Heavier weight oil interval change

[Spuds]

Well I'll be damned ... I thought I was crazy when I was feeling like the engine needed an oil change...

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by humfrz

OK, I got to get to bed ...those deck waterproofing fumes have gotten to me.

I'm going to dial up ol @Tcoat to straighten some of you folks out first thing in the morning.

ZZZZZZZZZZZ

Don't drag me into this. If some people are so finely tuned to their cars that they can tell how old the oil is just by driving then who am I to say they are wrong. I will continue to enjoy how much better my car runs and sounds when it is freshly washed.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Well I'll be damned ... I thought I was crazy when I was feeling like the engine needed an oil change...

Trust your gut. This took me decades of driving and getting to know all of my vehicles before giving in and acknowledging the pattern.

[Clipdat]

Bro, do you even claybar?

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Don't drag me into this. If some people are so finely tuned to their cars that they can tell how old the oil is just by driving then who am I to say they are wrong. I will continue to enjoy how much better my car runs and sounds when it is freshly washed.

[DandoX]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

How does one "feel" when oil is getting gritty? Do I even want to know?

Oil appearance generally can't tell you if the oil is ready to be changed. Even a super dark and gross looking oil could test just fine on a UOA.

Well first you take off your gloves and then rub the oil between your fingers and oil ready to be changed sort of has a feel that I describe as sort of gritty. Also has a smell.

Granted I probably change my oil a little more early/often than some, when I get bored I just enjoy a good oil change

[Clipdat]

I never willingly get used motor oil on my skin.

Originally Posted by DandoX

Well first you take off your gloves and then rub the oil between your fingers and oil ready to be changed sort of has a feel that I describe as sort of gritty. Also has a smell.

Granted I probably change my oil a little more early/often than some, when I get bored I just enjoy a good oil change

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by DandoX

Well first you take off your gloves and then rub the oil between your fingers and oil ready to be changed sort of has a feel that I describe as sort of gritty. Also has a smell.

Granted I probably change my oil a little more early/often than some, when I get bored I just enjoy a good oil change

If you can feel grit in your oil it is already too late.

[DandoX]

Originally Posted by humfrz

DAMN … DandoX, how far back-in-the-day did you reach to come up with that?

I haven't felt "gritty" crankcase oil since they started putting oil filters on cars.





humfrz

It's just what my old Pappy taught me

my previous car was pretty high milage and beat, that oil had a clear gritty feel when it needed changing.
The oil in the FRS is never that gritty, but you can still sort of feel when it's ready especially if you directly compare it to new oil between the fingers.

[DandoX]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

If you can feel grit in your oil it is already too late.

Okay I'm doing a poor job of describing the feel, it's not grit but I dunno how to explain it? I guess less smooth? Lol but it's something you can feel.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

I swear my car had 10 more HP today with fresh 5-40 and a nice new k&n larger oil filter, and a wash and wax.

Well now, THAT would do it! The larger oil filter has more surface area, so as to cool the oil better …


humfrz

[Clipdat]

But does it have the proper bypass valve spring rating?

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by DandoX

Okay I'm doing a poor job of describing the feel, it's not grit but I dunno how to explain it? I guess less smooth? Lol but it's something you can feel.

You are feeling the roughness of your finger more on used oil because it has started to break down and loose viscosity. New oil leaves a thicker layer between your fingers so they don't feel as rough.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

But does it have the proper bypass valve spring rating?

#ruined

[DandoX]

Originally Posted by Spuds

You are feeling the roughness of your finger more on used oil because it has started to break down and loose viscosity. New oil leaves a thicker layer between your fingers so they don't feel as rough.

Yup, I was trying to decribe that feel, lol best I could come up with is sort of gritty and not smooth.