xtremerevolution Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 My friend bought a new Toyota Camry for his wife, and she "forgot" to change the oil, and after 24, 000 km, sure enough, the engine blew. So i would be extremely hesitant to leave my oil in for 50, 000. Like I said before, were arguing over a couple hundred dollars extra spent over a hundred thousand km. I'm sure most of us have dropped this kind of money on car wash soap alone, or new parts every day. So if your looking to save a few bucks, in my opinion, you should do it somewhere besides your motor oil. One of my dad's best friends hadn't change the oil in his Ford F150 for 50,000 miles and his engine blew too. Had to buy a new car because it wasn't worth the cost and labor of a new engine to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Cutlass Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 My dad roasted the engine on a brand new mazda mx-6... I'll let you high-school chemistry experts guess why Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtremerevolution Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 My dad roasted the engine on a brand new mazda mx-6... I'll let you high-school chemistry experts guess why He didn't change the oil on time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRONDOG442 Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 My dad roasted the engine on a brand new mazda mx-6... I'll let you high-school chemistry experts guess why I resent that... I have a 4 year college degree in chemistry... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 My dad roasted the engine on a brand new mazda mx-6... I'll let you high-school chemistry experts guess why he forgot to put the drain plug back in ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1234 Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 i go every 3,000 miles with regular castrol 10W30. Fram oil filter(hasn't failed on my in 5 years) $15 per oil change. big deal. Had 150,000 on my 3.1 which got used daily, and driven hard at times, and didn't burn at all to my knowledge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtremerevolution Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 i go every 3,000 miles with regular castrol 10W30. Fram oil filter(hasn't failed on my in 5 years) $15 per oil change. big deal. Had 150,000 on my 3.1 which got used daily, and driven hard at times, and didn't burn at all to my knowledge. 154,000 on my 3.8 and I **always** drive it hard. Doesn't burn any oil at all. I used regular oil till 100,000 miles and fully synthetic from then on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy K Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 My dad roasted the engine on a brand new mazda mx-6... I'll let you high-school chemistry experts guess why he did donuts till the engine overheated and boiled the oil??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1138 Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 My dad roasted the engine on a brand new mazda mx-6... I'll let you high-school chemistry experts guess why If this is a sarcastic jab, (and this is an honest question here--->) wouldn't a rotary engine have different oil burning/particulate characteristics since it's a different kind of engine altogether? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euro Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 My dad roasted the engine on a brand new mazda mx-6... I'll let you high-school chemistry experts guess why If this is a sarcastic jab, (and this is an honest question here--->) wouldn't a rotary engine have different oil burning/particulate characteristics since it's a different kind of engine altogether? The MX-6's aren't Rotary are they? I thought just RX-7's and RX-8's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgenin Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 MX-6 are not rotary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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