Driving A Hybrid? Do This To Avoid Oil Dilution - TorqueCars (YouTube)

[rstcso]

This guy seems to have some pretty sound advice on his channel. He just posted this:

 

[dnewton3]

He says the following:

"... the more viscous an oil is, the more sticky it is..." (wrong! viscosity is a property defining resistance to flow, not how adhesive it is)

" ... making the oil thinner, more slippery." (if "slippery" is a metric, wouldn't that be a good thing for oil to have? and how can it be both "sticky" and "slippery" from the same causation at the same time ???? )



He's just pandering and doesn't understand what he's talking about. That was less than 3 minutes into the video, and I quit after those inane comments.

 

[eljefino]

Thanks for the summary, DNewton. I like when people post a video when they also post a few sentences about the gist of the content.

 

[kschachn]

And this YouTuber gets another boost to his clicks.

 

[rstcso]

Mods. Please close/delete this thread so as not to offend others. Thank you.

 

[Zee09]

Mods. Please close this thread so as not to offend others. Thank you.

I didn't watch it but if a video like this offends anyone they need to put their head back in the sand.
@dnewton3 summary saved many the time required.

 

[dnewton3]

Mods. Please close/delete this thread so as not to offend others. Thank you.

Nope. If it's offensive (breaks our rules) then it would be removed.
Let's have you attempt to defend what you claim to be "pretty sound advice" ...

 

[Astro14]

He says the following:

"the more viscous an oil is, the more sticky it is..." (wrong! viscosity is a property defining resistance to flow, not how adhesive it is)

" ... making the oil thinner, more slippery." (if "slippery" is a metric, wouldn't that be a good thing for oil to have? and how can it be both "sticky" and "slippery" from the same causation at the same time ???? )



He's just pandering and doesn't understand what he's talking about. That was less than 3 minutes into the video, and I quit after those inane comments.

Plus - his steering wheel is on the wrong side of the car…

 

[ATex7239]

“Don’t cheap out on oil.”

Oh man, that will definitely trigger the oil tightwads.

 

[fdcg27]

Is oil dilution even a thing with most hybrids?
I don't think so and if it is the only way to avoid it would be to minimize ICE engine running time, which most hybrids already do with no intervention by the driver.

 

[supton]

Is oil dilution even a thing with most hybrids?
I don't think so and if it is the only way to avoid it would be to minimize ICE engine running time, which most hybrids already do with no intervention by the driver.

DI woes?

Singe point of data: I've been doing 5k oil changes on our hybrid, but skipped one and did 10k recently. When I did the change the oil was rather dark and the level rather high--I usually get it about to the high mark after a change, but usually don't check level before changing. Don't like that so back to 5k. Not much for short trips but... lots of cold starts after a winter, maybe?

 

[fdcg27]

DI woes?

Singe point of data: I've been doing 5k oil changes on our hybrid, but skipped one and did 10k recently. When I did the change the oil was rather dark and the level rather high--I usually get it about to the high mark after a change, but usually don't check level before changing. Don't like that so back to 5k. Not much for short trips but... lots of cold starts after a winter, maybe?

Okay, but that may be true for any engine, not merely a DI one on a hybrid.
It may also be that in your case fuel dilution may be so minimal as to be of no concern.
Never know without a good UOA and I would personally invest in that before going back to 5K drains.