02-20-2011, 05:35 PM | #15 |
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You can send a sample to http://www.blackstone-labs.com/ and have it checked. That way you know how it did and decide when to change it next time.
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02-20-2011, 05:59 PM | #16 | |
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02-20-2011, 06:01 PM | #17 |
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Just change it!
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02-20-2011, 07:33 PM | #18 |
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I have notice that depends on how you drive the car because my friends
Camaro oil life monitors percentage is higher than mine.he drives more highway and when Im a more stop and go.
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02-20-2011, 07:44 PM | #19 |
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I spoke with a Mobil 1 lubrication engineer and he told me it is easily capable of going 10,000 miles, depending on how you drive, between changes. The oil is capable you just need to change the filter.
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02-20-2011, 09:37 PM | #20 |
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I've got 62,500 miles on mine. If I changed it every 3K with 9 qts of Molil 1 synthetic and a quality filter, I would be one broke dude.
GM put the oil life meter there for a reason. They have hundreds of millions of miles worth of test data for each GM engine... let the engineers do the thinking. the formula is complicated (temperature, RPMs, miles, etc.)
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02-21-2011, 01:09 PM | #24 |
Quit being a pu$$y
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My 03' ESV and my buddie's 05 Escalate has the same oil life monitor and it is usually at 60-50% life remaining when I change it and he follows the monitor. I tore my motor apart at 100k miles and a few months later my friend had his built up at 45k miles. My motor looked BRAND NEW and his looked like it had 100k miles. It's not just about the way it looks, the bearings in mine also had very minimal wear and his had some questionable spots.
Also he used Mobil 1 every time and I always used Castrol Synthetic at first then these last years Wal-mart brand synthetic. I'm not saying walmart oil is better, I'm saying changing out any oil frequently is more important than what you put into it. I know all the Mobil 1 fan boys will jump in and say "Then why does GM use it?!?!" so i usually try to stay out of oil conversations. To each their own.
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02-21-2011, 02:38 PM | #26 |
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Oil color is nothing to worry about at all. I'd like to see all the "stories" from this one guy who claims they keep seeing problems with the OLM at the dealerships. I call BS. The GM engineers created an awesome piece of technology in the OLM and it works.
If they are seeing a lot of engine failures, then they need to look at their engines; not the oil length in service or the OLM. |
02-21-2011, 07:43 PM | #27 |
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Would an aftermarket cam have any affect on oil life?
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02-21-2011, 08:21 PM | #28 |
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exactly
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