Dozieson:
Which oil?

sukkot:
injin oyel

buygala:
I used to have the same 3k mile oil change mindset .... But now I know different.. Now na 10k miles steady I dey do on a 2007 Toyota Prado.. On 20w50.. I frequently do some serious highway miling though..

I manage some Toyota Hiace "hummer" Buses that are used for Transport business to and from the far North to Lagos... These buses do 2 round trips almost every week.. That's more than 1. 5k miles per round trip.. And these buses get their oil change every 2 months, after covering more than 20k miles... And yes.. Na 20w50 dem dey use for service.. And these buses are still in jolly shape more than 5 years down the line.

In my opinion, moisture is the worst enemy of engine oils.. Frequently driving very short distances like 5miles daily tend not to allow the oil get hot enough to evaporate condensed moisture in it, which ends up fvcking up the oil prematurely..in that instance, even changing oil at 2k miles won't help much... That continuous and unexpelled condensation buildup in oil is what majorly causes engine sludge..

If you do more than 30 miles at a stretch daily at steady average revs of 2k+, I don't see why you can't push up your oil change period to 7 or 8k miles.. And if you frequently do 300mile+ journeys, push it up to 10k miles... Even with mineral oils

If those Volkswagen Sharans and Hummer buses used for interstate transport can do 20k+ miles per oil change on mineral oils , I don't see why some of us private drivers can't, given the right circumstances.

After all said and done, despite the bodily lagginess of some of those transport vehicles, their engines are mostly in pretty top shape.. Far better shape than the engines of some of us who keep unnecessarily spoonfeeding our engines.. Some of them still have their factory engines even after 10 years of constant long-distance travel...

Country too hard to dey waste money dey dash oil salesmen that are praying for you to change oil every 1k miles..

NB.. this comment isn't for you if you frequently do very short-distance driving..

buygala:
I used to have the same 3k mile oil change mindset .... But now I know different.. Now na 10k miles steady I dey do on a 2007 Toyota Prado.. On 20w50.. I frequently do some serious highway miling though..

I manage some Toyota Hiace "hummer" Buses that are used for Transport business to and from the far North to Lagos... These buses do 2 round trips almost every week.. That's more than 1. 5k miles per round trip.. And these buses get their oil change every 2 months, after covering more than 20k miles... And yes.. Na 20w50 dem dey use for service.. And these buses are still in jolly shape more than 5 years down the line.

In my opinion, moisture is the worst enemy of engine oils.. Frequently driving very short distances like 5miles daily tend not to allow the oil get hot enough to evaporate condensed moisture in it, which ends up fvcking up the oil prematurely..in that instance, even changing oil at 2k miles won't help much... That continuous and unexpelled condensation buildup in oil is what majorly causes engine sludge..

If you do more than 30 miles at a stretch daily at steady average revs of 2k+, I don't see why you can't push up your oil change period to 7 or 8k miles.. And if you frequently do 300mile+ journeys, push it up to 10k miles... Even with mineral oils

If those Volkswagen Sharans and Hummer buses used for interstate transport can do 20k+ miles per oil change on mineral oils , I don't see why some of us private drivers can't, given the right circumstances.

After all said and done, despite the bodily lagginess of some of those transport vehicles, their engines are mostly in pretty top shape.. Far better shape than the engines of some of us who keep unnecessarily spoonfeeding our engines.. Some of them still have their factory engines even after 10 years of constant long-distance travel...

Country too hard to dey waste money dey dash oil salesmen that are praying for you to change oil every 1k miles..

NB.. this comment isn't for you if you frequently do very short-distance driving..

MOTIONTECH:
Tell me you are joking

sukkot:
yeah i frequently do very short distance driving

but nice info nevertheless

buygala:


Then your case is different.. If you fit afford 1k miles oil change, please do... Short distance driving is a silent engine killer.

MOTIONTECH:
Tell me you are joking

sukkot:
i do about 30 km at a time

buygala:



That's like 14 miles


Not bad if its mostly traffic free driving at 2k+ Rpm..Stop and go traffic is almost as bad as short distance driving.

Besides if yur car's engine fan is always on, it further limits the evaporation of condensation from your engine oil, because the engine won't get hot quickly enough to heat up the oil faster.


Engines are at their best at their optimum temperature..

buygala:


Visit any interstate Transport company nearest to you and ask them the oil change duration of their vehicles .

Na we dey make things unnecessarily hard for ourselves..

Except for very short distance drivers, 3k miles oil change is very very unnecessary




So if I travel from Abuja to Lagos and back thrice, my car is due for oil change? ... For what biko?

