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Hi Scotty, You probably wouldn't want the original Roadster, because you cannot travel across country and use chargers. The original Roadster only plugged into a standard wall outlet. It wasn't until the next model(s) came out that they were able to use the supercharger network.
Scotty is gonna hate me for saying this but ford wasn't wrong that honda recalled more vehicles in 2023. Google ford total vehicle recalls and then hondas. Honda is 200,000 more
@scottykilmer Please review the new Hyundai Elantra 2.0L gas 2021-2024. They have ivt transmission and atkinson engine. They changed things after issues.🎉
I used to change at 3,000 miles. Now I change at 5,000 and rotate tires at the same time. With this schedule, my mind is at ease and my van (297000+) is happy.
I have mine changed every 5,000 to 7,000 miles. It goes through a quart in about that time, just keep an eye on it and keep it full. 229,000 miles on an 07 GMC Envoy 4.2.
I had an 04 Envoy. They aren't the most beautiful or sporty vehicles but the engine was bullet proof. Never went to a mechanic in the 11 years I had it. I changed the oil, tires, flushed the coolant and added Freon to the AC system and that's it and never a day of trouble with it. It even had 8 or 9 1500+ mile trips on it. It was totaled during a road trip going through GA. I miss that vehicle.
I spoke to a "road-side assist" mechanic last year. I asked him what sort of car he gets called out to the most. He said Land Rover. I asked him about Toyota's; he usually gets called out to them with non-mechanical stuff like flat tyres or owner misuse. -Australia
Fun fact, Mazda has beat Toyota in reliability ratings for the past decade or more now. How many old Proteges do you still see on the road with half a million miles on them? Tons! Same with the old suvs they made. The cx9 beat out Toyota competition vehicle all around in every category. No, I don't drive a Mazda, and I've never owned one. I drive a 2017 s60 polestar wagon. Twin charged baby! Supercharger gives you the low end torque. The turbo flips on around 3.5 rpm, and then you're doing 125mph real quick. The amount of salty mustang owners in my rear view mirror gives me great joy.
Syn oil is chemically processed to catch same size molecules to create a smoother platform for the rings of your car. I used to sell and got training straight from Chevron. Syn is great oil. Worth the money.
I'm 59yo. Every car we've ever had had the oil was changed every 8000 miles with Mobil 1 Synthetic. My wife drives about 20k miles a year and I do about 40k miles. We keep our cars for between 250k and 300k miles AND WAY over what most people keep their cars. Since 1981 we've had Dodge, Chrysler/Plymouth, Ford, Chevy, Honda and Toyota. NONE of our vehicles have EVER burned oil or had a engine oil related mechanical problem. One Our 96 Dodge Grand Caravans had the trany replaced at like 80kmi but our 2005 GC never had any problems in like 260k miles. We almost always buy new and always change the oil the first time at 500 miles and again at 4000. Then every 8000 miles. We will continue to do so! Current vehicles, 2024 Honda Pilot with 3k miles first oil change was at around 500mi, 2015 Toyota Highlander with 218k miles. Doesn't burn or leak a drop of oil! 2004 Ford Expedition, 5.8L 286k miles and always since day one burned a maybe a cup between oil changes. Dealer said it was normal for the 5.8L 🤔🙄 I'm not giving advice, just our experience. Your experience may be different!
@@edgarv.611 back in the late 80's and early 90's I had a very good friend that was a fully certified Toyota Mechanic. He spent over 20yrs turning wrenches with Toyota and is now Service Manager at a Toyota Delership. He told me in the 90's the first oil change is the most important and should be done around 500 miles. When a vehicle is manufactured all the engine parts are very tight and need yo be seated or worn in. This causes many more microscopic metal particles to enter the oil stream. Most of those particles will of course be captured by the oil filter but some will pass through or remain near moving parts for longer. It makes sense to me and is cheap insurance to help prevent premature wear.
Full synthetic every 8 to 10 thousand miles. Been doing it for 7 years. Was brand new when I bought it still runs like it’s new at 130 thousand miles. Ford focus st
Standard Oil of Indiana created the first synthetic motor oil from natural gas in 1928. Standard Oil tried marketing it in 1929 and quit due to little interest and the stock market crash. The US military became their best customer for the synthetic oil as they tried it out in their various vehicles and aircraft. The vehicles, tanks and aircraft used in the North Africa Campaign used synthetic motor oil since it resisted thermal breakdown when subjected to high temperatures.
Okay, let me get this straight. A broke down Tesla is towed and left at a Tesla dealer after hours and stolen. So what your saying is the thief fixed the POS before the dealer could. LOL
I change my motor oil and filter every 3,000 miles. I don't pay a shop, do it myself in the driveway. Oil can be changed at a longer interval, but oil and filters are cheaper than engines.
I read a study where the oil was changed every 3K and another identical vehicle was changed every 7.5K. The engines after 100K were broke down and all bearing surfaces were measured with a micrometer. No differences in engine wear. Changing oil every 3K is a waste of resources.
I have a company do an oil analysis every time I change it. I usually do every 10k miles and they tell me, every time, that I can go even further, based on the oil breakdown rate. That's actual chemistry talking, so I change the oil every 10k miles or 1 year.
I agree. Did oil analysis on my cars in the past. All good to go much more at 15k on Amsoil. 10k is just fine....I do mostly highway cruising @ 1700 rpm for most of it...
@@MS-mr4zm I've done this, with the same results, with: 2015 VW GTI, 2017 BMW M2, and 2013 Porsche 911. Same recommendation every time. Maybe on a Ferrari?
I put about 2,000 miles a year on my 1998 M-Roadster (S52), I went TWO years (4,000 miles) and had the oil tested, it was absolutely fine. Rotella 5w-40, T-6
I have run synthetic oil in my 2008 Ford Escape 3.0 liter V6 since I bought it new in 2008. I’m approaching 200K miles and it still runs like the day I drove it off the lot. Same for my wife’s Nissan Altima with a 2.5 liter 4 cylinder. I’ve run Mobil 1 in her car and it too runs awesome (yes it has a CVT). I will never run my cars on anything but synthetic oil. I also change the oil between 2500 and 3000 miles. Don’t skimp on your cars oil. You won’t regret it.
Hi automotive engineer here, I hope you allow for my insight. You don´t need to use synthetic oil, nor do you need to change it after only 2500-3000miles. Synthetic oil (long life oil) is rated for roughly 18000-37000 miles (30000-60000 km). Mineral oil is rated for ca. 9000miles (15000km). So the only difference is, synthetic oil is more wear resistant and can be changed later. Since you change your oil only after 3k miles it does not matter in your case unless you want to save the environment and money. You can basically tripple your oil change interval, nothing is going to happen to your motor. Just change it after 2 year, even if you drive little. Because oils do degrade over time as well.
@@sierraecho884….. I’m pretty sure my OCD will never let me run an oil change more than 3000 miles. It’s a small price to pay for reliability. I appreciate the info.
FWIW, my 97 Corolla has 387K miles and is still in daily use. It runs fine and still looks good, too. I've always changed the oil at 5000 miles. I used dino oil until about 10 years ago, when I switched to synthetic. It worked well for me.
2011 Escape, changed oil every 5000 miles, full synthetic. It has over 365,000 miles. Only major repair has been the timing chain last year. Still driving it every day.
Well you're very fortunate to have a honest and good mechanic then you can get that kind of mileage out of your car but when you're constantly ripped off by every effing mechanic in your town such as Las Vegas good luck with keeping your car
My brother just sold his escape with 330k miles on it. Regular oil changes, frequent use of injector cleaner, a couple sets of plugs and that's about it. I didn't know these Ford's could go that far, the escape name suits this vehicle well...
