CHANGE YOUR OIL!!!!!!!!!!!

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Tue Nov 09, 2010 4:33 pm

"12 oil changes at 10,000 mile intervals" his words? Curious if he was padding his OCI/number of changes.

(sure it looks bad, can't see the pics at work)

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 09, 2010 4:49 pm

JJsKJ wrote:

"12 oil changes at 10,000 mile intervals" his words? Curious if he was padding his OCI/number of changes.

(sure it looks bad, can't see the pics at work)

Yep that was his oil change intervals,had all the paperwork in his glovebox,he showed us like we were going to give him a break since he did do "regular" oil changes,also how I knew he used castrol syntec(and Fram oil filters).

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Tue Nov 09, 2010 4:57 pm

maybe castrol will let him be in their next commercial....

mikey1273 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 09, 2010 8:57 pm

WOW I used to use Castrol in my cars for years. never had an issue like THat. I had the valve cover and head of the Isuzu off too, it was clean at that time. I did change it every 3000 miles too.

Now I use shell rotella T6 and change it every 6000 by the manal's sever service schedule. not sure how good shell is many here use it in the diesel and it seems to be very popular in all for diesel owners.

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Wed Nov 10, 2010 12:02 am

not saying his problem is related but I've heard/read that the intake gaskets on those 3.1's commonly leaked internally and could contribute to/cause sludge problems.

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Wed Nov 10, 2010 12:14 am

JJsKJ wrote:

not saying his problem is related but I've heard/read that the intake gaskets on those 3.1's commonly leaked internally and could contribute to/cause sludge problems.

I've done over a 100 intake jobs on 3.1/3.4/3.8's and never seen that before,seen lots of carbon in the intake runners but no sludge in the valley like that.

audiboy86 · **Posted:** Wed Nov 10, 2010 1:31 am

That looks awful i use Royal purple every 6250 miles with a mobil filter ussually. I have taken the valve covers off and old John Deer Diesel I-6 in and air compressor probably mid 70's. It hasn't had but one oil change since the company bought it in 2003 and it looked better then that. I mean it had alittle build up but nothing like that.

Dje Ryu · **Posted:** Wed Nov 10, 2010 10:42 am

Looks to me like maybe he had a FRAM oil filter failure.

BrendonR · **Posted:** Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:41 pm

I've gotta ask at the risk of sounding like a moron...

Is this thread complaining about:

a) FRAM Filters
b) Castrol Syntech
c) 10,000 mile Oil Changes
or
d) the 3.1?

DirtyKK · **Posted:** Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:00 pm

BrendonR wrote:

I've gotta ask at the risk of sounding like a moron...

Is this thread complaining about:

a) FRAM Filters
b) Castrol Syntech
c) 10,000 mile Oil Changes
or
d) the 3.1?

all the above and more

audiboy86 · **Posted:** Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:11 pm

It is basically saying don't be and idiot and change your oil like your suppose to. And don't go cheap when you do it unless you want to kill the motor.

liquidxit2 · **Posted:** Wed Nov 10, 2010 6:50 pm

My wifes honda del sol used castrol dino oil for 200k and it ran like a top. So yeah the thread is all about changing oil and nothing more.

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Wed Nov 10, 2010 10:01 pm

BrendonR wrote:

I've gotta ask at the risk of sounding like a moron...

Is this thread complaining about:

a) FRAM Filters
b) Castrol Syntech
c) 10,000 mile Oil Changes
or
d) the 3.1?

C would be the answer.Just had the other info.

LibertyCRD · **Posted:** Thu Nov 11, 2010 2:10 pm

tjkj2002 wrote:

BrendonR wrote:

I've gotta ask at the risk of sounding like a moron...

Is this thread complaining about:

a) FRAM Filters
b) Castrol Syntech
c) 10,000 mile Oil Changes
or
d) the 3.1?

C would be the answer.Just had the other info.

A through D are all garbage though, honestly.

warp2diesel · **Posted:** Thu Nov 11, 2010 4:16 pm

LibertyCRD wrote:

THIS is why my father, a 35+ year veteran mechanic, won't touch anything but Pennzoil, and changes the oil on stuff he services frequently.

I found sludge/wax like that with Penzoil too when I had my shop.
Bad thermostat can contribute to oil sludge too not just the oil base, paraffin Vs asphalt.
of course, 10,000 mile oil changes with out a centrifuge or bypass filter will also help sludge build up happen.

NJCRD · **Posted:** Fri Nov 12, 2010 8:36 am

Just to add some fuel to the fire, I don't use it nor would I ever use it, but I found it rather interesting that new BMWs use Castrol. My friend's M5 with the high tech V10 has the Castrol only stamped on the oil cap. Their oil change intervals are in the 15,000 mile range too.
I would love to see a pic of one of those engines after a few years.

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 12, 2010 8:28 pm

NJCRD wrote:

Just to add some fuel to the fire, I don't use it nor would I ever use it, but I found it rather interesting that new BMWs use Castrol. My friend's M5 with the high tech V10 has the Castrol only stamped on the oil cap. Their oil change intervals are in the 15,000 mile range too.
I would love to see a pic of one of those engines after a few years.

You mean these :ROTFL:

NJCRD · **Posted:** Fri Nov 12, 2010 8:41 pm

That out of a BMW?

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 12, 2010 8:44 pm

NJCRD wrote:

That out of a BMW?

Yep

NJCRD · **Posted:** Fri Nov 12, 2010 8:58 pm

Nice. I know the new ones, the computer tells the owner when to bring the car in for service based on driving conditions.
Regardless, I use Mobil 1 every 6200 and that's about it.

CHANGE YOUR OIL!!!!!!!!!!!

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