im a believer
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Topic: im a believer
Posted By: eric lavine
Subject: im a believer
Date Posted: November-22-2007 at 4:07pm
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Im doing a 4.3 chevy, this guy religously changed his oil every 3 to 4 thousand miles, the truck has 194000 miles on it and the number 6 rod started to rap, which is pretty common on these engines. I tore the heads off and pushed the pistons out, I ran a dal bore gauge down each hole because i was going to have it bored to the next size. the spec was 4.00 and every one of these cylinders was at 4.00. it was hard to believe, there was no sludge build up, no scuffing on the squirts of the piston. a crank kit and new rings and the engine is like new. the moral of the story.... im going to change my oil more often and the non believers like me may change thier minds ------------- "the things you own will start to own you" |
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November-25-2007 at 7:19pm
huh- shouldnt you change your oil evr 3K anyway eric...its a chevy
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Posted By: 87BFN owner
Date Posted: November-25-2007 at 7:42pm
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no chevys use so much oil you just change the filter, because your always putting in new oil. I am just kidding nothing wrong with a chevy. A little ford chevy humor. ------------- |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November-25-2007 at 9:52pm
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Posted By: jbear
Date Posted: November-26-2007 at 1:10am
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Jim: LOL!!!!!!!!
john ------------- "Loud pipes save lives" AdamT sez "I'm Canadian and a beaver lover myself"... |
Posted By: eric lavine
Date Posted: November-26-2007 at 10:29am
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If these boat were chevy powered we wouldnt have much to talk about ------------- "the things you own will start to own you" |
Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: November-26-2007 at 10:57am
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I've had always changed my oil at 3000 and the engines have always outlasted the vehicle.
However, a few years ago I started using Amsoil and now I only change the oil once a year, whether it has 5000 on it or 20,000. I've got a '96 Suburban that I switched over 6 years ago and it has 175k on it and it uses about 1 qt in 12,000 miles. My '05 Silverado with a 5.3 didn't use any oil during the past 12 months and I put 15k on it. It costs $75+- for an oil change, but it is cheaper in the long run, and it saves time. The guy that talked me into this says Amsoil is far superior to dino, although he recommends oil changes every 6 months regardless of mileage. I wouldn't do this in my boat, but it seems to be the way to go in the cars. ------------- |
Posted By: 87BFN owner
Date Posted: November-26-2007 at 2:43pm
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Riley
If you like amsoil I would suggest you look into royal purple. It's good stuff ran it in my powerstroke and it picked up between 1-2 mpg depending on what I was doing. I have always changed my oil at 3000 miles as well. Except in my lease truck it gets the oil chnaged at 7500 miles as the manufacturer says that is exceptable. ------------- |
Posted By: eric lavine
Date Posted: November-26-2007 at 8:47pm
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i still will stick to the 5 to 10k rule,
I expected this engine to be wiped and everything was in great shape and in part I really think it had something to do with the frequent oil changes. the guy is a fanatic and decided to buy a brand new 4.3, he has a tendnecy to go overboard on this truck ------------- "the things you own will start to own you" |