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Because Meth user....

 

I does not really matter. Fresh oil is fresh oil and either one you listed will work just fine.

I applaud you for changing your oil at 5 k intervals.
Fresh oil makes everything run better and frequent oil changes extends the life of your motor.

 

At the risk of starting a new cold war, I believe the correct oil change interval is 300,000 divided by your age, ie:
20 years old - 15,000 miles
40 years old - 7,500 miles
60 years old - 5,000 miles
75 years old - 4,000 miles

Listening to most folks, that about fits.

 

Yeah but did Blackstone Labs test a performance car running Methanol? Nope

Did the test a crappy BMW DI engine that eats oil? Nope

Will Blackstone labs pay my repair bill if they are wrong? Nope


Screw Blackstone Labs and Consumer reports, it's my car and money and I will change the oil when I want to so I can protect my investment.

 

0-40 Mobil 1 European Blend

 

Nah, you see I was brought up on cars with 3,000 mile service intervals - and they were real service intervals, not just mucking about with oil but also proper, godly, insertion of grease into greasing points.

 

^^^^^^ I always use OEM, Mann, or Mahle oil filters. Not a thing to go cheap on.

 

A-hole has arrived. :ihih::lol: I have been called worse.

I just do not like people quoting labs for stuff like this because one size does not fit all. They can say whatever they want without knowing all the factors for each individual car or motor type or any other factors.

In general they could be right for most cars but not for every car at all different levels and environments.

I mean heck BMW built the car and they originally said 15K, they soon found out they were wrong. :lol:

 

Interesting observation.....I was at our local MINI dealer getting an oil change (they will do them until I'm out of warranty, it's a quirk I have) and I asked them to grease my RSB while they had it up on the rack. No one in MINI or BMW service had a grease gun. It's a sign of the times I guess!!!

 

I was super conservative with my very first oil change.... I'm from the school of thought where a new engine might not be completely perfectly clean inside. That and a combination of all those new metal surfaces just getting to know each other... I did my very first at 500 miles, the second at 1000 miles and then every 5000 miles to this very day... I felt a couple of extra oil changes on breaking in a new engine was the way to go since in the scheme of things, oil is pretty cheap.

So far I've stayed with the recommended Castrol 100% synthetic oil, but search out for the "European" version which has a higher rating than the Castrol non-european...

 

Blackstone Labs analysis showed I was wasting $$ using a 5k interval.
7.5k miles still has plenty of life left too, but that's where I start to get anxious so I change then.

 

I used oil from the MINI dealer while my car was in warranty, I figured that way they can't bounce a warranty claim on me for using the "wrong" oil, not to mention it's what the factory says to use in the car.

I also did an early oil change, and another before the 1 year/15K time frame, but now I change once a year or every 10K and my engine is as clean inside as the day they made it.

Remember, you don't need long life oil if you're going to change it every 5K, you just need a good synthetic of the right weight...like Mobil 1.

(Usually on sale at Wally World for $22/5 quarts)

I always use the factory filter too, not one from Autozone.

 

Ha! All this time I felt like I was attending a hemorrhoid convention, just waiting on an a-hole so we could get started.

 

Helps keep you regular too!!:shocked:
Who needs fiber!! Motor OIL!!
That my friends is truly recycling!!:ihih:

 

^^^ Bastards :lol:

 

I do 5k intervals on all three of my vehicles, 2 of them being MINIs.

Cheap insurance.

 

Use the cost of an oil change and get an oil analysis.....best engine diagnostic available.

 

+1 on Mann or Mahle