Originally Posted By: SilverSnake
Originally Posted By: pandus13
Originally Posted By: 02SE
Back in my consumer car repair days, I saw quite a few of the so-called Toyota "sludge engines". Toyota had a reputation for reliability, so knowing that, people would lease, or less frequently, buy those cars, and then NEVER CHANGE THE OIL.
40k or so miles later, the original factory fill oil had turned to sludge. And naturally the engine developed 'problems'. Lots of people refused to acknowledge that their neglect was a factor.
I knew a mechanic; he told me: "my daughter, had the engine up to 80k miles on one oil change. the engine ended up on the dealership floor to show/teach about neglect"
There are a lot of members of this forum that would consider her a hero for getting that many miles on a change of oil.
Not I ! I believe in frequent oil / filter changes .
Happy Thanksgiving ,
Originally Posted By: pandus13
Originally Posted By: 02SE
Back in my consumer car repair days, I saw quite a few of the so-called Toyota "sludge engines". Toyota had a reputation for reliability, so knowing that, people would lease, or less frequently, buy those cars, and then NEVER CHANGE THE OIL.
40k or so miles later, the original factory fill oil had turned to sludge. And naturally the engine developed 'problems'. Lots of people refused to acknowledge that their neglect was a factor.
I knew a mechanic; he told me: "my daughter, had the engine up to 80k miles on one oil change. the engine ended up on the dealership floor to show/teach about neglect"
There are a lot of members of this forum that would consider her a hero for getting that many miles on a change of oil.
Not I ! I believe in frequent oil / filter changes .
Happy Thanksgiving ,