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Oil Life after 240K..... how many miles between oild changes?

Haulero

Haulero

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My car have near 245k on it and I've noticed that oil life seems to be shorter than before. I used to change my oil every 3500 miles about 6 years ago, after few years I changed oil every 3000... But I started noticing that my oil seems to get "dark" quicker after I hit 200K to the point where I changed my oil every 2500 miles, now before I hit 2000 miles my oil looks dark/dirty... is this normal? I've been changing my oil a little over 2000 miles past couple times because of this. What do you guys think? I guess when I hit 280K (I hope my engine last that long) I will change my oil every 1000 miles? lol
 


Oil color doesn't really equate to lubricity. Yet, early darkening might suggest a failure could be approaching.
 
im up to 225,000 on mine and by 2000 miles after a oil change my oil gets pretty dark looking. if i let it go till 3500, the lifters will start to tick upon start up after over night.

so im just using what ever's on sale, and changing the oil every 3000 miles.
 


Fivefingerdeathpunch said:
Ever replaced the PCV?

Its possible its not doing its job correctly.

You could try switching filter brand or buying a little better filter.
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I haven't checked the PCV valve, But I know it hasn't been too long since the last time I changed it. I always use ACdelco filter with Quacker State high mileage
 
scottydoggs said:
im up to 225,000 on mine and by 2000 miles after a oil change my oil gets pretty dark looking. if i let it go till 3500, the lifters will start to tick upon start up after over night.

so im just using what ever's on sale, and changing the oil every 3000 miles.
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I used to do that, buy whatever is on sale at my local autozone, but what I never liked is the fact that they offer good brand oil with a not-so-good brand filter, always! or a good filter with a crappy oil. So I started to buy Quacker state and acdelco everytime, from walmart, its around 20 bucks total. Not a big difference from those oil/filter special they have at autozone
 
After 200 miles blackstone still says my 6k interval is fine, even though it gets dark as night it's just a little carbon.
 
being a w-body i would check the oil level every thousand miles or so, our cars tend to leak from valve cover gaskets and oil pan gaskets.
 
When my motor had 200+ on it, I used the cheap crap and cheap crap filter w/o issues. Changed every 3K, upon pulling the motor after a valve seems to have stuck, the motor was nice and super clean inside. Looked great, even though at 3K the oil would be dirty.

I'd stick to the 3000-3500 changes and smile as you drive.
 


BillBoost37 said:
When my motor had 200+ on it, I used the cheap crap and cheap crap filter w/o issues. Changed every 3K, upon pulling the motor after a valve seems to have stuck, the motor was nice and super clean inside. Looked great, even though at 3K the oil would be dirty.

I'd stick to the 3000-3500 changes and smile as you drive.
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Thank you for sharing that info. I guess I need not to worry too much about it, seems like my car runs great so far (knock on wood) I haven't notice any lost of power or any other problems.
 
scottydoggs said:
im up to 225,000 on mine and by 2000 miles after a oil change my oil gets pretty dark looking. if i let it go till 3500, the lifters will start to tick upon start up after over night.

so im just using what ever's on sale, and changing the oil every 3000 miles.
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Funny you mention that... My lifters quit ticking after i changed the oil last week. I generally go by the DIC, or 5000 miles, whichever is sooner. When I changed it last, I had gone about 5200 miles and had 56% life left according to the DIC. I lose a quart every 3500-4000 miles and I do check it regularly and keep it full.

I guess I should start changing it sooner. And im also at just about 225k.
 
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