Change your oil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tjkj2002]

What 12 oil changes at 10,000 mile intervals does in a GM 3.1 V6,oh and that is Castrol syntec for the last 11 oil changes.Now the guy either has to junk it or rebuild the engine(or used/remaned).

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[Dave]

Holy crap............looks like a chocolate factory in there.

Dave

 

[LibertyFever]

I have to wonder exactly how poorly that engine ran.

Thanks for posting those pics. I'm going to immediately check and see when I last replaced my engine oil & filter. It's a cheap insurance against an expensive rebuild/replacement isn't?

 

[Dave]

I just checked mine too. I have approx 2,700 miles since my last change. I was going to change the oil/filter/pcv this month anyway before the weather gets real cold. That way I can run it until spring. Winter here is ******* engines.

I don't care how good of oil/filter you are using, 10,000 mile changes is stupid.

Dave

 

[osufans]

WOW!!! Thanks for sharing...I've never personally seen what sludge buildup looks like (other than the infomercials on TV.)

 

[tjkj2002]

I have to wonder exactly how poorly that engine ran.

Thanks for posting those pics. I'm going to immediately check and see when I last replaced my engine oil & filter. It's a cheap insurance against an expensive rebuild/replacement isn't?

Besides hemorrhaging coolant at about 1 gallon per min it actually ran pretty good,about what you'd expect a 128,000mile engine to run like.That was the whole reason for the teardown was to replace the leaking lower intake gaskets and found all that sludge.The guy was more then mad to say the least.

Yeah I did change my oil after seeing that,only had 1500miles on my old oil,thinking about changing it again tomorrow and again the next day.

 

[DirtyKK]

Ya that makes me want to pull my valve covers

 

[ridenby]

Oil/grease is cheap,parts ain't.

 

[New Liberty]

Every 10,000 miles? He was doing it consistantly, why not just increase it?

 

[journeyjim]

Every 10,000 miles is way long in my book, probably took 2 years to get to that 10,000 mile mark, or all stop and go, or all short trips. What ever the circumstances were, they are going to learn a hard lesson there.

 

[Dave]

Oil/grease is cheap,parts ain't.

exactly..........very well said ridenby.

Dave

 

[LibertyTC]

There is a reason why manufactures recommend oil & filter changes every 3,500 miles.
Sludge is only funny when it happens to someone else!:icon_twisted:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9RttyUQiws
Use a quality oil & filter!
I guess this man thought he was saving lots by not doing his oil changes!:Bye:

 

[67Customs]

Some manufacturers are recommending 10,000 mile OCIs now days.

 

[tjkj2002]

There is a reason why manufactures recommend oil & filter changes every 3,500 miles.
Sludge is only funny when it happens to someone else!:icon_twisted:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9RttyUQiws
Use a quality oil & filter!
I guess this man thought he was saving lots by not doing his oil changes!:Bye:

Yeah he believed those idiots that say 3k oil changes is a thing of the past.

 

[LibertyTC]

Yup.. now his engine is a thing of the past!:smokin:

Some ideas just simply put.....
Are not worth a S__T.:favorites68:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19Wmiy8rwig

 

[tjkj2002]

Yup.. now his engine is a thing of the past!:smokin:

Some ideas just simply put.....
Are not worth a S__T.:favorites68:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19Wmiy8rwig

You know that know the so claimed "experts" on the web(consumer reports and all those idiots) have severly reversed there opinions on fluid change intervals/Now they are saying to change your trans fluid every 30k when before they would say it never needed to be changed.

After 100k miles on those 10k OCI's those engines will look the same inside and VW/Audi will reverse there recommendations.

 

[LibertyTC]

Agreed!
Anytime you include high revs, high heat and moving metal parts, both contaminants and
inevitable viscosity fatigue.... should dictate.....
Change your engine oil ,transmission & power steering fluid and gear lubes frequently.... if you want them to last.
I am sure all manufacturers have good incomes charging you, just after the warranty is expired, at those extended intervals.

 

[hyde]

That'll wash right off

 

[yellocoyote]

I'm just curious as to why they market their oils to last that long (other than to make the almighty dollar). I'm know the oils have to be run through tests to avoid the false advertising lawsuits, etc... but looking at photos like Troy has posted makes me wonder how they get away with stuff like that.

I use the Mobil 1 synthetic extended performance oil that advertises 15,000 miles between changes. I'll never go to that extent... even the thought of 7-10K between oil changes freaks me out a little. But why claim that if it's going to leave the engine the goopy mess like in the photos?

If it's got to do with profit, wouldn't the manufacturers benefit more by claiming a lower mileage between oil changes? More frequent changes = more oil/filters purchased.

 

[LibertyFever]

I also wonder about the idea of using synthetic engine oil just to stretch out the period between oil changes. If I ever did switch to synthetic engine oil it would be for the quality and I'd keep the oil changes at every 5,000 kms.

Say does anybody have an opinion of replacing just the oil filter every 5,000 kms? Sounds like a bad idea if you ask me.

Next we can begin discussing wrapping the oil filter with magnets.