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helpful post but I ride the old girl pretty hard. so I'll just stick with checking the condition and deciding. I use royal purple and change out once a season, about 3500.
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06-24-2011, 06:49 PM | #101 |
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"The oil life monitor is so effective because: it is customized for that specific vehicle/engine"
So according to the article, does this mean that modifying the car, say by adding an intake, would affect the OLM calibration?
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do not presume that just because you FEEL something is right, that it IS right... until there is something that actually tests the oil while it is in the car, preventative maintenance will be the best way to keep your car running at peak performance... feel free to gamble with your engine all you want... I will take the safer route and know exactly what is going on with mine.
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06-24-2011, 07:45 PM | #103 |
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had the oil changed last september and forgot to reset the OLM , been 2K and it still reads 75%. will probably wait till it is 5K in or it is down to 25% which ever comes first. Don't drive her much in the winter, maybe less than 50 miles from nov to march.
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06-24-2011, 08:00 PM | #104 |
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So I guess this might be the right thread. Have about 5000 miles, probably only 1500 since my last oil change, but it's been over a year. Figured it was time and went to drain the oil today and no where near 8 quarts drained out. I did remove the cap and car was lifted to the drain side. The only thing I could think of was the oil had sludged up in the pan over the winter. To see if that was the case, I put in the regular 8.9 quarts and the stick showed way too much oil, about 3 inches over the hashmarks. Do you think synthetic on such a low mileage could sludge up like that? If so, should I drain the oil to the correct amount, run it for about a week or two to break up the sludge, and do another oil change? Yes, I know I need to drive the car more often....
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I bought my TB SS brand new in 06 and have followed the OLS from day one. 5 years and 103K miles later it's still going strong with no problems. Here is additional info on the system.
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Dood, we can talk in circles all day about this. Any OCI can be considered flawed whether it is every 2500 miles, every 10,000 miles, by the OLM, once a year etc... The "safer" route you are taking with a 4th gen might make a little more sense since the newer OLM programming has more data research in it from past years and today's oils are much better than the oils of just three years ago. As for the testing the oil in the car, it is coming in the near future even though it will be rather basic. There is no way they will be able to implement ICP (inductively-coupled plasma), infra-red light, viscosity, hydrolosis and chemical reaction testing methods. The most I see happening is a real time viscosity monitor that would supplement the OLM algorithm making OLM's more refined/accurate. I would have zero issues running 15,000 miles between intervals in my camaro as long as I ensured I used a good oil filter. The only oil filter I would trust that distance is a Amsoil Ea15K50. Other wise I would change a regular filter at the half way point or at each third. I guess only doing four oil changes on my truck in a little over 100,000 miles with an oil analysis at each oil change to back up my OCI means nothing and I should just throw the truck away because it is a ticking time bomb. Last edited by NavyDood; 06-24-2011 at 09:36 PM. |
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awesome thread, a lot of good comments. i can proudly say im one of those peace of mind kind of people. i even did the old school break in process, did 561 miles and got the regular oil out and had the dealer switch me to mobil 1, then i did a pretty good break in after that, varying the rpms and getting more comfortable with a manual and changed it again at 2801 right before the BBOMG canada trip. Then i put a performance if you want to call it that run on it (7,000 rpm clutch dump video) and ran it to the rest of the year and when i got out of storage this year i changed it again at 5318.
Im currently at 5,700 and reading this it gives me the confidence to run longer, and the money savings is a bonus as well. I just recently bought a 08 G8 GT with 32,000 and i just changed it for piece of mind not knowing when its been changed last and ill defiantly go to at least 6,000 on both vehicles now bc its 8.8 quarts for the G8 and 6 quarts for the camaro plus oil filter (AcDelco is the only filter ill use now after seeing cut aways at college, goodbye Fram) add up in the end.
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THe bastards here (GM Dealers) insist to change the Oil every 3,125 miles (5,000k/m)!! But thanks for the post anyway
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