@@Palantir_Daily I said “fluids” - in general they’re the best, yes their gear oil def good. You can FEEL the difference/improvement swapping out for fresh Amsoil tranny fluid in a manual car (or auto honestly)
i change my oil every 10k miles in my 2020 Corolla Hybrid when I learned that on full synthetic 0w-16 that's as often as it should need. Still works like clockwork at 60k miles.
I have a 2005 Honda accord lx 2.4l with 206,000 miles. I'm currently changing my oil every 3k to 5k miles only because I haven't really driven it since September last year. I always use Mobile 1 high mileage full synthetic oil and filter.
@@harveyhankerson8359 yeah... it's kind of crazy... my 15 tacoma with 115k miles and minor front end damage is getting me offers of 12-15k from people.
Ive had four Skoda Octavia's. Variable servicing would tell me to change the oil at 18,000 miles. It would occasionally be over 22k before i got it in for a service. Never a problem and i was doing over 45 thousand a year. Id get a new car every three years. 4,000 miles is very low mileage for an oil change!
I’m in Europe, driving my CLS 5.0, i always changed my air, cabine and oil filter including the oil every 10,000KM. I do quite big mileage and i replace everything every 2/3 months, I use castrol 5w30 LL oil. Never had a problem with that.
In South Africa, where we have pretty high temperatures and our winter max temperatures are sometimes in the single figures, we do oil changes every 10 000km (6 300 miles) with turbo and high mileage cars and 15 000km (9 300 miles) for everything else, or once a year....oil changes 5 000 miles or 3-6 months is throwing money away. Marketplace Canada (on RUclips) did a piece on how dealerships are pushing oil changes with customers when not needed to make more money for the dealership
The number of miles depends on your driving habits. Do you make a lot of short trips , change the oil every 3 to 4k miles. If you make a lot of long trips , 40 miles away or more, change the oil every 7 to 8k on a non turbo engine. I got an Impala 2010 with 336,000 miles and the engine still running strong.
As a former Analytical Oil Chemist two things are important. 1. Fuel dilution and wear. Fuel dilution is the amount of non oil components, which includes gasoline, diesel, and water. Low mileage vehicles are more likely to suffer from this. This results in increased wear, and a low mileage vehicle can be as damaged as a car running many thousands of miles. This leads onto the second, acidic by products of combustion, a formulated oil is designed to absorb a certain amount of products before the oil's ability is exhausted. The difference between a mineral oil and a synthetic oil is its consistency to resist shear and the amount of acids in it. (Ryazan is the worst with up to 5 %!). A base oil as its known, the source can vary wildly, and so to change its resistance to shear, in other words gets thinner and less able to cover moving parts and so have to have an additive added to make them 'thicker' so needs a thickening agent (PAO). Synthetic oil is made with neither problems and can be used, therefore, in engines with tighter tolerances as there is much less wear. It can be designed to last longer in fast running and hot engines, though the issue of fuel dilution largely remains.
Your description of what synthetic oil is, is completely wrong. Steam and acid have nothing to do with purification. Acid units called Alkalization units raise octane. Steam is used to strip light ends out of heavy hydrocarbons. Way oversimplification but not enough space here. You might look up the process of Hydrocracking and the real process of what makes synthetic oil. I watch your channel from time to time, but you would do good to research oil processes in general. There is a lot of wrong thinking about oil out there. A 31-year oil refinery worker here.
@@adamchristman7367 It's pretty obvious who know what he is talking about here. Oil is oil? You don't need to say anything else dude. Your ignorance is on full display with the few sentences that you wrote. Go back to your case of beer.
I bought my 1996 Pontiac Grand AM GT brand new, I changed the oil at 5,000 miles to full synthetic, I only use it, it is now 28 year's old and has over 256, 000 miles.
Thanks for your review of the Mitsubishi Outlander. I bought one and couldn’t be happier. The only dealer is across the river from me in St Louis and had doubts about being that far from service. No problem! Have not had to return for service for anything. Just a great car. 2023 mid model.
Mitsubishi's get a bad rap but the modern ones are super reliable. The fit and finishes are cheaper than the other Japanese brands but who cares when you're saving money
I use only high quality filters and change the oil every 5k miles. I have 188,000 miles on my jeep grand cherokee with 4.7 v-8 engine and it sounds great and runs great. Hard to even consider selling it.
This sort of thing has a lot of previous testing (of the oil). It does depend on both the oil you use and the engine you put it into. Bad piston rings will dirty your oil faster and good oil lasts a lot longer. Fleets will often test their oil and use the results as the imputes for changing the oil rather than "mileage", which is pretty much a meaningless metric at the end of the day. A rough estimate of hours or rotations. I personally change my Turbo Charged low oil consuming engine's oil with Mobile One extended Life and Filter, about $35 from Walmart, once a year or about 6k miles for me. I'd be comfortable doing it every 10k miles too. You don't have to believe me, pull a sample at 3k, 5k, and 10k miles and see for yourself. Have them tested. Always get the filter to match the oil too. I alwasy advise people to use a good synthetic, I would never use conventional motor oil knowing what I know now. Engines cost more than oil. A lot more...
I typically try to change my oil every 4 months. 3 oil changes a year has worked for me and I have not had issues with longevity of my vehicles. An oil change 3 times a year certainly doesn't hurt.
I drive about 500 miles (not a typo) a year. I live in the Missouri Ozarks so extreme humid heat and wet cold. Should I change the synthetic oil annually or every 6 months?
Hello fellow 1st generation Tundra owner - I've got a '04 Toyota Tundra XR5 V8 with 175,000 miles and have changed the oil every 5000 miles with Mobile One synthetic since new, sitting at a red light I can't feel/hear it running!
You are a special man doing such a kind service of teaching people like me how not to get ripped off I hope you know that you're really making a difference in this world,.
Just had oil analysis on Valvoline Synthetic 5w20 changed at 7000 miles. Everything good. Car holds 4.5 qts and requires no oil between changes. It checks full at 7000 miles but if you stretch to 7500 it measures 1/2 qt low. 7500 is manufacturers recommendation.
I have a 2000 Mustang GT Show Car that doesn't get driven much. I change my oil (Mobil1) every 5000 miles. I just changed it at 50,000 miles. When I logged in the notebook I keep on the car I realized the last oil change (45,000 miles) was 7 years ago! The car still runs like a top!!
We had a 2003 Mazda MPV that we got with 12k miles on it and I changed the oil every 10k and filter with mobil 1 full synthetic. It didn't burn oil and even at 150k it still didn't lose oil. Worked for me. My '15 VW Sportwagon is at 70k and has full synthetic change with Castrol Edge, every 10k with filter like the manual says and does not burn oil, still like new. 10k full synthetic works for me with a 10k oil filter. Cheers
@@aKjohn8798 I've heard oil experts say full synth breaks down sludge and the engine is alot cleaner than reg oil. 10k oil changes has worked for me with different synth oil and cars.
