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How many miles would you go before you changed this oil?
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<blockquote data-quote="Atimm693" data-source="post: 1828089" data-attributes="member: 26138"><p>Consider that these 10k mile oil change intervals are brought to you by the same people that dreamt up "lifetime" transmission fluid. Their definition of lifetime is known as the warranty period to us, get through that and it's your baby, they don't care.</p><p></p><p>It is very common for direct injected engines (especially turbocharged) to dilute the oil with fuel. They also produce a lot more carbon than you would think.</p><p></p><p>On top of that most modern engines have pretty intricate cam phaser and timing chain setups that rely on clean oil to function properly, failures in them are extremely common and dirty oil is usually to blame. It's not just one manufacturer either, those long intervals are the common denominator.</p><p></p><p>As many have proven with oil analysis that you can run it that long in certain circumstances, but I don't believe those represent the average owner. 5-8k miles is plenty long for me, on my F150 the oil life monitor usually shows 40-50% remaining at 5k miles.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Atimm693, post: 1828089, member: 26138"] Consider that these 10k mile oil change intervals are brought to you by the same people that dreamt up "lifetime" transmission fluid. Their definition of lifetime is known as the warranty period to us, get through that and it's your baby, they don't care. It is very common for direct injected engines (especially turbocharged) to dilute the oil with fuel. They also produce a lot more carbon than you would think. On top of that most modern engines have pretty intricate cam phaser and timing chain setups that rely on clean oil to function properly, failures in them are extremely common and dirty oil is usually to blame. It's not just one manufacturer either, those long intervals are the common denominator. As many have proven with oil analysis that you can run it that long in certain circumstances, but I don't believe those represent the average owner. 5-8k miles is plenty long for me, on my F150 the oil life monitor usually shows 40-50% remaining at 5k miles. [/QUOTE]
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