1x A Year Oil Change? NO! Here is why! You've been Warned

[scottymoondogjakubin]

I was a fleet mechanic for INDOT for 32 years ! the oci for all vehicles was 4, 000 miles or 6 months ! ive replaced oil that still looked like honey ! oil is cheap ! engines and labor are not !

[johnnysfunzone]

SMH, shame. When my wife got a new vehicle at retirement a few years back, their "service dept." complained to my wife that me changing the oil every 3, 000 miles was not necessary. She told them "He does that so our engines can hit 200, 000 to 300, 000+ miles before they get replaced". Their manufacturer oil change interval = engines last until just out of warranty .

[mikemechanic]

Engine builders have known all along that turbocharging and direct injection lead to shortened engine life. Changing the oil and filter with high quality products helps component longevity, but asking these small displacement engines to perform like their long- gone larger displacement predecessors

[silicon]

A couple weeks back, I tore down a 4.6 2v pulled out of my Crown Vic 2 years ago. This engine religiously got oil changes every 3 months using Motorcraft 5w20 or 5w30 (depending on how hot outside) synthetic along with Motorcraft FL820s oil filters. This engine was pulled at 245, 000 miles due to oil consumption. Well, the oil consumption turned out due to bad valve stem seals. The inside of the engine was far cleaner than the engine in this video. There was not one piston in the engine that looked anything like the one in this video. In fact, all of the bearings had almost no wear whatsoever on them, the crank journals looked freshly polished. Checked the journals, all are in exceptional shape with no discernable wear according to my micrometer. In fact, the crank looks as if it has just been machined - it's that fresh. It is hard to believe this engine in your video has only 18k miles on it with what you see. This is why oil changes are so important. Oil will oxidize in the crankcase just from father time doing his thing.

[JOne]

I tore down a 5.3 LM7 that I bought from a scrap yard a few years back. I could tell they definitely didn't keep up on the maintenance oil, or coolant. It actually had 2 seized up main bearings from where the oil had caked up though the years and clogged the oil pickup screen. Coolant passages where showing signs of beginning to corrode. I've always done my best to keep my vehicles and my families vehicles well maintained. Take good car of your vehicles and they'll last much longer, and have less problems. In the long run, the extra money for proper maintenance will save you big time on otherwise costly repairs from not taking care of it. I think some people don't understand that theory. Great video Rich, thank you and God bless you.

[timpage]

Thanks for the reminder and reinforcement... Your videos on oil changes have got me to switch my '97 F-150 over to a time based oil change interval since it is much like the car in this video, very short trips and extremely rare highway time.

[Pantherman]

I've always changed my oil every 3K (back in the day before synthetic came around) and every 5K with synthetic. I have two vehicles; a DD and "family hauler" for trips/family reunions. Both are set at the 5K oil change interval. The family hauler usually times out before the mileage is up, even with my running it on a week and off a week. It gets changed every 6 months whether it meets the 5K mark or not. Both of my vehicles are NA.

Such as been said before "Oil is cheap, new engines aren't"

[troublemakingpups]

Absolutely 💯. The one thing that bothers me is the lack of education at the point of sale and by manufacturers. It isn't taught how crucial maintenance is with these boosted engines. The general public who are not auto enthusiasts got away for so long without doing proper maintenance, it isn't even on their radar. Instead we have manufacturers making maintenance free claims like on transmissions. Then they don't want to warranty failures. The blame goes full circle. We appreciate people like you who are trying to educate everyone. 🙂🐶

[Maynardd]

I have a raptor. I use Amsoil full synthetic which claims to be one year or 25, 000 miles. I have two vehicles, one is a designated work vehicle and I’m lucky to put 5000 miles a year on my raptor. But no matter what I change The oil every six months with this Amsoil. Even if I only have 2000 miles on the oil. It’s getting changed! Great advice in your video. My truck will sit for a week without being started. The longer it sits, the more wear and tear on the engine.

[nicovillalobos]

Appreciate the wisdom! I'm a 21 year old who just bought a 22 Edge last month and I definitely have needed this advice since this is my first ecoboost turbo car. I definitely was more lax with oil changes on my old Honda.

[mikenonameneeded]

Where I work, a few years ago they decided to start using a oil filter called green filters and I think it was using recycled oil also. The real issue was 20, 000 mile OCI for all the service trucks. Mind you we are the largest telecommunications company in the USA. Us techs laughed when that initiative came out. They replaced untold amounts of engines. Needless to say we are back at 5k OCI’s. I change my personal oil every 3k or twice a year. Don’t get me started on my boat OCI’s. I change it about every 10 hours of use. It’s a V8. Love your videos FBM! Keeps us in-line….

[TheOcculus]

Ecoboost is a turbocharged engine. Turbos are rough on engine oil. Especially when you short trip them.

[msclecarcrzy]

I have a mechanic friend that has a 2000 chevy cavalier 2.2L with over 500k miles of highway driving. He used full synthetic oil and changed it every 5k miles. As far as I know it's still running. Last I talked with him it was at about 540, 000. Made a believer out of me! He used 5w30 mobile 1 majority of the time. He has recently switched to shell Rotella t6 5w40 because oil pressure was dropping low on hot days.

[ivancedillo]

I 100% agree with your statement. I think what a lot of people do by mistake is buy good quality oil but skimp on the quality of the oil filter 🤷‍♂️

[inoahmann]

I'm the maintenance guy at my company, we were running conventional oil with the cheap STP filters. I changed the oil change guidelines to full synthetic oil and Wix XP filters a few weeks ago because I pulled the valve cover on on one of our Nissan frontier pickup trucks and found it full of sludge. The oil was changed at 5k miles every time like clockwork and was changed 15 times the following year.

[todd]

ProjectFarm did an extended oil analysis test on 2 different vehicles. U can look it up. ProjectFarm, “Will Annual oil change damage your car”.

[deezelfairy]

Low mileage usually means short trips.
Constant shot trips/run time is classed as SEVERE DUTY by any engine manufacturer automotive, commerical, marine or industrial, doesn't matter. Most manufacturers call for oil change intervals to be cut in half if useage is classed as severe.

[timbailey]

This one right up my alley. My 18 escape w/ the 1.5 only made it for a change once in the past year. I drive a service van so it has extremely low miles but hopefully my busy/laziness didn’t do too much damage. I know better and this vid was a nice kick in the ass. Thnx.

[oldroscoe]

Oh dear, you are talking about my driving patterns. I don't put 5K/year combined on my 2 vehicles now days. I do try to get them up to temp when I drive them but this time of year that might not happen. I change the oil around once a year or 3K miles. The car does get some highway miles but only once a month now days. The pickup hasn't been out of town since I got it almost 3 years ago. Thanks for the videos.

[colty]

DFI and turbo... lots of heat, lots of carbon buildup on intake valves (carbon acts as an insulator and repository of heat), so even more heat can't be disapated and it becomes a vicious circle. Another strategy to slow carbon buildup (piston tops) is to use PEA based fuel treatments (Amoco, STP complete fuel system cleaner, etc). Try to use full synthetic oils (less likely to lead to deposits and sludge)... more expensive up front, but much cheaper than an engine.