@@sonofrobert brother, I work as an oil engineer. I'm telling you right now the ONLY reason manufacturers recommend longer oil changes is because of emissions standards. They calculate fluid change outs for a vehicles "green" score and that effects a manufacturers loan rates. Even full synthetic will "cook off" and cause sludging. It's working at 10k miles because you aren't going into the "high milage" zone. Your engine is 100% sludging. On our best oils we managed to get close to 7k miles before we cooked off enough vapor to start the sludging process
I only use synthetic oil (Mobile 1) and mobile 1 filters. For all the vehicles I have owned and they always last and never have engine problems. I have a daily that I had for 12 years 2010 Chrysler 300 and it has 150K miles and the engine still runs and sounds amazing. But I have always heard horror stories with Chrysler 300. But luckily taking care of it and using premium oil, seems to work wonders
Don’t understand what’s different in the USA compared with UK and Europe. Here we only have to change oil every 10,000 miles or once a year whichever comes first. I’ve owned cars which have done over 250,000 miles and the engine still ran perfectly. Why is the oil change interval so different in the USA?
Our fuels aren't as clean as Yours in Europe is what I have been hearing, Even Diesel fuel isn't as good here 🇺🇸, Many people with Paccar-DAF Heavy Truck engines are having increased fuel injector failures because of it, So many have to run Special fuel additives made by Power Service to help slow down these failures, But we probably run our unit's for much longer and harder here, Because of the long distance runs these driver's do here, 1000k is a short distance here, California to New York 4,612 K or 2866 miles, Also 8047 k is 5001 miles so you're probably changing oil at 10,000 kilometers is my guess, Could be wrong of course.
I had a 2011 Buick Enclave and it was a trouble free and good car. Just traded it this year with 145k miles on it. Drove nice, comfortable and pretty quick on the highway.
Exactly why you should change it every 3,000 miles regardless of what oil you use. Scotty has great videos and information but I cannot agree with him on this one.
I bought a 2003 Corolla 5 speed manual new. Changed the oil at 500 miles and then went to do it again at 3K. The oil was so clean I just felt like it was a waste. I changed that car's oil between 4-5K with dino oil for the first 200K miles. Then Costco quit carrying the 5w30 conventional oil I'd used for years. So I went to Kirkland Full Synthetic for less than I was paying for the dino stuff. Early on this car saw Castrol, Shell, and Pennzoil. It now has 266K miles and still runs like new. I'm betting on a half million if we're still allowed to have cars 20 years from now.
I do my own oil changes on my 2002 Lexus ES300 with Full synthetic Pennzoil High mileage, every 5k miles. It currently has182k miles and only burns about 1/2 qt. between oil changes. This 1MZ-FE will last well over 300k miles
Had a '81 F100 that I flooded every weekend for 30 years. 300,000 miles fishing all over Tennessee dropping the boat in water at launching ramps. 2 bearing failures that I fixed myself draining the dif, changing bearings, putting new gear oil in. Maybe 2 hour job.
I bought my Toyota Tacoma new in 2003. I change the oil (regular) every 15,000 miles. The engine still runs as good as the day I bought it. And it doesn't burn any oil.
Low mileage here and I live in a winter cold/snow State. I change full synthetic in the month of November and then in May. This way fresh oil to start winter and then again in summer. Remember, condensation does happen inside of engines.
I use Pennzoil Platinum full synthetic and I change my oil and filter every 3000 miles. I also drive my car like I stole it. 2001 Chevy camaro 6 speed manual trans. Over 130k miles. Still runs and looks brand new. Oil looks like golden honey when I go to change it. I also regularly changed my brake fluid my clutch fluid my engine coolant and the oil in my transmission and rear gears. I also regularly grease all of the zerk fittings on my car. If you expect your car to last forever then you have to change all of the fluids constantly and keep up on your maintenance
Funny thing is, I use Pennzoil Platinum in everything as well, but I typically go 8k to 10k miles between oil changes, even on my McLarens. The recommended is 10K for them. It also comes out golden even at 10k miles on all my vehicles.
I have been running regular oil since I bought my truck (ram 3500 6.7 diesel 4 x 4) I have been changing it every 10,000 miles but all highway miles since I use it for hot shot & currently at over 1.1 million miles on it.
I use pennzoil and use their 20k mile oil. My Honda has 240k miles and drives like new, changing the oil every 20k miles. Mechanics love to lie about the oil change interval because it makes them more money. Don’t forget.
If in doubt use an oil test service. I believe you will find they meet spec way beyond 10k. I like your videos, but I think you are a little behind on oil technologies. Good oil, good filter, 10-20k becomes a perfectly acceptable service interval
Being a low mileage guy, I watch the oil life and when it hits 50%, I change oil and filter. Since the car has a turbo, I use only synthetic oil. Sometimes I go as little as 1500 miles between changes, sometimes 5k.
I'd recommend a $40 oil analysis by Blackstone Labs. Seeing your oil in great detail might convince you to stop throwing money away; A 1500 mile oil change interval is ridiculous. My Cummins Ram goes 10 times that distance at the dealer recommended 15,000 miles, and Blackstone says the interval could actually be extended to 17,000 miles.
folks, its not just the miles, its time as well as what kind of engine you have. Direct injection gasoline? Change more frequently. Diesel? At least 2x a year. What kind of driving? Short runs, cold weather, never letting it get up to temp for long? All wreak havoc on the oil. Also make sure the amount is up to the proper level or you will make the oil run too hot and it will degrade it further. Lots of different parameters to look at
It makes no sense to tell someone to change their oil twice a year if they have a diesel when you know nothing of how many miles they drive. Get an oil analysis done by Blackstone Labs for $40 and stop throwing money away on unnecessary oil changes.
I change oil every 5,000 miles on our family hauler (2017 Mazda CX-9), and every 3,000 miles on my personal daily ('23 Civic Type-R). All get Amsoil Signature Synthetic. Though Redline Oil, and Motul also make some good stuff.
i've had ford 427 thunderbird with 75,000 miles and then changed the oil,, perfectly fine.. and other cars never changed the oil,,,change it and it was solid Black, but motor still ran fine...
Full synthetic oil, my Honda has a display that shows the percentage of useful life of oil. It's a 2020 and I don't feel comfortable changing out the synthetic to regular oil.
7:30 if anyone would like to avoid this issue you can look up "diff breather relocation." It is a fairly simple mod that uses tubing to move the diff breather higher up on the vehicle (typically to the engine bay). There are also kits you can buy.
I found (and bought) a mint condition '94 Corolla wagon with 8,500 original kilometers in '21. JDM; from Japan, which means it has to be thoroughly checked every 1-2 yrs to be roadworthy. I researched its docs (it was pretty much a wallflower in terms of buyers because it's a Corolla not a GTR) it sold for $2k in auction, rated a 4.5 our of 5 condition. When it arrived it might as well have been brand new. There was no problems with it because it didn't just sit for decades; it was maintained for use, minimal as it was. Corolla G-Touring Wagon model is sharp looking with paint scheme and front bumper valance (or whatever you call it) and small wing on the tailgate roof. I've driven it every day in Hawaii, I'm retired and only do about 20 miles a day, put 10k kilometers on it. It will outlast me I'll bet.
Scotty i am excited and having smile on my face literaly every time i watch your videos and being impresed asking my self what doesnt this guy know lol greetings from slovenia
I recently bought oil for several vehicles and was very surprised to find the Symthetic oil cost less than the regular oil after checking three mainline stores.
I change my oil once a year with synthetic oil for my 2013 jeep. I only drive it in the summer and average 3k miles a summer. When I changed it it still looks pretty good.
Explosions Scotty? Cmon man! An explosion in the combustion chamber is a detonation by definition. You NEVER want an explosion in the engine as that means the flame front is supersonic and can tear bits of metal from the piston or rings or even can create small cracks in the cylinder walls if it goes on continuously. You want a controlled low flame front speed, hence the octane rating in a gasoline engine. Never use the word explosion in an engine again!
