Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
Originally posted by CRZYDRVR:
Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
Why are you changing your oil every 1k miles?



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I end up doing an oil change about every 3 weeks (I do about 1k miles/week),




I can't read. Anyways, why even change it every 3k miles? Today's cars can go longer than that without problems.

Yeah a better filter than the regular purolator would be good, I use motorcraft.

You may also want to thing about springing for a true synthetic oil. When I switched to mobil1, the car ran quieter and the oil stays cleaner a LOT longer than dino oil. You also know you are getting added protection from heat and it lubricates slightly better than dino oil... Though it does cost more.



Well, I change it every 3k miles, because my car sees extreme duty. 200-300 miles a day, nonstop. I've had pizza delivery murder it's share of my cars (with the exception of the contour, I kill 2 cars a year) Honestly, Castrol GTX came highly reccommended by a lot of friends, so I figured it was the best for my circunstances. I think next change, tho, i'll try the mobil 1. I still can't beleive the punishment this contour stands up to. This year alone, I've killed:

1) 1994 Saturn SC2
2) 1988 Ford Ranger 4x4

And those were only being used about once a week each, and BOTH had less miles on them than my 'tour ;] Do you think that switching out to synthetic might quiet my lifters? They are very loud, my mechanic said that it's because when they rebuilt part of the engine, they re-used the old lifters.... said it shouldn't hurt anything tho, just an annoyance ;]

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