about oil change intervals, etc.
There is some good info here about oil change intervals, etc.
02-25-2010, 09:15 AM
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If you use a quality synthetic oil and a quality oil filter you could go 10k miles. Topping off is a big part of keeping that 10k mile interval going. Your oil should be one with a high TBN to start with, as well. If you have doubts as to whether what you are doing is smart for you, have an oil analysis done at the end of the interval to see what is going on in your motor.
Modern oils have come a long way in the last decade and you really have to look hard to find a BAD oil. For that reason, the only people that might come out ahead by using synthetic oil over long intervals would be those that rack up huge miles and 3k mile intervals would be every other week or two.
The LS1 is a quality engine and is not so delicate as some would think. What kills me is the folks that go on about the engine being from the right hand of G@d in one breath, and in the very next breath would say it needs extra care and pampering.
In the end, do what you will. It's your money.
Modern oils have come a long way in the last decade and you really have to look hard to find a BAD oil. For that reason, the only people that might come out ahead by using synthetic oil over long intervals would be those that rack up huge miles and 3k mile intervals would be every other week or two.
The LS1 is a quality engine and is not so delicate as some would think. What kills me is the folks that go on about the engine being from the right hand of G@d in one breath, and in the very next breath would say it needs extra care and pampering.
In the end, do what you will. It's your money.
02-25-2010, 10:05 AM
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It amazes me how much this subject gets beat to death. I use to have a customer at the Honda dealer I worked for that always wanted samples of his Amsoil and wanted to know how the oil "looked". It looked like dirty old oil!
I've had plenty of engines and seen plenty more that went 5k-10k or more on oil changes all the time and went over 200,000 miles. I've also seen engines spin bearings at 70k miles from a lack of maintenance. It's cheap insurance to change it often. And bad for the environment to change it at 3k?
Give me a break. Oil is recyclable, and if you're THAT worried about the environment ride a bike. We have bigger problems than too much used oil being recycled.
Personally, I use regular oil and change it around 3k. Water condenses in oil and makes sludge, blow by gasses contaminate it, it breaks down over time, etc.
I've had plenty of engines and seen plenty more that went 5k-10k or more on oil changes all the time and went over 200,000 miles. I've also seen engines spin bearings at 70k miles from a lack of maintenance. It's cheap insurance to change it often. And bad for the environment to change it at 3k?
Give me a break. Oil is recyclable, and if you're THAT worried about the environment ride a bike. We have bigger problems than too much used oil being recycled. Personally, I use regular oil and change it around 3k. Water condenses in oil and makes sludge, blow by gasses contaminate it, it breaks down over time, etc.
02-26-2010, 01:18 AM
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Mobil 1 and a Wix filter in my 02 Tahoe every 7,500 miles, comes out just as gold as when it goes in. My 01 SS gets Amsoil and a Wix filter about once a year which usually has went less than 2,000 miles.