Dec 19, 2014 - 1:06 PM
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Ok so its been 5k miles from my last oil change but the oil doesn't look dark black still has its nice clear dark color do I have to change it cause its been 5k miles or not ?
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Dec 22, 2014 - 10:39 AM
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a friend told me that Royal Purple won't break down for 10k miles, you just need to change the filter every 3k and top it off. Any other oil and I'd be replacing it after 3-5k
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Oreo20 Oil change Color Dec 19, 2014 - 1:06 PM
SwissFerdi QUOTE (Oreo20 @ Dec 19, 2014 - 1:06 ... Dec 19, 2014 - 2:24 PM
VavAlephVav If you were running a synthetic you might get some... Dec 19, 2014 - 2:31 PM
richee3 Oil breaks down. Even if it looks clean, it doesn... Dec 19, 2014 - 3:26 PM
Bitter Maybe, maybe not. Send a sample off and they'l... Dec 19, 2014 - 8:46 PM
jordisonjr Why risk it to save a couple bucks.
Just change it... Dec 22, 2014 - 9:31 AM
Bitter Haha, and I know a guy who's turbo setup ruine... Dec 22, 2014 - 9:54 PM
jordisonjr QUOTE (Bitter @ Dec 22, 2014 - 10:54... Dec 23, 2014 - 11:15 AM
Box Just depends on a variety of factors that only you... Dec 22, 2014 - 10:14 PM
Box Ditto on RP. That and I haven't really been i... Dec 23, 2014 - 4:14 PM
Bitter QUOTE (Box @ Dec 23, 2014 - 3:14 PM)... Dec 23, 2014 - 9:57 PM
richee3 Amsoil is good stuff. I've heard that Royal Pu... Dec 23, 2014 - 5:12 PM
Box Generally I use Super Tech from Wal-Mart, as it... Dec 23, 2014 - 5:41 PM
Box Yeah, a lot of domestic manuals used ATF too for s... Dec 23, 2014 - 10:56 PM
VavAlephVav do people really run atf in their manuals? I thou... Dec 24, 2014 - 1:52 AM
Box For the longest time the manual transmissions used... Dec 24, 2014 - 2:56 AM
Bitter So that they would shift well when cold, otherwise... Dec 24, 2014 - 10:44 AM
Syaoran http://540ratblog.wordpress.com/2013/06/20...r-tes... Dec 24, 2014 - 2:39 PM
HaysoosKreesto QUOTE (Syaoran @ Dec 24, 2014 - 11:3... Dec 24, 2014 - 3:33 PM
Box Or just use Synchromesh, which is what GM started ... Dec 24, 2014 - 3:21 PM![]() ![]() |
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