Have you checked your engine oil recently, Sup Forums?
Have you checked your engine oil recently, Sup Forums?
I don't need to - I can see most of it in a puddle on my driveway. /classic VW owner.
that reminds me I need to take off my snow tires
Yeah I did and I added some
>old Honda
This has been a public service ann/o/uncement
i put oil in my lawnmower today
>tfw over 5k past due for oil change
>tfw working 12 hour shifts 6 days a week and no time
It's okay, the car was only $800
I hope it's a four-stroke!
It's weird I've just seen this thread when my car has been giving me this oil indicator.
Coincidental ,but creepy.
What kind of car?
Why would I need to check my oil?
I have a diesel engine not oil engine user
pos vectra.
Checking your oil can help diagnose problems with your engine :)
Diesel fuel is a type of oil :)
In that case the odds were against you NOT having low oil when this thread appeared
It lubricates your pistons help keeps a nice seal on that inside area where fresh air is pushed in and then ignited to create the piston moving action which in turn generates power in engine or something like that
Just changed it 2 weeks ago
Diesel is a type of petrol
Can you not change your own?
You can get oil, a filter, and a pan for like $25ish at walmart (if you go cheap) and it takes like maybe 10-15 minutes to do it, and that's only if your oil takes a while to drip out
>Implying that any of my vehicles are old enough that they need constant monitoring
Sorry, but I don't leave droplets of oil and clouds of smoke everywhere I drive.
I haven't but I'm going to change it anyway next week.
It's a waste product of the petrol production.
shit, I actually need to.
thanks OP
just did it recently
Usually do it at 5k and use synthetic and it's usually barely amber
Was super busy this last year and it skipped my mind
Went 20k and it was just a dark brown
The real question is, have you greased your zerks lately?
That's comdoms
5000k is too frequently for synthetic, you're wasting your money, user :(
>5000k
>fug
You know what I mean
I have.
It's full of synthetic and good to go for another 3K.
I'm suprised an old toyota V6 with 170K on it doesn't burn any oil at all.
Every plastic.
it's amber going in you ponce. you have no idea what the fuck you're talking about.
No that's dinosaur fossils
not true at all
Sythetic doesn't mean your engine magically wears less, it just means there's less shit in it and it can lubricate longer
You still want to get the metal particles out
my oil is not amber going in
You don't know what amber is if oil is amber to you
>t. diesel mechanic
Car sits too low to the ground for my jack.
That would require me to get a new low profile jack or some wheel ramps, and I'm pretty sure the wheel ramps would scrape my front end.
In reality, I'm just fucking lazy.
You have to change conventional frequently because the oil itself degrades, not because of the entrained metal particles.
If you're that lazy go to a drive-thru place and sit there with a newspaper.
Dinosaur fossil=Oil=Petrol=Diesel=Plastic.
How low is your car? Or are you fat? I have a Chevy Cruz and I do it without ramps. I have some difficulty getting under, sure, but it's not that hard
you realize I just said that, right?
Even if your oil lasted forever, you still have to get the metal particulates out
you don't even need to get under a car to reach the oil pan plug
This 100 times
Then where does Andy sixxs log of shit slide in this chain?
Drive a new chevy truck and you don't need to change the oil, just keep adding
>cylinder shutoff creates vacuum and pulls oil past the rings out of the crank case
Dont need to, no oil leaks at all
Tfw 28 years old panzer v12 mb engine tight as fuck
No it's not a waste product
You didn't say that, you suggested that the limiting factor was the metal content, when it's actually the breakdown of the constituents in the oil.
In any case, it's perfectly safe to run synthetic oil for standard-duty for 10,000km.
>t. stationary engineer
At the end...
>and it can lubricate longer
That is in my post
I'm saying the limiting factor of how long you should have oil in your car is determined by metal content
learn to read
The limiting factor is the lubricity and viscosity, which aren't directly proportional to the metal content.
>10,000km
>6200 miles
Oh scary 1000 miles more than what he suggested
and you will damage your engine the longer you run it regardless of lubricity or viscosity
t. guy who has had to rebuild engines because of internal wear from infrequent oil changes and metal flake buildup
>standard-duty for 10,000km
I do about 8 or 9k miles in my 5.9 cummins between changes unless I've been towing cross my 5th wheel cross country then less
On what? My fucking bike?
Just changed it along with transmission and differential fluids. :^)
Yea and it looks healthy.
Need to add some tho
lol 24,000km since my last service
car only has 50 on the clock
It's a 96 firebird, sits too low for my pan to fit under.
I can get a jack under it if I have someone lift car up a bit on the suspension, but it's only got like 3-4 in ground clearance.
I had a mustang that was so low I couldn't get past my forearm
Yes, and it's fine as always.