I have a 2017 CRV EX with 200k miles. Have changed full synthetic oil every 8,500 miles . Have had no problems. Change at 5% life left on oil. Usually between 8 and 9 thousand.
I have a 2014 Nissan Altima. The dealer bought it back from the first owner and replaced the transmission at 36k. I am the second owner and used synthetic oil at every 10,000 mile interval; 50k, 60k, 70k, 80k. Makes it easier for me to remember when to change the oil. I now have almost 220k 😮.
I just finished changing the oil on my S10`s. 4,000 was too far a mileage said the engine. After changing oil & filter with Kendal conventional oil, engine is much quieter & smoother running. Oil is cheaper & easier to change than engines! We also use a PF Delco oil filters on our trucks. Will have to remember to change at the usual 2,500 miles like we normally do. Although these trucks have mostly long runs when operated. We do have a couple of 18% short hills to go over to work on our other property those hills are tough on engines going up or down.
I change oil every 5k. Don't know about this new 3k. I think it's just a scam to sell more oil. All my past vehicles were fine with 5k interval. Never had any problems. Only usual stuff, tires, oil, air filter, battery, cabin filter.
@@Vagabond_Etranger Do whatever you want! I’ll change mine every 3,000. When the oil draining out your oil pan comes out looking like tar that’s not good sign.
If you have a boat, does this mean you risk getting water in the differential when you launch and recover the boat? You have to back down the boat ramp and get your rear hubs pretty deep in the water.
Scotty , my name is Cullen king. I am a 26 year old Florida man. When I listen to you speak I know without a thread of doubt that you are telling me the truth. Whenever I repeat what you say to my elders they look at me sideways and dismiss what I might know because I'm young. My boss, told me he had a sealed automatic transmission haha with no vent caps. The work truck had transmission issues for a while and I said this. Garry you drove through deep water during the hurricane. You sucked water into your transmission. He didn't want to heat it. Now when he bought his new truck I told him about the turbo. You told all of us that with turbos that are engine cooled you should idle them after strenuous driving for 3-5 minutes. Low and behold. The funny dismissed your knowledge which was related through me (of course) until I showed him his own truck manual. Low and behold the manual said exactly what you said. Maybe because you know what you're talking about. Just saying. Thank you Scotty you have helped me more than you will ever know, and if I can ever repay you for all of your knowledge you have given to me. Please personally reach out to me I will help you every single way I can. Like I said I'm a 26 year old Floridian I work construction and I'm one of the few real men this country has made. So that being said if you ever need help with anything. Please do not hesitate to ask because I owe you Scotty Kimber
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Hi Scotty,
You probably wouldn't want the original Roadster, because you cannot travel across country and use chargers.
The original Roadster only plugged into a standard wall outlet. It wasn't until the next model(s) came out that they were able to use the supercharger network.
Scotty is gonna hate me for saying this but ford wasn't wrong that honda recalled more vehicles in 2023.
Google ford total vehicle recalls and then hondas. Honda is 200,000 more
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@scottykilmer Please review the new Hyundai Elantra 2.0L gas 2021-2024. They have ivt transmission and atkinson engine.
They changed things after issues.🎉
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I used to change at 3,000 miles. Now I change at 5,000 and rotate tires at the same time. With this schedule, my mind is at ease and my van (297000+) is happy.
this seems so much more practical, convenient and thrifty. That 3k mile oil change thing really was a pain!
I make it even numbers too, 140,000 oil change/tire rotation. 145,000 oil change. I rotate every other oil change.
Nice.
I am doing exactly that.
Yes me to and had good luck
I have mine changed every 5,000 to 7,000 miles. It goes through a quart in about that time, just keep an eye on it and keep it full. 229,000 miles on an 07 GMC Envoy 4.2.
I notice the same thing that after 5500 miles my vehicle starts burning oil and it has 126000 but at 5k or before , there’s no oil consumption
I had an 04 Envoy. They aren't the most beautiful or sporty vehicles but the engine was bullet proof. Never went to a mechanic in the 11 years I had it. I changed the oil, tires, flushed the coolant and added Freon to the AC system and that's it and never a day of trouble with it. It even had 8 or 9 1500+ mile trips on it. It was totaled during a road trip going through GA. I miss that vehicle.
I spoke to a "road-side assist" mechanic last year. I asked him what sort of car he gets called out to the most. He said Land Rover.
I asked him about Toyota's; he usually gets called out to them with non-mechanical stuff like flat tyres or owner misuse.
-Australia
I had a Land Rover 15 years ago. I loved the way it drove, when it was in working condition, but it soon became a nightmare with constant issues.
Fun fact, Mazda has beat Toyota in reliability ratings for the past decade or more now. How many old Proteges do you still see on the road with half a million miles on them? Tons! Same with the old suvs they made. The cx9 beat out Toyota competition vehicle all around in every category.
No, I don't drive a Mazda, and I've never owned one. I drive a 2017 s60 polestar wagon. Twin charged baby! Supercharger gives you the low end torque. The turbo flips on around 3.5 rpm, and then you're doing 125mph real quick. The amount of salty mustang owners in my rear view mirror gives me great joy.
@@kenaultman7499 96 Mazda 323 Astina first owner here. Been good vehicles a lot longer than 10 years :)
land rover is empty bank account
They're ugly too, I have always thought they were big square and ugly and lack any kind of design@@crunchbucket3derham951
Syn oil is chemically processed to catch same size molecules to create a smoother platform for the rings of your car. I used to sell and got training straight from Chevron. Syn is great oil. Worth the money.
I'm 59yo. Every car we've ever had had the oil was changed every 8000 miles with Mobil 1 Synthetic. My wife drives about 20k miles a year and I do about 40k miles. We keep our cars for between 250k and 300k miles AND WAY over what most people keep their cars. Since 1981 we've had Dodge, Chrysler/Plymouth, Ford, Chevy, Honda and Toyota. NONE of our vehicles have EVER burned oil or had a engine oil related mechanical problem. One Our 96 Dodge Grand Caravans had the trany replaced at like 80kmi but our 2005 GC never had any problems in like 260k miles. We almost always buy new and always change the oil the first time at 500 miles and again at 4000. Then every 8000 miles. We will continue to do so! Current vehicles, 2024 Honda Pilot with 3k miles first oil change was at around 500mi, 2015 Toyota Highlander with 218k miles. Doesn't burn or leak a drop of oil! 2004 Ford Expedition, 5.8L 286k miles and always since day one burned a maybe a cup between oil changes. Dealer said it was normal for the 5.8L 🤔🙄 I'm not giving advice, just our experience. Your experience may be different!
You did a 351 swap in a 2004 Expedition!? Sweet, I've never seen one with anything other than a 4.6 or 5.4L.
@@randyduncan795 LOL... You caught my mistake! 😃 At least someone’s reading my post and knows their Fords and engines,. Good job!
@TomFRUclips My boss was responsible for Mobil 1 formulation. I'm glad to see its still up there as a great synthetic oil.
Why changing the oil at 500 miles?
@@edgarv.611 back in the late 80's and early 90's I had a very good friend that was a fully certified Toyota Mechanic. He spent over 20yrs turning wrenches with Toyota and is now Service Manager at a Toyota Delership. He told me in the 90's the first oil change is the most important and should be done around 500 miles. When a vehicle is manufactured all the engine parts are very tight and need yo be seated or worn in. This causes many more microscopic metal particles to enter the oil stream. Most of those particles will of course be captured by the oil filter but some will pass through or remain near moving parts for longer. It makes sense to me and is cheap insurance to help prevent premature wear.
