NEw oil= increased engine wear?

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Don't let this get out! Stop this thread I beg you! Oil changes are the only things that bring people in for CV joints, vacuum leaks, and ball joints. I will go broke if this news spreads any further. Have mercy on the struggling mechanics!
 
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You might change your mind if you saw the size of the sump (I think mine was 8qts) and the displacement of the engine (2.5L inline 6).




If my 2.5 liter V6 had an 8 quart sump i would be in heaven! I can't help but think twice the oil = twice the life. It makes good sense.
 
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I don't buy it.....




You don't buy what?
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So, would changing out one quart every 1500 miles and filter changes after 4 quarts give less wear than a full change every 6000?




Some of the data seems to suggest that!
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Now this is truly another anecdotal post, but I too, fastidiously changed the oil in my 97 3.3 V6 Dodoge. Every 2-3k, like I learned as a kid.

And it started buring oil at 80k miles.

Does that prove something? Absolutely NOT.

Did it make me wonder? Of course.....
 
Great topic that should make more than one to think. Do I really need to waste oil by doing 3000 mile OCI, or should I try to do twice the distance, backed up by an UOA. I don't understand why you waste oil, and at the same time you all know that you are dependent on oil from Iran, Iraq, Russia and others. ????????
 
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Another interesting thing regarding oilchanges, is what oil can stand the longest OCI. Tomorrow, I am going to do the last oilchange on my six-cylinder 2.8 diesel Nissan Laurel 1990 model. I am going to use Synlube. Really looking forward to see how this oil performs, as I can see that none here on BITOG have been testing it.
The Synlube oil that I am using is allowing for a 150000 mile OCI!!
This is 50 times longer than the OCI most American do. I bought Synlube from Las Vegas.




You said the dreaded 4 letter word (or 7 letter word) SYNLUBE!

I tip my hat to you for giving it a try. No one here seems to use it and dismisses it as bunk, but no one has given it a try.

I will admit I am highly skeptical but I look forward to the used oil analysis.




Does Synlube offer some sort of guarantee?
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Makes me think running my oil filter for two oil intervals is perhaps a good idea!




Should be a non-issue with a high quality filter like Mobil 1 or Amsoil unless mileage/driving conditions are extreme.

This is how I'm doing things. I do however & FWIW dump the filter when re-using it.
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Makes me think running my oil filter for two oil intervals is perhaps a good idea!




Should be a non-issue with a high quality filter like Mobil 1 or Amsoil unless mileage/driving conditions are extreme.

This is how I'm doing things. I do however & FWIW dump the filter when re-using it.
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Or, Wix. That's what I'm using, and after a run of 7500 miles I got a used oil analysis. Left the filter on. Did 8000 more miles and got a used oil analysis....you guessed it...at the end of 15500 miles with the reused filter, the used oil analysis was better compared to the used oil analysis at 7500 miles.
 
Yes, Ugly3, they have a guarantee. Like all others, they will have to cover costs that can be proven to be oil-related. Another positive guarantee they have(no other have this one), is that if you don't like how their product performs, you can drain it and return it for a FULL refund(not only their motor oil, but all their products). I have only been driving it now for two days and some 200 miles, but I like the way it performs. I would like to say more, but I'll wait, untill I have more miles on it.
 
Another thing you guys should considder, is this: Synlube have almost 13000 customers(many of them have several vehicles). If even one of them had any il-related problems, I think we all would have heard of it by now. People are very strange this way; If we find a problem, we cry out loud. But, if we find a product that is outstanding, we tend to keep it to ourselves. Synlube doesn't have a big marketing department like Castrol or ExonMobile, and they also doesn't organise their bussiness like an MLM(like Amsoil). They also have great service.
 
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