Oil change intervals

[YerDugliness]

I had a friend who almost never changed his oil, just changed the filter and added enough oil to make sure that the oil level was right. His Ford engine lasted for a long time!

I am not advocating that, since I feel the oil gets contaminated with corrosive combustion byproducts and even the oil industry says the additives are the first to go. Every second or third oil change my friend would add a container of Rislone...did it make any difference? We'll never know...he's gone on to that great boneyard in the sky!

Cheers!

Dugly

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Originally Posted by YerDugliness

I had a friend who almost never changed his oil, just changed the filter and added enough oil to make sure that the oil level was right. His Ford engine lasted for a long time!

I am not advocating that, since I feel the oil gets contaminated with corrosive combustion byproducts and even the oil industry says the additives are the first to go. Every second or third oil change my friend would add a container of Rislone...did it make any difference? We'll never know...he's gone on to that great boneyard in the sky!

Cheers!

Dugly

A mechanic at the local Ford dealership told me they had a good customer that did the same thing....at about 5,000 miles,he would change the oil filter and add a quart of oil on all his vehicles....the oil drain plug had never been unscrewed......he drove his vehicles for about 100,000 miles before trading them in on a new one, said he never had any engine problems!!!!!!

David