Full synthetic every 8 to 10 thousand miles. Been doing it for 7 years. Was brand new when I bought it still runs like it’s new at 130 thousand miles. Ford focus st
The oil may hold up but filter wont
Big mistake. Should be 5000 miles
Standard Oil of Indiana created the first synthetic motor oil from natural gas in 1928. Standard Oil tried marketing it in 1929 and quit due to little interest and the stock market crash. The US military became their best customer for the synthetic oil as they tried it out in their various vehicles and aircraft. The vehicles, tanks and aircraft used in the North Africa Campaign used synthetic motor oil since it resisted thermal breakdown when subjected to high temperatures.
Amoco!
Nope it was Conoco .. designed for the Alaska pipeline… they sold the rights to Mobil
@@wchougland1 Yes it was used in aircraft because it wouldn't turn to sludge in the extreme cold.
Okay, let me get this straight. A broke down Tesla is towed and left at a Tesla dealer after hours and stolen. So what your saying is the thief fixed the POS before the dealer could. LOL
Hahaha. I was just about to comment this exact thing. I'm as lost as you are.
Lmao
😂😂😂😂
@@sasharamirez2335 I see no reports of that in the news articles I've found.
Since when did Tesla have dealerships. I've yet to find one
Scotty, you're gonna take off one of these days, the way you wave your arms around.
Love your videos.
😂😂
I change my motor oil and filter every 3,000 miles. I don't pay a shop, do it myself in the driveway. Oil can be changed at a longer interval, but oil and filters are cheaper than engines.
Ditto that!
5000 miles oil changes is fine
Did the valve cover replacement at 115000 miles and everything was clean , looked brand new
I read a study where the oil was changed every 3K and another identical vehicle was changed every 7.5K. The engines after 100K were broke down and all bearing surfaces were measured with a micrometer. No differences in engine wear. Changing oil every 3K is a waste of resources.
@@WayneHardy-s9byou really don’t care about your car
@@WayneHardy-s9b Do you believe everything you read? I don't.
I have a company do an oil analysis every time I change it. I usually do every 10k miles and they tell me, every time, that I can go even further, based on the oil breakdown rate. That's actual chemistry talking, so I change the oil every 10k miles or 1 year.
Depends on the engine & what you’re driving conditions are like too
I agree. Did oil analysis on my cars in the past. All good to go much more at 15k on Amsoil. 10k is just fine....I do mostly highway cruising @ 1700 rpm for most of it...
@@MS-mr4zm I've done this, with the same results, with: 2015 VW GTI, 2017 BMW M2, and 2013 Porsche 911. Same recommendation every time.
Maybe on a Ferrari?
Toyota changes my wife's 2016 Camry every 10k miles, it has 150k on it, 0 issues so far
Is that synthetic oil?
I put about 2,000 miles a year on my 1998 M-Roadster (S52), I went TWO years (4,000 miles) and had the oil tested, it was absolutely fine. Rotella 5w-40, T-6
if its hot and you need a fan, just talk to this man and his hands will work.
😂
Lmaooooo 😂😂
just don't let him breathe on you 😂
I have run synthetic oil in my 2008 Ford Escape 3.0 liter V6 since I bought it new in 2008. I’m approaching 200K miles and it still runs like the day I drove it off the lot. Same for my wife’s Nissan Altima with a 2.5 liter 4 cylinder. I’ve run Mobil 1 in her car and it too runs awesome (yes it has a CVT). I will never run my cars on anything but synthetic oil. I also change the oil between 2500 and 3000 miles. Don’t skimp on your cars oil. You won’t regret it.
Hi automotive engineer here, I hope you allow for my insight. You don´t need to use synthetic oil, nor do you need to change it after only 2500-3000miles.
Synthetic oil (long life oil) is rated for roughly 18000-37000 miles (30000-60000 km). Mineral oil is rated for ca. 9000miles (15000km). So the only difference is, synthetic oil is more wear resistant and can be changed later. Since you change your oil only after 3k miles it does not matter in your case unless you want to save the environment and money.
You can basically tripple your oil change interval, nothing is going to happen to your motor. Just change it after 2 year, even if you drive little. Because oils do degrade over time as well.
@@sierraecho884….. I’m pretty sure my OCD will never let me run an oil change more than 3000 miles. It’s a small price to pay for reliability. I appreciate the info.
@@robertdtimmerman How small is small ?
@@sierraecho884I really hope you’re talking about differential oil and not engine oil.
@@kingbee9196 Yeah I know you do. I got a bunch of other comments as well, I know what peoples opinion is. Sadly there was never any kind of prove.
FWIW, my 97 Corolla has 387K miles and is still in daily use. It runs fine and still looks good, too. I've always changed the oil at 5000 miles. I used dino oil until about 10 years ago, when I switched to synthetic. It worked well for me.
2011 Escape, changed oil every 5000 miles, full synthetic. It has over 365,000 miles. Only major repair has been the timing chain last year. Still driving it every day.
Well you're very fortunate to have a honest and good mechanic then you can get that kind of mileage out of your car but when you're constantly ripped off by every effing mechanic in your town such as Las Vegas good luck with keeping your car
My brother just sold his escape with 330k miles on it. Regular oil changes, frequent use of injector cleaner, a couple sets of plugs and that's about it. I didn't know these Ford's could go that far, the escape name suits this vehicle well...
Oil is cheap, engines are expensive.
Exactly.
Da
@andyblank4157 How often do you change the oil in your Honda? What engine does it have?
@@ThomasKing19933 Every 10,000 miles and a 2.4L engine.
Oh! That makes more sense. I got that phrase confused the other way around.
I change oil every 5k miles, been using Amsoil fluids for years- pretty much the best
Amsoil makes good gear oil but I wouldn’t say it’s the best motor oil.,
@@Palantir_Daily I said “fluids” - in general they’re the best, yes their gear oil def good. You can FEEL the difference/improvement swapping out for fresh Amsoil tranny fluid in a manual car (or auto honestly)
i change my oil every 10k miles in my 2020 Corolla Hybrid when I learned that on full synthetic 0w-16 that's as often as it should need. Still works like clockwork at 60k miles.
I have a 2005 Honda accord lx 2.4l with 206,000 miles. I'm currently changing my oil every 3k to 5k miles only because I haven't really driven it since September last year. I always use Mobile 1 high mileage full synthetic oil and filter.
Toyota’s will be even harder to find after more people learn about the quality from Scotty’s videos.
already are harder to find, its not nearly as easy to find a used Toyota as it used to be
Iam looking for one now😢😢
Non Toyota drivers that have not discovered Scotty are not a threat
@@harveyhankerson8359 yeah... it's kind of crazy... my 15 tacoma with 115k miles and minor front end damage is getting me offers of 12-15k from people.
Except new 2024 Tacomas, dealerships are filled with them, local dealership here is throwing bunch of crap along with it to sell them.
"Here's Why Changing Your Engine Oil After 5,000 Miles Will Destroy Your Car" Ok, where is it??
riiight?
Exactly
Ive had four Skoda Octavia's. Variable servicing would tell me to change the oil at 18,000 miles. It would occasionally be over 22k before i got it in for a service. Never a problem and i was doing over 45 thousand a year. Id get a new car every three years. 4,000 miles is very low mileage for an oil change!
I’m in Europe, driving my CLS 5.0, i always changed my air, cabine and oil filter including the oil every 10,000KM. I do quite big mileage and i replace everything every 2/3 months, I use castrol 5w30 LL oil. Never had a problem with that.
