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Check out Top Myths About Engine Oil
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When it comes to your car’s maintenance and preservation, motor oil is perhaps the utmost responsibility. Oil is what allows the various parts of your engine to seamlessly and smoothly interact with as little friction as possible, leading to reduced wear, lower temperatures, and a nearly eradicated chance of seizing. However, when it comes to oil, there’s a number of different myths and misconceptions that have either invaded general knowledge, or used to be true but no longer are. However they may have gotten there, it’s time to set the record straight. Here are eight of the most popular motor oil myths, and the truth about each of them
Dark Oil Always Needs to Be Changed False. Dark color is not a strong indication that your oil is dirty or no longer doing its job. In fact, some oils go dark quickly as the additives designed to clean your engine start working. However, gritty or grainy oil is dirty and needs to be changed ASAP.
You Have to Get Your Oil Changed Every 3,000 Miles While the 3,000 miles is a good rule of thumb, this is not always true. Some cars using good-quality oil can go as much as 8,000 to 10,000 miles or more between oil changes. The best way to find out how often you should change yours: refer to your owner’s manual.
Synthetic Oils Equal Higher Mileage Not necessarily true. There are other reasons synthetic oils seem to last longer than their petroleum-based counterparts. For instance, they work at very high temperatures, provide better protection against wear, give greater stability to the engine, and encourage the formation of fewer deposits.
Taking Too Long Before an Oil Change Voids Your Warranty In this day and age when synthetic oil with extended life is in use, that’s probably untrue. Even if your vehicle manual expressly instructs you to use petroleum-based oils, your warranty will not be voided unless there’s a demonstration that the oil was the immediate cause of the problem.
More Oil Is Always Better The worst mistake you can make is to overfill your engine oil just because it leaks. When in excess, engine oil causes expanded obstruction which leads to excessive heat. The extra oil could also end up in the cylinders leading to excessive burning, which in turn leads to increased deposits in the combustion chamber. The proper remedy is to fix the oil leak problem or top up the engine oil daily.
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