3 Mad Poncho's article on 3k mile OCIs'

[FCD]

How can this be on BITOG? this guy is basically saying to change your oil every 3k miles or 3 months because of the simple reson of it being "cheap insurance" even in modern cars, i guess maybe he's a time traveller from a parallel universe that is still in the 70s
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/3mp/3koil.html

 

[HerrStig]

Originally Posted By: FordCapriDriver
How can this be on BITOG? this guy is basically saying to change your oil every 3k miles or 3 months because of the simple reson of it being "cheap insurance"
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/3mp/3koil.html
Oil is expensive, engines are cheap, right?

 

[1BadManVan]

Did you read it to the end? Lol

 

[FCD]

Originally Posted By: HerrStig
Originally Posted By: FordCapriDriver
How can this be on BITOG? this guy is basically saying to change your oil every 3k miles or 3 months because of the simple reson of it being "cheap insurance"
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/3mp/3koil.html
Oil is expensive, engines are cheap, right?

That is the oldest excuse in the book, even my 40 year old Capri specs 6000 Miles changes

 

[DoubleWasp]

God Bless him. I haven't done a 3k mile OCI without a UOA telling me I needed to. (Fuel dilution)

 

[Rand]

2007

 

[raytseng]

Critical reading comprehension ftw.

In case something was lost in translation
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire

 

[FCD]

Oh it's satire? d'oh!

 

[CT8]

Originally Posted By: FordCapriDriver
How can this be on BITOG? this guy is basically saying to change your oil every 3k miles or 3 months because of the simple reson of it being "cheap insurance" even in modern cars, i guess maybe he's a time traveller from a parallel universe that is still in the 70s
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/3mp/3koil.html
Oil univesity in on the site as well. Everything on the web site isn't automatically fact . It could be regurgitation on what some one read with out knowing what they read was fact or fiction.

 

[BrocLuno]

3 Mad Poncho's is living in 1947 (back when they still made Ponchos

)...

3K oil changes started dying in 1969 or so. Air-cooled VW's kept them alive through the 1970's. But these don't even have an oil filter...

If you have a problem with fuel dilution (like over-carb'd Drag Cars...), you do need to do this. But that's not for mom's mini-van, or your average commuter car ...

 

[OneEyeJack]

It's just progress. Some people move with progress or forge ahead of progress and some are left behind. I think this site gives you enough commentary on the subject to help you make a decision, informed or otherwise.

I went from 2K in 1966 very quickly to 3K and in the 70's went to 5K and now I'm between 5K and 10K. I find a UOA good for determining the condition of the oil and less so for the condition of the engine, transmission or differential. Yes, I drive an old fashioned style vehicle with a separate differential and my daily driver has a clutch pedal. For you younger drivers it's a manual transmission that requires the driver to shift gears but don't worry, you'll never need to know about that kind of stuff.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: FordCapriDriver
Oh it's satire? d'oh!

Besides, this stuff isn't really on BITOG. You won't find a link to it on the main page.

 

[Shannow]

It's satire...

He was (if I'm not mistaken) party to the spacebears testing

http://www.brianschreurs.org/neptune.spacebears.com/cars/stories/mobil1.html

They did Mobil 1 and Amsoil forever (18,000 miles) with regular sampling (and thus small level top-ups), and filter changes...can just about go forever safely in that regime.

 

[Gene K]

Yes, Satire.

On a serious note I have vehicles that get changed in less than 50 miles and vehicles that go 75,000 miles. Its all about the application.

 

[dave1251]

Originally Posted By: FordCapriDriver
That is the oldest excuse in the book, even my 40 year old Capri specs 6000 Miles changes


I have read Chrysler and GM owners manuals from the 50's recommending a 6K OCI.

 

[JeepWJ19]

I do 3000 OCIs in my Jeep's 4.0 to avoid shearing because I use 5w30

 

[Nitronoise]

MY 94 jeep owners manual says 3000 miles isn't that gospel?

 

[artificialist]

3000 mile oil conventional oil changes make sense when an engine design is flawed. Toyota called for 5000 mile or 7500 mile oil changes in the 1MZ-FE engine, but people who did that often had their engine destroyed by sludge. People who changed the oil at 3000 miles usually didn't have a problem with sludge.

I think the MOPAR 2.7 V6 also needed 3000 mile oil changes to prevent sludge, but I don't remember for sure.

Turbocharged gasoline engines that allow for conventional oil should always get 3000 mile oil changes, they varnish heavily if the oil is changed every 3000 miles, so I am afraid of what would happen if the oil was run longer than that.

 

[tojo1968]

Originally Posted By: FordCapriDriver
How can this be on BITOG? this guy is basically saying to change your oil every 3k miles or 3 months because of the simple reson of it being "cheap insurance" even in modern cars, i guess maybe he's a time traveller from a parallel universe that is still in the 70s
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/3mp/3koil.html

I saw this very article in the automotive section of The Onion!