Jalopnik Tells You How to Determine if Your Oil is Bad.

[Duckless]

https://www.jalopnik.com/1854807/expired-motor-oil-how-to-tell-can-you-use-it/

Pretty garbage advice and reads like AI, but this is written by a human. Jalopnik used to be pretty solid automotive information. Kinda sad.

There are a number of ways to tell if motor oil has gone bad, and sometimes it's all about smell. If your engine oil smells like gas, or there is an oil smell inside the car, your motor oil needs changing. Another way to check if the oil has gone bad is with the ol' trusty dipstick. Pop open the hood, remove the dipstick, wipe it off, return it to the oil tank, and remove it again. If the motor oil is dark or dirty, it's time for an oil change. Other signs can be a knocking noise from the engine components grinding together, the oil light illuminating, or worse, the "check engine" light coming on.

 

[JohnnyG]

Oh Boy!

 

[walterjay]

When my engine starts knocking I always change the oil

 

[kschachn]

That's pretty bad even by AI standards.

 

[Hohn]

When my engine starts knocking I always change the oil

But of course, not before, right?

 

[Dino01]

I can usually tell my oil is bad by checking to see if it’s too slippery and has lost that fermented dinosaur flavor

 

[dubber09]

I think to be sure the oil is bad is to wait till engine siezes solid

 

[97prizm]

https://www.jalopnik.com/1854807/expired-motor-oil-how-to-tell-can-you-use-it/

Pretty garbage advice and reads like AI, but this is written by a human. Jalopnik used to be pretty solid automotive information. Kinda sad.

After David Tracy, Jason Torchinsky, Mercedes Streeter and a couple others left it went downhill. Quick. I think this is why David and Jason started The Autopian as they saw the writing on the wall

 

[tolian21]

Oil smell inside the car?! Wow, he is smoking dope

 

[supton]

When my engine starts knocking I always change the oil

Had a friend who used that as the sign that it was time to add 5 quarts. That 318 lasted way longer than I thought it would...

 

[Pablo]

Why is that site still operational?

 

[walterjay]

I knew a gal with a older Chrysler mini van. She only added oil when the light came on. I dunno........

 

[cptbarkey]

If it sets on fire, its still good.

 

[Intelligent Molecule]

I knew a gal with a older Chrysler mini van. She only added oil when the light came on. I dunno........

I think this sort of thing is a lot more common than people realize.

 

[JeffKeryk]

What's a Jalopnik?

 

[Hootbro]

What's a Jalopnik?

Play on words of "Jalopy" and "Beatnik". Someone that is basically into esoteric nature of vehicles.

 

[demarpaint]

DeMaropnk tells me.

 

[Rand]

I'm was trying to figure out how they went so downhill
Its almost like they hired a bunch of people who had never seen a car in their life and use AI to write shoddy articles you can tell are terrible within 30s.

 

[edyvw]

Absolute BS. Everyone knows you have to lick the dipstick and get oil through your teeth to check for debris, something like Turkish coffee.

 

[Leroybrown]

The knocking is an alarm to remind you the oil needs to be changed