Oil change interval

[hpfmnst]

Hi guys!

How often do you change oil on xr6t.

I have conflicting thoughts and ideas about this.

Some are saying it should be done every 7.5K.

Since I use top of the range castrol titanium， I feel it might be waste of money.

Lots of german cars theese days have 20-30K oil change span with castrol， so I would like to hear your opinion[emoji5]

[k31th]

http://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/7632-oils-aint-oils-merged-thread/

 

worth a read ^^

[Head]

At 7500k, I changed over to a good fully synthetic and now I only change it every 15000k. I reckon your throwing money away if you change it any sooner. Mine is still see through on the dip stick after 15000k.

[hpfmnst]

I was thinking to do it every 10k.

[ROB83R]

2 hours ago, Head said:

At 7500k, I changed over to a good fully synthetic and now I only change it every 15000k. I reckon your throwing money away if you change it any sooner. Mine is still see through on the dip stick after 15000k.

 

If it's see through its sh*t oil. Oil turns black because it's cleaning your engine. They're the contaminants from fuel etc. 

 

1 hour ago, hpfmnst said:

I was thinking to do it every 10k.

 

Halve that and you're on the money if you care about your motor. 

[Head]

Oils don't clean they lubricate. The days of using detergent oils are long gone. A clean oil means less contamination, in my case high speed ks per day, therefore any moisture is evaporated off meaning no sludge build up. My average speed is sitting on 74kph.

I reckon you must own a mechanical service business or sell oil to make that recommendation!

I'll even go one step further and make a bold statement "oils never loose their lubricating properties they just get contaminated". Hence why you can centrifuge old oil and reuse it.

[skidxr6t]

^I think you'll find most oils contain some detergents along with the other additives they use

 

I did mine last tuesday after like 3000ks/5 months-ish and the oil was quite black, most of my driving in it has been short trips.

 

I put in gulf western semi synthetic 10w-40 cause its cheap and apparantly isn't bad.

[ROB83R]

9 minutes ago, Head said:

Oils don't clean they lubricate. The days of using detergent oils are long gone. A clean oil means less contamination, in my case high speed ks per day, therefore any moisture is evaporated off meaning no sludge build up. My average speed is sitting on 74kph.

I reckon you must own a mechanical service business or sell oil to make that recommendation!

I'll even go one step further and make a bold statement "oils never loose their lubricating properties they just get contaminated". Hence why you can centrifuge old oil and reuse it.

 

Yeah good luck with that. I'm an enthusiast. I understand about sludge build up. Mostly caused by poor heat cycles and short trips. 

They do lose their lubricating abilities the longer you leave it in there. Especially on a turbocharged engine. 

[arronm]

12 hours ago, Head said:

Oils don't clean they lubricate. The days of using detergent oils are long gone. A clean oil means less contamination, in my case high speed ks per day, therefore any moisture is evaporated off meaning no sludge build up. My average speed is sitting on 74kph.

I reckon you must own a mechanical service business or sell oil to make that recommendation!

I'll even go one step further and make a bold statement "oils never loose their lubricating properties they just get contaminated". Hence why you can centrifuge old oil and reuse it.

 

I think you had better read up on engine oils.....

[Ralph Wiggum]

12 hours ago, Head said:

Oils don't clean they lubricate. The days of using detergent oils are long gone. A clean oil means less contamination, in my case high speed ks per day, therefore any moisture is evaporated off meaning no sludge build up. My average speed is sitting on 74kph.

I reckon you must own a mechanical service business or sell oil to make that recommendation!

I'll even go one step further and make a bold statement "oils never loose their lubricating properties they just get contaminated". Hence why you can centrifuge old oil and reuse it.

11 hours ago, ROB83R said:

Yeah good luck with that. I'm an enthusiast. I understand about sludge build up. Mostly caused by poor heat cycles and short trips. 

They do lose their lubricating abilities the longer you leave it in there. Especially on a turbocharged engine. 

^WHS

1 minute ago, arronm said:

I think you had better read up on engine oils.....

Also ^WHS