maintenance (how far do you stretch it)

Started by He Man, April 28, 2011, 04:32:46 PM

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He Man

they look dirty... thats about it.

Id like to ask if there was a change in MPG over the 37k miles but so many factors can affect avg mpg that its not even worth asking.

The point of stretching maintenance is to not stretch it becomes repair instead of preventative maintenance. You can certainly get more miles out of oil and plugs and belts than manufacturer recommends safely. A lot of the suggested mileage that they recommend also include the fact that the avg person only rides about 5,000 miles a year dont they? That also means that certain items go bad sooner such as rubber and oil.

Howie

Quote from: He Man on April 30, 2011, 08:28:09 AM
they look dirty... thats about it.

Id like to ask if there was a change in MPG over the 37k miles but so many factors can affect avg mpg that its not even worth asking.

The point of stretching maintenance is to not stretch it becomes repair instead of preventative maintenance. You can certainly get more miles out of oil and plugs and belts than manufacturer recommends safely. A lot of the suggested mileage that they recommend also include the fact that the avg person only rides about 5,000 miles a year dont they? That also means that certain items go bad sooner such as rubber and oil.



If you were a big well run fleet post warranty oil change schedules would be based on oil analysis.  Other intervals may be longer or shorter depending on many factors.  Coolant can go a long time if you check PH level and replenish certain additives.  Fuel filters are often changed based on amperage draw instead of mileage/time.  In some cases , like O2 sensors were new in the industry the manufacturer's interval was quite premature.  This might have been due to not enough real world experience or simply to avoid covering the part under the emissions warranty or a combination of both.  We'll never know.

Anyway, 6K or 7.5K on oil in an air cooled engine is not conservative.  Many Toyota and Chrysler and other manufacturer's products suffered premature engine failure due to 7.5 K oil change intervals.   12K conservative for the belts?  Probably.  I think of it as throwing that quarter in the parking meter to avoid the $105 ticket.  Yeah, chances are you wouldn't get the ticket, but, IMO, not worth the risk.

Ddan

A couple of years ago I sent a sample in for analysis.  It was Amsoil 10w40 with the EaO filter.  After 3000 miles the only parameter that was out of spec for new oil was silica, attributed to dust through the K+N air filter.  I still change at 3K and used the drained oil for the lawn mower  ;D
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I plan on following the recomended maintenance schedule to the "T", prior owner did also.

cokey

I went a while on plugs one.. tookem out and it fell apart.. new plugs = cheap insurance
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