Oil change insight

[Dingbat]

Or maybe you're more of a picture person:

The Feds are wrong too! They just grouped southern Jersey in because they didn't want to split the state. I'll give you Mid Atlantic at best if you're north of I-70.

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[MFP2241]

My father was an applications engineer for Mobil (then later ExxonMobil) for 34 years. He did a lot of failure analysis work with the Mobil 1 sponsored race teams, off-shore powerboat racing, and large equipment manufacturers. He knew more about modern engine lubrication using advanced synthetic oil than anyone I ever met.

His personal routine was Mobil 1 every 10K - 15k, with filter changes about every 5k, for regular use passenger vehicles.

If you DO perform your own oil changes, do yourself a favor.... enter the receipts (and pictures what's on the receipt) into the FordPass app so you have proof of the maintenance you performed.

 

[GToddC5]

The Feds are wrong too! They just grouped southern Jersey in because they didn't want to split the state. I'll give you Mid Atlantic at best if you're north of I-70.

I'm north of the lower PA border. You're just going to have to deal with it, and hopefully stop spamming this oil thread with your nonsense.

 

[Grant3168]

Still waiting on my Bronco that's on the way soon. But for both of my current vehicles (Infiniti G35 and G37) I change both of these car's oil with synthetic every 5k at the maximum, usually change around 4k miles. However, both of these cars are known to burn oil and they are both older (16 and 9 years old) For newer vehicles, I know its very common to change every 10k with synthetic and youll be fine. I'll probably change my Bronco's oil every 7,500, like your dealer is recommending just to keep my mind calm. Oil changes are the cheapest thing you can do to maintain the life and performance of your vehicles. Even cheaper if you do it yourself, like I do.

 

[JBlanco]

If look at the oil at 5,000 miles, it will appear very dirty and smell diluted.

If you test the oil at 5,000 miles, the results will very likely show lots of life left and minimal dilution.

I change mine fairly frequently because I enjoy it. I will also admit, its not very necessary.

After reading this thread I feel like I have OCD because I change the oil at 3k miles or a year, whatever comes first... I have used synthetics since they came out.

Wouldn't be able to sleep if I let it go past 3k miles...

 

[Dingbat]

My father was an applications engineer for Mobil (then later ExxonMobil) for 34 years. He did a lot of failure analysis work with the Mobil 1 sponsored race teams, off-shore powerboat racing, and large equipment manufacturers. He knew more about modern engine lubrication using advanced synthetic oil than anyone I ever met.

His personal routine was Mobil 1 every 10K - 15k, with filter changes about every 5k, for regular use passenger vehicles.

If you DO perform your own oil changes, do yourself a favor.... enter the receipts (and pictures what's on the receipt) into the FordPass app so you have proof of the maintenance you performed.

Reminds me of what an Army mechanic told me they’d do with the motor pool vehicles, only they never changed the oil, just topped it off as necessary. The theory supposedly was that the metal particles in the oil that were small enough to pass through the filter would wear or deform and work like micro ball bearings. Clearly this is a little extreme and likely not what your dad was doing but I always wondered if there was any truth to it or it was just some guy’s b.s. excuse so he could gank the oil they were supposed to be using in the vehicles and sell it on the side.

 

[MFP2241]

After reading this thread I feel like I have OCD because I change the oil at 3k miles or a year, whatever comes first... I have used synthetics since they came out.

Wouldn't be able to sleep if I let it go past 3k miles...

The 3K mile oil change interval is recommended for conventional mineral-based oils because, the way those oils break down, that's safe bet for all conditions of use.

Because synthetics don't break down, you only need to keep out the containments, hence the more frequent filter changes.

 

[Dingbat]

I'm north of the lower PA border. You're just going to have to deal with it, and hopefully stop spamming this oil thread with your nonsense.

I see what you did there with that line…

Apologies for the ribbing. I thought between the Cheto grill and being from Jersey you’d get the humor.

 

[Montducati]

I was thinking I want do the first oil change at 3k miles. I feel like that is when the majority of the break-in occurs and I'd like to get that first oil out sooner than later.

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