Re: That often?

Posted by DrewLA On 2015/11/2 0:30:33

On dropping the oil pan, that seems like a hold over from the days before detergent oil was commonly used. Between the use of bypass filtration and earlier oil, sludge was common. With detergent oil, dropping the oil pan becomes unnecessary. I've been running 15W-40 mixed fleet oil and for good measure recently dropped the pan. It was basically spotless, it made me feel like I'd wasted my time.

I do wonder if anyone else ever followed the maintenance schedule, but almost any car would have a much better chance of surviving forever with maintenance that frequent. And maybe that's because if a mechanic was under the car every month, nothing would go for very long before it was attended to.