- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: Oil Change Interval
Posted on 5/4/16 at 9:04 am to dawg23
Posted on 5/4/16 at 9:04 am to dawg23
Read the manual. Do what it says to do. No more, no less. The only way you should sway from that is if you pull samples and have them checked, and that makes no sense on a regular vehicle.
The people who made the engine paid a lot of smart people a whole lot of money to figure that stuff out. They can't be too conservative because having more service events than the competition will cost sales, they can't be too aggressive because the engine won't last and that will cost sales.
I know you like to pull up the "don't get your advice from the Internet experts" card when it comes to guns, well I'm going to pull it here with oil changes. The people who built the engine and wrote the book are paid very well to know more about this stuff than the Internet does.
The people who made the engine paid a lot of smart people a whole lot of money to figure that stuff out. They can't be too conservative because having more service events than the competition will cost sales, they can't be too aggressive because the engine won't last and that will cost sales.
I know you like to pull up the "don't get your advice from the Internet experts" card when it comes to guns, well I'm going to pull it here with oil changes. The people who built the engine and wrote the book are paid very well to know more about this stuff than the Internet does.
This post was edited on 5/4/16 at 9:13 am
2
Posted on 5/4/16 at 9:27 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
quote:Those numbers are always super conservative because: lawyers.
Read the manual. Do what it says to do. No more, no less.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 11:00 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
quote:Good points.
I know you like to pull up the "don't get your advice from the Internet experts" card when it comes to guns, well I'm going to pull it here with oil changes. The people who built the engine and wrote the book are paid very well to know more about this stuff than the Internet does.
My real question (poorly worded) has to do with conventional oil vs. synthetic.
My owner's manual (Infiniti) doesn't address synthetic oil. And it recommends changing it every 3750 miles. My redneck instinct tells me I should be able to get more life out of synthetic oil -- or else quit using it.
But, believing that there are truck & engine Subject Matter experts (SME's) on this board, I figured someone could tell me authoritatively how much longer I should be able to extend the oil change interval using synthetic oil.
Maybe I should have prefaced my query with "Non-experts need not respond."
Page 1 of 1
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News