Turbo6Smackdown
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- Dec 31, 2005
And I do. Send my oil out for analysis. Just did it 3 weeks ago. Have been doing it for about 9 years now. And I know you should change your oil more often, but like I said, every 1500 miles or so like some people do here is just unnecessary. It accomplishes zero.
Got another point for ya. In engine lab I tore down a 5.3 liter engine out of a GMC work van for total measurement. This engine had 200,000 miles on the clock. When all was said and done, I mic'ed every surface on the engine, with the factory specs in my hand. Pretty much ZERO wear on this engine. Walls, cam surfaces, mains, caps, nothing. This engine was pretty much, for all intents and purpose, brand freakin' new. It was abused too. When stuff inside your engine goes tits up, trust me, it's not for waiting too long to change your oil, (I'm saying like putting a thousand miles past your normal change interval) it's usually because something went wrong-stuff in the pickup screen, oil pump did something silly, you used a fram filter, running 2 quarts low for too long, improper clearances, improper torque on the bolts, design defect, runnin' too hot for too long etc etc. It's never because of the oil or waiting a tad too long between oil changes.
