Could be a bad dashboard oil light.
50k mi with no OCI
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Salesman had probably just read the Amsoil 60k taxi cab test. Forgot to tell the guy to use Amsoil.
Maybe the saleperson was refering to the trans fluid and NOT the oil and the buyer got confused.
I'd like to see that oil filter...
I agree. That's pretty freakin' sorry. Makes me think of when I read stuff on here like "Oh, just use that noadditive-zerodetergent-fueldiluteslikeasonofagun-noname oil if you're getting rid of the car in a year or two."
I bet we'd all just LOVE to be on the bad end of those deals.
That sounds feasible. I'm thinking the same thing.
I agree, although I think any weight would do. I'd change the oil with some cheap Autozone oil or something else you can get for ~$1/qt. Drive it for a half-hourish and drain it. Run the next change for a couple of days and do the same thing. I'd do this a couple of times before I bothered with Auto-RX.
I'll bet the engine is fubar'ed. Intermittent oil light scares me. Clogged oil galleries? stuck pump bypass? Imagine the tar and sludge in the head!
Maybe the factory fill was Synlube and he has another 50,000 to go?
Well, I've heard that synthetics can be used for twice as long as conventional oils. This means that if he had used Mobil 1 or Amsoil he could have easily have gone 100K between changes.
This sounds like he was adding new oil pretty regularly. Tell him to change the filter with an Amsoil EaO every summer and buy him a case of Amsoil to put in for the next 50k!
The guy was just running an extended drain interval; what's wrong with that?
He's getting the maximum value out of his oil and at the same time, saving the environment; isn't that what you extended drain guys are after?
He's getting the maximum value out of his oil and at the same time, saving the environment; isn't that what you extended drain guys are after?
50K / 3K OCI's = 18 oil changes. 18 x $25 = $450.
Look at how much money he saved!!! We should all learn from this guy by stretching our OCI's this long!
Look at how much he's helping the environment by all that oil he's never used!!
Look at how much money he saved!!! We should all learn from this guy by stretching our OCI's this long!
Look at how much he's helping the environment by all that oil he's never used!!
We had a car in the dealership today that went 14K miles and had not been changed at all. The drain plug was untouched and the original filter (unavailable in this country) was still there. It was however about 2 quarts overfilled so someone has been adding oil. Well it had so much it pumped a bunch into the intake and it smoked something FIERCE!!! Like a really good Seafoam that did not quite.
Well no visible sludge in the valvetrain area but the tip of the visible cam lobes were scored. Niece gouges in them. That one will not last.
Well no visible sludge in the valvetrain area but the tip of the visible cam lobes were scored. Niece gouges in them. That one will not last.
Me thinks you need to find a friend from a different gene pool, and add a little Chlorox to his pool before you leave.
Which thread was that?!? I must've missed that one.
Thanks for everyone's replies. I have been thinking about a way of breaking the news to him. If I had the time (and not recovering from an injury) I would take on the project just to see what's inside and post pics for everyone to see.
I'll keep everyone updated.
I'll keep everyone updated.
Please don't do that.
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