I just passed the 1000 miles mark - do I change the oil now, or wait until the recommended 6000 miles? I am reading different opinions on this.
There's no known consensus. The Subie OM says leave it, other car manufacturers say leave it and counterbalance says take it out early to clear out the debris field.
I swapped mine at 2.5k, ran another 3.5k and then went on a schedule. My engine runs great with no consumption issues and the mileage is good. I have another car where I left it in for the full interval and once again, no issues. All backed up by UOAs.
IMO, I'd swap it out but I can't give you hard days that says it's an absolute benefit. Whatever makes you sleep better at night.
In a subject for another thread, I would shy away from the 0/20 viscosity and run a x/30 into we get a track record from the Ascents.
Not sure if it’s my phone or what, but I can no longer see this uoa.welcome all new comers to such oil threads.
Blackstone Labs. (and maybe one other that escapes me), but go to their site, read price choices.
Or just read such threads here from others that have coughed up the money and posted the results.
(maybe someone will link something from the Ascent board on FA24T, to give us a idea )
I have salvage neodymium magnets from hard drives. I'll try those.Read the bible on synthetics which was published Apr 1976 (I think). I had a copy that I kept for reference and then I got married; enough said. This was a study that covered lots of important things about synthetic oil. Convincing real data that this oil did not need to be changed that often.
I do put at least one small but strong magnet on my oil filters with the idea it will catch some of the machining residuals along with some of the particles of wear. Not exactly proven but I am sure it is doing something good.
One of the expert on here said that with turbo, might want to go every 5K between oil changes? Plus a lot of intown driving and such. I plan to go the 5k route for the time being once I get my Touring XT car. I did 5k with my '09 Accord too.Wow - I went researching this 1K oil change thing - because I don't know any evidence or authority promoting it. My last 3 cars have gone well over 200K miles (well the last of the 3 is now at 175 and I anticipate the new owner taking it way beyond that.) I never did a 1K oil change.
But my search about this online only led me to many more people that change their oil even more frequently.
Some people change them at 500, 1500, and 3000 (they do all three on same car)! Now consider all the cars.
So much oil being used and tossed before its useful life is over, and more hazardous waste being generated than there needs to be.
"By volume, used motor oil is one of the largest hazardous waste streams in California: Almost 115 million gallons are sold in the state each year. While about 70 percent is collected after use, it continues to be a serious environmental problem because it is insoluble and contains heavy metals and toxic chemicals. It makes its way into lakes, streams, and oceans via the storm water system and endangers fish, waterfowl, insects, and other aquatic life. In addition, one gallon of used motor oil can foul the taste of 1 million gallons of water."