In South Africa, where we have pretty high temperatures and our winter max temperatures are sometimes in the single figures, we do oil changes every 10 000km (6 300 miles) with turbo and high mileage cars and 15 000km (9 300 miles) for everything else, or once a year....oil changes 5 000 miles or 3-6 months is throwing money away. Marketplace Canada (on RUclips) did a piece on how dealerships are pushing oil changes with customers when not needed to make more money for the dealership
The number of miles depends on your driving habits. Do you make a lot of short trips , change the oil every 3 to 4k miles. If you make a lot of long trips , 40 miles away or more, change the oil every 7 to 8k on a non turbo engine.
I got an Impala 2010 with 336,000 miles and the engine still running strong.
What about for a turbo engine?
As a former Analytical Oil Chemist two things are important. 1. Fuel dilution and wear. Fuel dilution is the amount of non oil components, which includes gasoline, diesel, and water.
Low mileage vehicles are more likely to suffer from this. This results in increased wear, and a low mileage vehicle can be as damaged as a car running many thousands of miles.
This leads onto the second, acidic by products of combustion, a formulated oil is designed to absorb a certain amount of products before the oil's ability is exhausted.
The difference between a mineral oil and a synthetic oil is its consistency to resist shear and the amount of acids in it. (Ryazan is the worst with up to 5 %!).
A base oil as its known, the source can vary wildly, and so to change its resistance to shear, in other words gets thinner and less able to cover moving parts and so have to have an additive added to make them 'thicker' so needs a thickening agent (PAO).
Synthetic oil is made with neither problems and can be used, therefore, in engines with tighter tolerances as there is much less wear. It can be designed to last longer in fast running and hot engines, though the issue of fuel dilution largely remains.
What?
@feliciaaclark Some will understand. 25 years in Oil Chemistry ⚗️ helps
@@feliciaaclark How old are you? Did you go to school? Can you read?
Your description of what synthetic oil is, is completely wrong. Steam and acid have nothing to do with purification. Acid units called Alkalization units raise octane. Steam is used to strip light ends out of heavy hydrocarbons. Way oversimplification but not enough space here. You might look up the process of Hydrocracking and the real process of what makes synthetic oil. I watch your channel from time to time, but you would do good to research oil processes in general. There is a lot of wrong thinking about oil out there. A 31-year oil refinery worker here.
So yeah oil is oil. You are on hydro crack oil changes space cowboy. Go back to your bunsen burner.
@@adamchristman7367 That's how you respond to someone who clearly knows what they're talking about? Disgustingly disrespectful.
@@adamchristman7367 It's pretty obvious who know what he is talking about here. Oil is oil? You don't need to say anything else dude. Your ignorance is on full display with the few sentences that you wrote. Go back to your case of beer.
I bought my 1996 Pontiac Grand AM GT brand new, I changed the oil at 5,000 miles to full synthetic, I only use it, it is now 28 year's old and has over 256, 000 miles.
Thanks for your review of the Mitsubishi Outlander. I bought one and couldn’t be happier. The only dealer is across the river from me in St Louis and had doubts about being that far from service. No problem! Have not had to return for service for anything. Just a great car. 2023 mid model.
Mitsubishi's get a bad rap but the modern ones are super reliable. The fit and finishes are cheaper than the other Japanese brands but who cares when you're saving money
I use only high quality filters and change the oil every 5k miles. I have 188,000 miles on my jeep grand cherokee with 4.7 v-8 engine and it sounds great and runs great. Hard to even consider selling it.
This sort of thing has a lot of previous testing (of the oil). It does depend on both the oil you use and the engine you put it into. Bad piston rings will dirty your oil faster and good oil lasts a lot longer.
Fleets will often test their oil and use the results as the imputes for changing the oil rather than "mileage", which is pretty much a meaningless metric at the end of the day. A rough estimate of hours or rotations.
I personally change my Turbo Charged low oil consuming engine's oil with Mobile One extended Life and Filter, about $35 from Walmart, once a year or about 6k miles for me. I'd be comfortable doing it every 10k miles too.
You don't have to believe me, pull a sample at 3k, 5k, and 10k miles and see for yourself. Have them tested. Always get the filter to match the oil too.
I alwasy advise people to use a good synthetic, I would never use conventional motor oil knowing what I know now. Engines cost more than oil. A lot more...
I typically try to change my oil every 4 months. 3 oil changes a year has worked for me and I have not had issues with longevity of my vehicles. An oil change 3 times a year certainly doesn't hurt.
I drive about 20k miles a year, I just stick to changing oil with synthetic oil every 5k miles
Good idea 👍
Same lol
It taste great especially mobil 1 0w-20 20000 mile guaranteed to run a 20000 mile marathon without breaking down lol
Its 5k kilometer not miles
I drive about 500 miles (not a typo) a year. I live in the Missouri Ozarks so extreme humid heat and wet cold. Should I change the synthetic oil annually or every 6 months?
I change oil once a year with synthetic oil since drive 3K or less a year, work from home. Still going great, Acura TSX 2004, 98,000 miles.
I miss buying bulk oil from the corner gas station for a buck a gallon to keep pouring it in the top as it burns it out or drips out the bottom.
The good old days 🤗!!
I change my oil every 5k and use whatever synthetic is cheap and I’m at 202k and running strong.
We have an 03 Toyota Tundra with 260,000 miles in the family change the oil every 5000 miles with synthetic oil .
Hello fellow 1st generation Tundra owner - I've got a '04 Toyota Tundra XR5 V8 with 175,000 miles and have changed the oil every 5000 miles with Mobile One synthetic since new, sitting at a red light I can't feel/hear it running!
You are a special man doing such a kind service of teaching people like me how not to get ripped off I hope you know that you're really making a difference in this world,.
Just had oil analysis on Valvoline Synthetic 5w20 changed at 7000 miles. Everything good. Car holds 4.5 qts and requires no oil between changes. It checks full at 7000 miles but if you stretch to 7500 it measures 1/2 qt low. 7500 is manufacturers recommendation.
I have a 2000 Mustang GT Show Car that doesn't get driven much. I change my oil (Mobil1) every 5000 miles. I just changed it at 50,000 miles. When I logged in the notebook I keep on the car I realized the last oil change (45,000 miles) was 7 years ago! The car still runs like a top!!
We had a 2003 Mazda MPV that we got with 12k miles on it and I changed the oil every 10k and filter with mobil 1 full synthetic.
It didn't burn oil and even at 150k it still didn't lose oil.
Worked for me.
My '15 VW Sportwagon is at 70k and has full synthetic change with Castrol Edge, every 10k with filter like the manual says and does not burn oil, still like new.
10k full synthetic works for me with a 10k oil filter.
Cheers
I guarantee you are building sludge unless your mainly running highway
@@aKjohn8798
Synth oil doesn't create sludge like reg oil.
@@sonofrobert it still creates sludge tho.
@@aKjohn8798 I've heard oil experts say full synth breaks down sludge and the engine is alot cleaner than reg oil.
10k oil changes has worked for me with different synth oil and cars.
@@sonofrobert brother, I work as an oil engineer. I'm telling you right now the ONLY reason manufacturers recommend longer oil changes is because of emissions standards. They calculate fluid change outs for a vehicles "green" score and that effects a manufacturers loan rates. Even full synthetic will "cook off" and cause sludging. It's working at 10k miles because you aren't going into the "high milage" zone. Your engine is 100% sludging. On our best oils we managed to get close to 7k miles before we cooked off enough vapor to start the sludging process
I only use synthetic oil (Mobile 1) and mobile 1 filters. For all the vehicles I have owned and they always last and never have engine problems. I have a daily that I had for 12 years 2010 Chrysler 300 and it has 150K miles and the engine still runs and sounds amazing.
