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Ah ...but you're not factoring ANOTHER 30 quarts of oil. Whether he changed it or not (if I'm reading it correctly) ..he used 30 quarts of oil.
That is, change it 3x, 4x, 5x ..whatever you please ..then add 30 more quarts.
24k, btw, is about when a 4+1 quart sump is "mature" with something like a Motor Guard or Frantz TP filter. In the OP's case, he, like the MG or Frantz, was leaking 20% of the added oil with the original sump contents.
That's how long it takes.
He basically used about double what he had to if he'd fixed the leak. He would have done 3 annual oil changes that would have totalled 15 quarts. Let's assume just one quart of consumption per year, and he's at about $120 over 3 years in unnecessary costs. Check that, he used the EaO longer ..so knock off another $15+/-.
I'd still have fixed the leak.
That is, change it 3x, 4x, 5x ..whatever you please ..then add 30 more quarts.
24k, btw, is about when a 4+1 quart sump is "mature" with something like a Motor Guard or Frantz TP filter. In the OP's case, he, like the MG or Frantz, was leaking 20% of the added oil with the original sump contents.
That's how long it takes.
He basically used about double what he had to if he'd fixed the leak. He would have done 3 annual oil changes that would have totalled 15 quarts. Let's assume just one quart of consumption per year, and he's at about $120 over 3 years in unnecessary costs. Check that, he used the EaO longer ..so knock off another $15+/-.
I'd still have fixed the leak.