When you change your oil....

[dietz4ibanez]

Do you wait foreever trying to get that last drop of old oil out before replacing it with new?

I changed my oil in the nox and while its draining I plan other work to try and get as much out.


What do you do?

 

[Lenn]

I change it every 5k with Mobil1 synthetic. I also usually run half a quart or so of ATF for a few miles just to get all those detergents run thru the engine. I usually used Motorcraft filters when I had my F150 and a Mobil filter on the Mazda6. Probably going to use it on the Nox too.

The next oil change, I am going to use a jug of Valvoline NextGen that I got for free from Autozone.

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[Drummerjohn]

Just changed the oil with AMS oil 0W-30 and wix filter. Instead of waiting I flush with some clean oil, just enough to get the cruddy stuff out of the bottom. I don't wait for the last drop whe I do this, makes the oil change go faster and I know th sludge at the bottom reduced.

 

[dietz4ibanez]

That's not a bad idea. Dumping a quart or 2 of low grade oil to flush out the crud.

 

[Z_Ghost]

Been doing that for a long time, always have a few quarts around so I can dump one down the pipe.

 

[gaurdien]

Great idea. I will incorporate that into my oil changes.

 

[dietz4ibanez]

So will I

 

[Black02Silverado]

Lets be realistic here everyone. You have brand new vehicles and maintain them well, you should not have "crud" inside to flush out. Now if it was a used vehicle and it had 100k miles on it yeah maybe. But I would bet an AMSOIL oil change that if you stuck a borescope inside the oil pan it would look nice and clean.

 

[dietz4ibanez]

Hey Nick, you know the saying "whatever helps you sleep better at night" that's what I am going for, peace of mind.

 

[prheaume]

One of my friend used an engine cleaner on his dad's chevy venture and it blew the engine off, how to make a dad upset in three easy steps haha

 

[dietz4ibanez]

Holy Crap!

 

[Black02Silverado]

One of my friend used an engine cleaner on his dad's chevy venture and it blew the engine off, how to make a dad upset in three easy steps haha

That isn't good. What did he use?

 

[08PILOT]

Holy Crap!

X2

 

[prheaume]

It was made by Bardall but can't remember the exact name of the product.

 

[oleg1981]

i just changed my oil changing every 5000km. my truck had oil consumption about 1l per 5000km. but last 2 changes i used castrol gtx high milage and oil consumption is down to ~0.5-0.6l per 5000k. a and i hit already 155000km

 

[prheaume]

An oil consomption is considered normal by the manufacturer if it stays lower than 1L per oil change.

Here at BMW we often put 1L per oil change cycle (oil service are 1 year / 25 000 km here ). Only the M series cannot exceed that as they use 10W60 instead of 5W30.