Need advise on oil and filter. Drive a 1992 Honda Accord Ex with 102k miles on it. I have a extremely short commute 1.5 miles one way and never really reach the 3000 mile mark. So I normally change oil and filter around 3-4 months. I have gone for Walmart $11.99 Super Tech deal since I feel it is the best value for money. Do you think that it is ok ?
As long as you are changing every 3K any oil/filter is more than adequate. I personally would not let any Walmart/JiffyLube person within a mile of my car-but that's just me. Just check for leaks at each trip and check your oil level or have them check and you verify when they are done.
This is a question I have never seen before. When can you ignore the three months regardless of mileage rule?
Assume that you are going to change your oil every 3000 miles.
If you have two cars and you alternate cars every day, (driving 16 miles to and from work)so that you wind up only putting 1,500 in three months on each car. Do you still need to change every three months or can you go 6-months on each car? It seems to me that the three month rule only applies if you drive your car foe short distances every day.
cars generally care less about oil drain intervals, especially if they have no intention of buying the car at the end of the lease. I have known a few people who have gone over the allowable mileage on the lease and worried about the penalty because buying the car would not be considered. They said they had beaten the crap out of it. What makes me think that diligence with regard to changing the oil may not have been a priority?
I'll never purchase a lease car from anybody except myself, my reasoning is suppose that I liked the car I'd better take care of it for myself and if I chose not purchase it it was in really exceptionally good condition for someone else (by the way I used Amsoil 0w-30 since it was new) I knew the oil could go at least annually I did 12,000 miles a year and it was no sweat on the oil I changed it yearly every September timed it just right with a filter change every 6 months the inside of the motor was super clean looked as if it just came from the manufacturer.
on your hands to use a pair of those hospital type rubber gloves when changing the oil and filter. I've seen the guys at quick lube places wear them, just figured they were doing loads and kept their hands reasonable. I won't do it without a pair on my hands again. Even saw them for sale the 99 cents store (about 10 pair per pack).
I use the 0W30 in one car, (onece a year filkter at 6 months) quite honestly, not worth the extra two bucks a quart. Same results as with the 10W30 in it before and with other ones that still use the 10W30.
Only if you live in extremely cold climates in the winter would I consider it again.
Oil Change instructions for Women: 1) Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3000 miles since the last oil change 2) Drink a cup of coffee. 3) 15 minutes later, write a check and leave with a properly maintained vehicle. Money spent: * Oil Change $20.00 * Coffee $ 1.00 * Total $21.00.
Oil Change instructions for Men: 1) Go to auto parts store and write a check for $50.00 for oil, filter, kitty litter, hand cleaner and shop towels 2) Discover that the used oil container is full. Instead of taking it back to O'Reilly to recycle, dump in hole in back yard. 3) Open a beer and drink it. 4) Jack car up. Spend 30 minutes looking for jack stands. 5) Find jack stands under kid's pedal car. 6) In frustration, open another beer and drink it. 7) Place drain pan under engine. 8) Look for correct size box end wrench! 9) Give up and use crescent wrench. 10) Unscrew drain plug. 11) Drop drain plug in pan of hot oil: get hot oil on you in the process. 12) Clean up mess. 13) Have another beer while watching oil drain. 14) Look for oil filter wrench. 15) Give up; poke oil filter with screwdriver and twist off. 16) Beer. 17) Buddy shows up; finish case of beer with him. Finish oil change tomorrow. 18) Next day, drag pan full of old oil out from underneath car. 19) Throw kitty litter on oil spilled during step 18. 20) Beer. No, drank it all yesterday 21) Walk to 7-11; buy beer. 22) Install new oil filter making sure to apply a thin coat of oil to gasket surface. 23) Dump first quart of fresh oil into engine. 24) Remember drain plug from step 11. 25) Hurry to find drain plug in drain pan. 26) Discover that the used oil is buried in a hole in the back yard along with drain plug. (IDIOT!) 27) Drink beer. 28) Uncover hole and sift for drain plug. 29) Discover that first quart of fresh oil is now on the floor. 30) Drink beer. 31) Slip with wrench tightening drain plug and bang knuckles on frame. 32) Bang head on floorboards in reaction to step 31. 33) Begin cussing fit. 34) Throw wrench. 35) Cuss for additional 10 minutes because wrench hit Miss December(1992) in the left boob. 36) Beer.&! nbsp; 37) Clean up hands and forehead and bandage as required to stop blood flow. 38) Beer. 39) Beer 40) Dump in five fresh quarts of oil. 41) Beer. 42) Lower car from jack stands. 43) Accidentally crush one of the jack stands. 44) Move car back to apply more kitty litter to fresh oil spilled during step 23. 45) Beer. 46) Test drive car. 47) Get pulled over: arrested for driving under the influence. 48) Car gets impounded. 49) Make bail. 50) Get car from impound yard. Money spent: * Parts $50.00 * DUI $2500.00 * Impound fee $75.00 * Bail $1500.00 * Beer $25.00 * Total-- $4150.00 -- But you know the job was done right!
Pretty funny. Even more so because at least on the sober items it's happened to most of us. I can't even imagine doing an oil change without taking the used oil in for recycling. But uncles used to change on their gravel driveway occassionally and just let the oil run out. Said it used to cut out the dust. My grandfather lived in a large city, but in the 30s they used to have coal stoves for heat. They would use used motor oil to start the morning fires.
