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If anybody's interested, I'm going to be on KABC Radio (LA) tonight at 10PM, interviewed and taking calls about my article on OCI at thetruthaboutcars.com.
Will you be able to record that interview to post on the internet afterward?
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If anybody's interested, I'm going to be on KABC Radio (LA) tonight at 10PM, interviewed and taking calls about my article on OCI at thetruthaboutcars.com.
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If anybody's interested, I'm going to be on KABC Radio (LA) tonight at 10PM, interviewed and taking calls about my article on OCI at thetruthaboutcars.com.
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If one is serious about writing a balanced article on OCI, one should look at all aspects and not just cover it all.
For example: Quality of fuel in some countries vs other (fuel in US and canada is low quality compared with japan and europe with higher sulfur and quicker depletion of TBN); quality of oil in some contries vs other (group 3 in US is called synthetic but semisynthetic in europe); some cars have large oil sumps and burn some oil (thus can get away with longer interwals); some cars have hot oil temp and thus shorter OCI; etc, etc.
Paul N didn't do his homework well.
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grampi48: Thank you for that story. It even beats the 62,000 mile test. Maybe I'll write a follow-up with stories about folks like this. Any others??
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A person I was stationed with in the Air Force purchased a new Corolla back in the late 80's. Sometime in the early 90's he overheard some of us discussing oil changes and filters and such and realized he had never had his oil changed. His Corolla had over 80K miles on conventional motor oil. He proptly had his oil and filter changed. The last time I talked to him he still owned the car with well over 100K miles and the engine was running fine.
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With the owner being this oblivious, is it possible it was serviced and he didn't know it? For instance, did he ever have the car serviced at all such as a general maintenance interval and at that time they also did the oil/filter perhaps?
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Patman: did they charge you for it? And put in the right kind of oil? Frankly, I would be more than a bit steamed if they did it without asking and charged you. I wouldn't pay. (this has nothing to do with OCI)
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I helped a guy change an engine in an intrepid with 32,000 miles on it. The lady bought it new, and never checked or changed the oil. She didn't know she needed too. Anyway, it was an amazing sight to see. The majority of the oil had become sludge, and the motor self-composted from oil starvation. We pulled the motor apart to have a look-see at the damage, and it was break taking. Hard sludge in the sump and on top of the heads, incredible amounts of scuff damage to the bores and pistons, three cracked rods, though only one had completely separated before the engine seized. We took pictures, but my buddy who has them is overseas at the moment playing in the sand.
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Did you know that you could spend twenty minutes in 38 F water in a flooded dry suit in a stone quarry in Indiana and not die? Been there, done that, and would not wish it upon anyone else.
In the same vein, why would any owner want to push the limits wrt OCIs? Maybe 3-4K is overkill, but I cannot imagine any sensible owner never changing the oil.
What you have here, my friend, is a kids, don't try this at home anecodote. Nothing more.