But I have always heard horror stories with Chrysler 300. But luckily taking care of it and using premium oil, seems to work wonders
Oil AND FILTER every 5,000 miles with synthetic oil.
Don’t understand what’s different in the USA compared with UK and Europe. Here we only have to change oil every 10,000 miles or once a year whichever comes first. I’ve owned cars which have done over 250,000 miles and the engine still ran perfectly. Why is the oil change interval so different in the USA?
Our fuels aren't as clean as Yours in Europe is what I have been hearing, Even Diesel fuel isn't as good here 🇺🇸, Many people with Paccar-DAF Heavy Truck engines are having increased fuel injector failures because of it, So many have to run Special fuel additives made by Power Service to help slow down these failures, But we probably run our unit's for much longer and harder here, Because of the long distance runs these driver's do here, 1000k is a short distance here, California to New York 4,612 K or 2866 miles, Also 8047 k is 5001 miles so you're probably changing oil at 10,000 kilometers is my guess, Could be wrong of course.
Are your car’s odometer reading in miles or KM. If KM 10k would be about right . 10k km would be an about 6000 miles ?
well the fact you do km it makes sense...
@@raymondreiff8170 No get educated , he said mls, the U Kingdom use MILES !!.
@@outdoorsnevada4138 Nope, mls.
I had a 2011 Buick Enclave and it was a trouble free and good car. Just traded it this year with 145k miles on it. Drove nice, comfortable and pretty quick on the highway.
Remember what Scotty says. Oil is cheap, engines are expensive.
Exactly why you should change it every 3,000 miles regardless of what oil you use. Scotty has great videos and information but I cannot agree with him on this one.
@@kingbee9196 5k is fine, doing it too often is just a waste for no tangible benefit.
I change my oil every three months I have a Volkswagen Jetta 2.5 2008 it has been running pretty good❤
I bought a 2003 Corolla 5 speed manual new. Changed the oil at 500 miles and then went to do it again at 3K. The oil was so clean I just felt like it was a waste. I changed that car's oil between 4-5K with dino oil for the first 200K miles. Then Costco quit carrying the 5w30 conventional oil I'd used for years. So I went to Kirkland Full Synthetic for less than I was paying for the dino stuff. Early on this car saw Castrol, Shell, and Pennzoil. It now has 266K miles and still runs like new. I'm betting on a half million if we're still allowed to have cars 20 years from now.
Love the Old toyotas, i have had many with high kilometers and they just go forever,just keep changing the oil , dont skip maintence
Don't worry, you are going to be a happy slave, or else.... Hey, re-education camp never hurt anyone.
If your changing oil once a year, i recommend doing it just before winter. Thats when you want the oil at its cleanest, best flowing for winter.
Yup, the air is getting colder already, buying a new filter and oil tomorrow.
I do my own oil changes on my 2002 Lexus ES300 with Full synthetic Pennzoil High mileage, every 5k miles. It currently has182k miles and only burns about 1/2 qt. between oil changes. This 1MZ-FE will last well over 300k miles
Had a '81 F100 that I flooded every weekend for 30 years. 300,000 miles fishing all over Tennessee dropping the boat in water at launching ramps. 2 bearing failures that I fixed myself draining the dif, changing bearings, putting new gear oil in. Maybe 2 hour job.
81 engine is verry different from 2024 engine!
@@020matrix rear axle bearings not engine
I just changed my oil with full synthetic and I look what Scotty uploaded and had a laugh. Perfect timing. 👍
I bought my Toyota Tacoma new in 2003. I change the oil (regular) every 15,000 miles. The engine still runs as good as the day I bought it. And it doesn't burn any oil.
MILLIONS and MILLIONS of cars STILL on the road, been going by the maintenance minder all along. We're in 2024, it's FINE!
How many miles when yours comes on?
Low mileage here and I live in a winter cold/snow State. I change full synthetic in the month of November and then in May. This way fresh oil to start winter and then again in summer. Remember, condensation does happen inside of engines.
I use Pennzoil Platinum full synthetic and I change my oil and filter every 3000 miles. I also drive my car like I stole it. 2001 Chevy camaro 6 speed manual trans. Over 130k miles. Still runs and looks brand new. Oil looks like golden honey when I go to change it. I also regularly changed my brake fluid my clutch fluid my engine coolant and the oil in my transmission and rear gears. I also regularly grease all of the zerk fittings on my car. If you expect your car to last forever then you have to change all of the fluids constantly and keep up on your maintenance
Funny thing is, I use Pennzoil Platinum in everything as well, but I typically go 8k to 10k miles between oil changes, even on my McLarens. The recommended is 10K for them. It also comes out golden even at 10k miles on all my vehicles.
My last vehicle was a 2012 Ford Escape. I changed the oil every 5,000 miles. Never an issue. Sold at 160,000 miles with no engine issues.
Manufactures Want You To Buy Another Vehicle Sooner Than You Should Need To.
yes they don't want to make them last a very long time. It's called planned obsolescence
Penrite oil synthetic is fantastic, has a higher boil degrees, last longer doesn't burn like a lot of oils so protects longer
I change oil once every 8k - 10k miles on my 2007 4cyl Nissan Frontier.
320,000mi on it now, but my throw out bearing on the clutch is now whining.
I have been running regular oil since I bought my truck (ram 3500 6.7 diesel 4 x 4) I have been changing it every 10,000 miles but all highway miles since I use it for hot shot & currently at over 1.1 million miles on it.
I use pennzoil and use their 20k mile oil.
My Honda has 240k miles and drives like new, changing the oil every 20k miles.
Mechanics love to lie about the oil change interval because it makes them more money. Don’t forget.
If in doubt use an oil test service. I believe you will find they meet spec way beyond 10k. I like your videos, but I think you are a little behind on oil technologies. Good oil, good filter, 10-20k becomes a perfectly acceptable service interval
@@vadadofthr3357
many people lead busy lives.
Aim for 3k miles but acknowledge it may be 5k before you get around to it???
Change it more often now, at 240k it'll be harder on the oil.
@@OllieMiller-vh6bf will look into that. At 240k I have no oil burning or leaks anywhere too
@@andy_182 Also depends on the driving, stop-start around town is 10x harder on the oil.
Synthetic Blend - 5,000 mile changes. Works for me. All vehicles over 200,000 and one nearing 300,000.
Chevy made a huge mistake with the Blazer.
Being a low mileage guy, I watch the oil life and when it hits 50%, I change oil and filter. Since the car has a turbo, I use only synthetic oil. Sometimes I go as little as 1500 miles between changes, sometimes 5k.
I'd recommend a $40 oil analysis by Blackstone Labs. Seeing your oil in great detail might convince you to stop throwing money away; A 1500 mile oil change interval is ridiculous. My Cummins Ram goes 10 times that distance at the dealer recommended 15,000 miles, and Blackstone says the interval could actually be extended to 17,000 miles.
Ive used vegetable oil in the past. Engine doesn't last to long but the chicken tenders are amazing!🤣
23 yr change Cherokee oil every 5ooo mi. Has 247+++, no problems.
I really enjoy your videos, thank you
folks, its not just the miles, its time as well as what kind of engine you have. Direct injection gasoline? Change more frequently. Diesel? At least 2x a year. What kind of driving? Short runs, cold weather, never letting it get up to temp for long? All wreak havoc on the oil. Also make sure the amount is up to the proper level or you will make the oil run too hot and it will degrade it further. Lots of different parameters to look at
It makes no sense to tell someone to change their oil twice a year if they have a diesel when you know nothing of how many miles they drive. Get an oil analysis done by Blackstone Labs for $40 and stop throwing money away on unnecessary oil changes.
