Some people smoke two packs a day until their 90s and never get cancer, does not mean it's a good idea or not risky.
I had a few very old patients that smoked. Used to smoke anyway. A lot of them smoked a 'roll your own' after lunch and another one after dinner when they were younger. Some of them drank too. Had a bottle for Xmas and sometimes tipped a few at their brother's and sister's weddings.Some people smoke two packs a day until their 90s and never get cancer, does not mean it's a good idea or not risky.
I read this as a confession that he was lazy and dumb in the past but these days he follows the oil life monitor. Not sure the point of making someone feel bad for what they did in the past?So he came to a forum where most people are really fussy about changing their oil regularly to point out to the world that he is really lazy and kind of dumb? Sorry to offend if anyone reading this is lazy or dumb.A whole twenty-five bucks or so. It is very hard changing oil for some, I just do it in fifteen minutes after dinner while watching the sun go down. Giving it a few minutes to drain well. With my truck, you don't even have to jack it up.
Maybe he is lucky that older Hondas were very reliable.
Years ago I worked with a mechanic who did that with a 79 f150. The truck was rusted out so he put the used 3k oil from his newer truck in it. The 302 ran fine at the start apparently but after a few years of that it would fill a jug under the hood with oil from blowby and had a knock.In the late 80's-early 90's I had a '76 Chrysler that I used for a work car to/from construction sites. It burned/leaked a quart about every 300-400 miles as I recall. I figured it was on it's last leg so I stopped changing the oil in it and was topping it off with oil that I'd drained from my better vehicles at oil change which was 3K miles. When I sold the car to a friend that had just got married and needed cheap transportation it had been 31K miles since it's last oil change. I told him about the car's history before selling it to him and he still wanted it since I was letting him have it for $200 and letting him make payments as he got the money. Whether he changed the oil or not I don't know but I know he drove the crap out of it for another year or two before finally scrapping it because it wouldn't pass emissions testing that had just went into effect in that area. I'd never let one of my better cars go like that but the Chrysler's body was rusting out, interior was in poor condition and was leaking/burning a significant amount of oil. I could afford to buy something else if it did blow up but it never started knocking and oil consumption increased very little if any at all. I know the engine in it had some sludge even though it was getting regular oil changes previously. At a quart every few hundred miles and a capacity of 5 qts. the oil was basically changing itself about every 1500-2000 miles even though it was 3K mile old oil I was topping it off with. Maybe oil changes are overrated but I'm not going to stop doing them to find out.
Right.... timing belts.... cam position sensors etc..... what next... ? Cars that blow your nose. Its crazy how fast technology is changing our world. Both for the better and the worse. .... Cam position sensors! O2 sensors.... ECUs... NOT our grandad's autos for sure. In all fairness I learned to drive in an old 1953 Chevy with three on the tree! WOW What a fun "big old army tank" that thing was to drive around in. Think it had something like a 250cui motor?Also modern cars are just known to be more fragile especially with the timing chains and cam phasers. You can get away with it in an old school simple belt driven sohc engine. Also that trans (i assume the 4spd auto) probably would've lived longer if youdve given it a fluid change.
Yup, most complete engine failures where the engine siezes or throws a rod happen from neglecting oil changes is because the engine starts consuming oil as the wear accelerates from dirty oil, then it runs super low and bam....goodbye engine.While I'll assume the OP is one of the usual ever-returning trolls, I'll opine on the question, for anyone else who might be interested.
IMHO the most important thing about oil in your engine, is that your engine has oil.
How often it is changed, what kind of oil it is, etc., is greatly secondary to the issue of it having oil at all. So topping it off as needed was the big deal here.
“Blue Flame” six cylinder in the ‘53 Chevy, ahead of its‘ time! You think electronic engine controls, better watch out for lane avoidance warnings, radar assisted cruise control, rain sensing wipers, ”autopilot”, and other guaranteed to break options!Right.... timing belts.... cam position sensors etc..... what next... ? Cars that blow your nose. Its crazy how fast technology is changing our world. Both for the better and the worse. .... Cam position sensors! O2 sensors.... ECUs... NOT our grandad's autos for sure. In all fairness I learned to drive in an old 1953 Chevy with three on the tree! WOW What a fun "big old army tank" that thing was to drive around in. Think it had something like a 250cui motor?
Yeah we've gone over the edge. My early 2000's gmc are technologically advanced enough but my 2021 escalade is gonna be a pos in the future but Its fine since I planned on not driving it much.Right.... timing belts.... cam position sensors etc..... what next... ? Cars that blow your nose. Its crazy how fast technology is changing our world. Both for the better and the worse. .... Cam position sensors! O2 sensors.... ECUs... NOT our grandad's autos for sure. In all fairness I learned to drive in an old 1953 Chevy with three on the tree! WOW What a fun "big old army tank" that thing was to drive around in. Think it had something like a 250cui motor?
Also modern cars are just known to be more fragile especially with the timing chains and cam phasers.
LOL ... Yes , we have the radar assist cruise control so now my wife trusts using it. Never did before even though I told her 10000 times... all u got to do is tap the breaks and it is OFF.“Blue Flame” six cylinder in the ‘53 Chevy, ahead of its‘ time! You think electronic engine controls, better watch out for lane avoidance warnings, radar assisted cruise control, rain sensing wipers, ”autopilot”, and other guaranteed to break options!
I agree. My 2005 has enough technology to turn off the lights if I forget them, unlock the drivers door if I try to lock it with the key in the ignition, tell me if I try to drive with the parking brake on or a door open etc..has an oil life monitor, etc. I don't need much more than that.Yeah we've gone over the edge. My early 2000's gmc are technologically advanced enough but my 2021 escalade is gonna be a pos in the future but Its fine since I planned on not driving it much.
Timing chains on old style pushrod engines are almost never an issue but they are much more common to have issued on modern ohc engines with long chains and tensioners. They were shot on my mom's old 2010 Taurus at 250k miles when the internal water pump started leaking. All Highway driving an very short oil changes.I guess it depends on what you mean by modern. Timing chains are nothing new, they were around before timing belts became the norm. The industry decided to revert back to chains.
Cam phasers and other parts have been around for a long time.