I have a ?: ever since i bought my 95 Altima, i didnt use the same type of oil at every oil change. One time i would use penzoil, while the other mobil and valvoline? A person that i know, a close freind, told me that that would mess up the engin b/c diffent oil brands have diffrent cleaning detergants, and that would cause stress for the engine if not using the same oil type. Is that true??? so far i havent had any problems, or anything diffrent in the sound or performance of the motor??? The funny thing is when i asked him why he thinks that, he said oil is oil and [non-permissible content removed] is [non-permissible content removed], but there are differences between each brand of..oil and [non-permissible content removed]..lol
Fram Sure Drain Plugs. I have to wait a week 500 miles) before I pull the oil and install it, Then I'll have to wait another 3k before I get to try it. The suspense is killing me!
I was thinking about getting a couple of these also after reading about them. I have one question about them - Are you able to completely drain the oil pan or does the plug rise above the bottom of the oil pan and prevent complete drainage? I certainly don't want any crud to remain in the oil pan.
....every 3K using pre-SL dinos, every 5K using SL dinos or hydrocracked syns ('cause they're basically the same thing), and 10-15K using PAO syns. Of course these recommendations are based upon the use of a very good filter such a Mobil 1 or a PureOne.
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Assume that you are going to change your oil every 3000 miles.
If you have two cars and you alternate cars every day, (driving 16 miles to and from work)so that you wind up only putting 1,500 in three months on each car. Do you still need to change every three months or can you go 6-months on each car? It seems to me that the three month rule only applies if you drive your car foe short distances every day.
I use the 0W30 in one car, (onece a year filkter at 6 months) quite honestly, not worth the extra two bucks a quart. Same results as with the 10W30 in it before and with other ones that still use the 10W30.
Only if you live in extremely cold climates in the winter would I consider it again.
5w 30 or 0 - 30?
1) Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3000 miles
since the last oil change
2) Drink a cup of coffee.
3) 15 minutes later, write a check and leave with a properly maintained vehicle.
Money spent:
* Oil Change $20.00
* Coffee $ 1.00
* Total $21.00.
Oil Change instructions for Men:
1) Go to auto parts store and write a check for $50.00 for oil, filter, kitty litter, hand cleaner and shop towels
2) Discover that the used oil container is full. Instead of taking it back to O'Reilly to recycle, dump in hole in back yard.
3) Open a beer and drink it.
4) Jack car up. Spend 30 minutes looking for jack stands.
5) Find jack stands under kid's pedal car.
6) In frustration, open another beer and drink it.
7) Place drain pan under engine.
8) Look for correct size box end wrench!
9) Give up and use crescent wrench.
10) Unscrew drain plug.
11) Drop drain plug in pan of hot oil: get hot oil on you in the
process.
12) Clean up mess.
13) Have another beer while watching oil drain.
14) Look for oil filter wrench.
15) Give up; poke oil filter with screwdriver and twist off.
16) Beer.
17) Buddy shows up; finish case of beer with him. Finish oil change tomorrow.
18) Next day, drag pan full of old oil out from underneath car.
19) Throw kitty litter on oil spilled during step 18.
20) Beer. No, drank it all yesterday
21) Walk to 7-11; buy beer.
22) Install new oil filter making sure to apply a thin coat of oil to gasket surface.
23) Dump first quart of fresh oil into engine.
24) Remember drain plug from step 11.
25) Hurry to find drain plug in drain pan.
26) Discover that the used oil is buried in a hole in the back yard along with drain plug. (IDIOT!)
27) Drink beer.
28) Uncover hole and sift for drain plug.
29) Discover that first quart of fresh oil is now on the floor.
30) Drink beer.
31) Slip with wrench tightening drain plug and bang knuckles on frame.
32) Bang head on floorboards in reaction to step 31.
33) Begin cussing fit.
34) Throw wrench.
35) Cuss for additional 10 minutes because wrench hit Miss December(1992) in the left boob.
36) Beer.&! nbsp;
37) Clean up hands and forehead and bandage as required to stop blood flow.
38) Beer.
39) Beer
40) Dump in five fresh quarts of oil.
41) Beer.
42) Lower car from jack stands.
43) Accidentally crush one of the jack stands.
44) Move car back to apply more kitty litter to fresh oil spilled during step 23.
45) Beer.
46) Test drive car.
47) Get pulled over: arrested for driving under the influence.
48) Car gets impounded.
49) Make bail.
50) Get car from impound yard.
Money spent:
* Parts $50.00
* DUI $2500.00
* Impound fee $75.00
* Bail $1500.00
* Beer $25.00
* Total-- $4150.00
-- But you know the job was done right!
4) Pay tow truck $50 to have car towed to dealer for new engine bc oil lub expert at Jiffy forgot to put on drain plug (hung over from night before)
Unthinkable now even by them.
ever since i bought my 95 Altima, i didnt use the same type of oil at every oil change. One time i would use penzoil, while the other mobil and valvoline? A person that i know, a close freind, told me that that would mess up the engin b/c diffent oil brands have diffrent cleaning detergants, and that would cause stress for the engine if not using the same oil type. Is that true??? so far i havent had any problems, or anything diffrent in the sound or performance of the motor???
The funny thing is when i asked him why he thinks that, he said oil is oil and [non-permissible content removed] is [non-permissible content removed], but there are differences between each brand of..oil and [non-permissible content removed]..lol
BTW the board Police will prolly remove your police due to the "S". word. Edmunds is kind of straight laced here.
After using the fumoto on several cars for the past year it seems to drain the same amount as it did before the valve.