I change oil every 5,000 miles on our family hauler (2017 Mazda CX-9), and every 3,000 miles on my personal daily ('23 Civic Type-R). All get Amsoil Signature Synthetic. Though Redline Oil, and Motul also make some good stuff.
IM LEAVING RUclips - Scotty
BYE RIP
Sad day for Scotty Kilmer viewers.... LOL
IM LEAVING RUclips- Scotty, 2021
@@mattmolloy636Annual going out of business forever sale.
Scotty, don't go. You're a wealth of knowledge, who cares about being done. You're entitled to change your mind and stay.
I run full synthetic I do either 3 months still or 5k miles whatever comes first to keep the oil clean
Most people drive in the severe driving conditions and should change their oil more often.
And 'severe conditions' are actually MOST people/conditions.
If most do it it's the normal. You cannot call the way most regular people use their car "severe driving conditions". It would make no sense.
i've had ford 427 thunderbird with 75,000 miles and then changed the oil,, perfectly fine.. and other cars never changed the oil,,,change it and it was solid Black, but motor still ran fine...
Right !!
Full synthetic oil, my Honda has a display that shows the percentage of useful life of oil. It's a 2020 and I don't feel comfortable changing out the synthetic to regular oil.
Where do you get conventional oil? I drive a 2000 Silverado
7:30 if anyone would like to avoid this issue you can look up "diff breather relocation." It is a fairly simple mod that uses tubing to move the diff breather higher up on the vehicle (typically to the engine bay). There are also kits you can buy.
I found (and bought) a mint condition '94 Corolla wagon with 8,500 original kilometers in '21. JDM; from Japan, which means it has to be thoroughly checked every 1-2 yrs to be roadworthy. I researched its docs (it was pretty much a wallflower in terms of buyers because it's a Corolla not a GTR) it sold for $2k in auction, rated a 4.5 our of 5 condition.
When it arrived it might as well have been brand new. There was no problems with it because it didn't just sit for decades; it was maintained for use, minimal as it was. Corolla G-Touring Wagon model is sharp looking with paint scheme and front bumper valance (or whatever you call it) and small wing on the tailgate roof. I've driven it every day in Hawaii, I'm retired and only do about 20 miles a day, put 10k kilometers on it. It will outlast me I'll bet.
I'm drooling. What a find.
Ester based full synthetic done ever 7000 mile or eight months and no issues, do have an oil catch can to keep it all clean in the sump.
Scotty, if the car was towed to Tesla. How did it end up been stolen. The car shouldn't move to start with (that's why it was towed 😮).
Another two truck entered the scene😂
I put on about 12,000 miles a year. I’ve been using the Mobil 1 Full Synthetic every 5000 miles 👍
Scotty i am excited and having smile on my face literaly every time i watch your videos and being impresed asking my self what doesnt this guy know lol greetings from slovenia
I recently bought oil for several vehicles and was very surprised to find the Symthetic oil cost less than the regular oil after checking three mainline stores.
Love you Scotty you’re the man
I change my oil once a year with synthetic oil for my 2013 jeep. I only drive it in the summer and average 3k miles a summer. When I changed it it still looks pretty good.
Explosions Scotty? Cmon man! An explosion in the combustion chamber is a detonation by definition. You NEVER want an explosion in the engine as that means the flame front is supersonic and can tear bits of metal from the piston or rings or even can create small cracks in the cylinder walls if it goes on continuously. You want a controlled low flame front speed, hence the octane rating in a gasoline engine. Never use the word explosion in an engine again!
Exactly, Scotty needs to bone up on some of his info.
I have a 2017 CRV EX with 200k miles. Have changed full synthetic oil every 8,500 miles . Have had no problems. Change at 5% life left on oil. Usually between 8 and 9 thousand.
I don't trust that these oils say they're good for 10,000 or 12,500 miles, so I just replace my entire engine every 500 miles to be extra safe.
Change every 50 miles to be even safer...
@@antomarkic7190 Damn, you're right.
@@antomarkic7190every 5 miles to be safe
We were taught in a lubricants class that synthetic oils are wax free, mineral oil has some degree of wax/parifin.
The Lotus Elise S actually has a 1ZZ=FE engine.
Cool enough to offer a supercharger kit on top of it
Pretty sure it is a 2ZZ-GE isn't it?
I have a 2014 Nissan Altima. The dealer bought it back from the first owner and replaced the transmission at 36k. I am the second owner and used synthetic oil at every 10,000 mile interval; 50k, 60k, 70k, 80k. Makes it easier for me to remember when to change the oil. I now have almost 220k 😮.
Some grades are only available as synthetic
I just finished changing the oil on my S10`s. 4,000 was too far a mileage said the engine. After changing oil & filter with Kendal conventional oil, engine is much quieter & smoother running. Oil is cheaper & easier to change than engines! We also use a PF Delco oil filters on our trucks. Will have to remember to change at the usual 2,500 miles like we normally do. Although these trucks have mostly long runs when operated. We do have a couple of 18% short hills to go over to work on our other property those hills are tough on engines going up or down.
This is good to know. I'm way past 5,000 miles on my oil change and driving. 😮
No matter what the manufacturer states change your oil every 3,000! Remember they want you to comeback to buy another vehicle!
@@Captainkirk88410they are doing that with oil changes 🤦♂️ they are making twice as much by having people come in twice as often as they need to
You must have just woke up and started watching Scotty if you didn’t know that.😂
I change oil every 5k. Don't know about this new 3k. I think it's just a scam to sell more oil. All my past vehicles were fine with 5k interval. Never had any problems. Only usual stuff, tires, oil, air filter, battery, cabin filter.
@@Vagabond_Etranger Do whatever you want! I’ll change mine every 3,000. When the oil draining out your oil pan comes out looking like tar that’s not good sign.
I’m from northern Canada, oil change is done twice a year, before winter and after winter.
If you have a boat, does this mean you risk getting water in the differential when you launch and recover the boat? You have to back down the boat ramp and get your rear hubs pretty deep in the water.
The reason why the rear end is humming is because it doesn't know the words to the song. 😊
We have a Dodge minivan that we drive about 2000 miles a year. We change oil once a year, but put in full synthetic.
I drive 900 miles a year, and change the oil every 2years.
Scotty , my name is Cullen king. I am a 26 year old Florida man. When I listen to you speak I know without a thread of doubt that you are telling me the truth. Whenever I repeat what you say to my elders they look at me sideways and dismiss what I might know because I'm young. My boss, told me he had a sealed automatic transmission haha with no vent caps. The work truck had transmission issues for a while and I said this. Garry you drove through deep water during the hurricane. You sucked water into your transmission. He didn't want to heat it. Now when he bought his new truck I told him about the turbo. You told all of us that with turbos that are engine cooled you should idle them after strenuous driving for 3-5 minutes. Low and behold. The funny dismissed your knowledge which was related through me (of course) until I showed him his own truck manual. Low and behold the manual said exactly what you said. Maybe because you know what you're talking about. Just saying. Thank you Scotty you have helped me more than you will ever know, and if I can ever repay you for all of your knowledge you have given to me. Please personally reach out to me I will help you every single way I can. Like I said I'm a 26 year old Floridian I work construction and I'm one of the few real men this country has made. So that being said if you ever need help with anything. Please do not hesitate to ask because I owe you Scotty Kimber
I change synthetic oil and rotate tires every 6 months but I don't drive much any more, even less since building e-bikes.