Comments on: Not So Fast, Slick: Rethinking How Often to Change Your Oil https://ecosalon.com/rethinking-oil-change/ Sun, 29 Nov 2015 15:51:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.25 By: John https://ecosalon.com/rethinking-oil-change/#comment-28951 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:00:39 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=56084#comment-28951 So what about all of the extra gas used on the large block mustang over a computer engineered engine? How about emissions? How about the safety of children in your car with computerized traction control?

]]> By: Scott Adelson https://ecosalon.com/rethinking-oil-change/#comment-28895 Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:51:48 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=56084#comment-28895 Hi Sarah… Yes, we’re pretty much talking about new(er) cars here. Reed says the 3,000-mile rule is “no longer true for any car bought in the last seven or eight years.” So your 20+-year-old is a different story. It also has a lot do with your particular driving situation (are you the stop-and-go type, do you drive a lot of distance, etc.). The NYT article talks about this, and also about a lab called Blackstone Laboratories in Fort Wayne, Ind., where you can send an oil sample and “for $25, they’ll tell you all sorts of things about your car.” Meanwhile the Car Talk guys say: “You may want to consider changing your oil more frequently if:

> You drive like a knucklehead: jackrabbit starts, heavy acceleration or high-speed driving
> You live where the climate is extremely hot or cold
> You often drive on dirt roads
> Your engine is old and burns oil
> You frequently carry heavy loads”

Good luck! sa

]]> By: Sarah Supernova https://ecosalon.com/rethinking-oil-change/#comment-28888 Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:56:17 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=56084#comment-28888 Ok, but my understanding is the 10,000-mile oil change is for newer cars, yes? I have a 1988 Honda… I believe it still needs the oil changed every 3k-5k miles… but hey, if you can point me to a source that states otherwise for a 20+ year old car, I’d be happy to know!

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