Originally Posted By: 360kid
Originally Posted By: 1999nick
Originally Posted By: 360kid
Originally Posted By: AlanRebod
Feelings trump proven science for this kid.
What science? Who are you anyways? Why do you care if I change my oil at 5k or 3k intervals? You don't know me. There not your cars. Many people, even those that browse this forum do similar oil change intervals. I think you just like being a smug butthead.
Got to wonder just who is the butthead here. No one cares if you change your oil at 3000 miles, or 5,000 miles if synthetic. They do have a right to their opinion, as you do. I used to change my oil at 3,000 miles too, but that was back in the 1960's, when my Chevy V-8's valve lifters would start tapping promptly at 3,000 miles on an oil change.
Since the advent of M1 synthetic in the 1970's, I used it for a once a year oil change, at about 18,000 to 20,000 miles. Never had an oil or sludge problem, or noisy lifters in up to 140,000 miles, which is about as long as I ever kept a car. To change out synthetic at 5,000 miles, to me, is wasteful and useless.
Some people like to say that they change their oil at 3,000 miles and never have a problem. I change my synthetic M1 at one year, no matter the mileage, as long as its less than 25,000, and never had a problem in over 25 years of use.
It wasn't his opinion, it was the way he said it. He was talking down to me because I use conservative OCI, like I'm an idiot. He was being very smug because I don't want to pay for UOA's. Everyone is entitled to opinions. He was being an a** with his.
Nothing wrong with a conservative OCI. My 2 Camaros, it was every 3K. With the 72 Javelin and 68 Nova, every month.