9icetoo:

@the bolded, you are not properly informed.

Some of them change weekly self depending on how many round-trips done.

They do not generally exceed 5k miles.

Rivers to abj guys change after every 4th or 5th round trip.

Do the maths.

sukkot:
see they say do oil change every 3000 miles but i somehow have forgotten that miles and km are different. like i have been Changing my oil every 3000km. mayneeeeeeeeee. instead of every 4500 km.

buygala:
I used to have the same 3k mile oil change mindset .... But now I know different.. Now na 10k miles steady I dey do on a 2007 Toyota Prado.. On 20w50.. I frequently do some serious highway miling though..

I manage some Toyota Hiace "hummer" Buses that are used for Transport business to and from the far North to Lagos... These buses do 2 round trips almost every week.. That's more than 1. 5k miles per round trip.. And these buses get their oil change every 2 months, after covering more than 20k miles... And yes.. Na 20w50 dem dey use for service.. And these buses are still in jolly shape more than 5 years down the line.

In my opinion, moisture is the worst enemy of engine oils.. Frequently driving very short distances like 5miles daily tend not to allow the oil get hot enough to evaporate condensed moisture in it, which ends up fvcking up the oil prematurely..in that instance, even changing oil at 2k miles won't help much... That continuous and unexpelled condensation buildup in oil is what majorly causes engine sludge..

If you do more than 30 miles at a stretch daily at steady average revs of 2k+, I don't see why you can't push up your oil change period to 7 or 8k miles.. And if you frequently do 300mile+ journeys, push it up to 10k miles... Even with mineral oils

If those Volkswagen Sharans and Hummer buses used for interstate transport can do 20k+ miles per oil change on mineral oils , I don't see why some of us private drivers can't, given the right circumstances.

After all said and done, despite the bodily lagginess of some of those transport vehicles, their engines are mostly in pretty top shape.. Far better shape than the engines of some of us who keep unnecessarily spoonfeeding our engines.. Some of them still have their factory engines even after 10 years of constant long-distance travel...

Country too hard to dey waste money dey dash oil salesmen that are praying for you to change oil every 1k miles..

NB.. this comment isn't for you if you frequently do very short-distance driving..

buygala:


Visit any interstate Transport company nearest to you and ask them the oil change duration of their vehicles .

Na we dey make things unnecessarily hard for ourselves..

Except for very short distance drivers, 3k miles oil change is very very unnecessary

So if I travel from Abuja to Lagos and back thrice, my car is due for oil change? ... For what biko?

buygala:


Then your case is different.. If you fit afford 1k miles oil change, please do... Short distance driving is a silent engine killer.

AlphaTaikun:

"Injin oyel"... This thread crack me up. Very educative too. Lol.

Great thread Sukkot.

sukkot:
niceone brother. i havent forgotten our article ooo hehe. this worldcup ehn

Okay Sukkot, enjoy the Worldcup fever.

All the best.

buygala:
I used to have the same 3k mile oil change mindset .... But now I know different.. Now na 10k miles steady I dey do on a 2007 Toyota Prado.. On 20w50.. I frequently do some serious highway miling though..

I manage some Toyota Hiace "hummer" Buses that are used for Transport business to and from the far North to Lagos... These buses do 2 round trips almost every week.. That's more than 1. 5k miles per round trip.. And these buses get their oil change every 2 months, after covering more than 20k miles... And yes.. Na 20w50 dem dey use for service.. And these buses are still in jolly shape more than 5 years down the line.

In my opinion, moisture is the worst enemy of engine oils.. Frequently driving very short distances like 5miles daily tend not to allow the oil get hot enough to evaporate condensed moisture in it, which ends up fvcking up the oil prematurely..in that instance, even changing oil at 2k miles won't help much... That continuous and unexpelled condensation buildup in oil is what majorly causes engine sludge..

If you do more than 30 miles at a stretch daily at steady average revs of 2k+, I don't see why you can't push up your oil change period to 7 or 8k miles.. And if you frequently do 300mile+ journeys, push it up to 10k miles... Even with mineral oils

If those Volkswagen Sharans and Hummer buses used for interstate transport can do 20k+ miles per oil change on mineral oils , I don't see why some of us private drivers can't, given the right circumstances.

After all said and done, despite the bodily lagginess of some of those transport vehicles, their engines are mostly in pretty top shape.. Far better shape than the engines of some of us who keep unnecessarily spoonfeeding our engines.. Some of them still have their factory engines even after 10 years of constant long-distance travel...

Country too hard to dey waste money dey dash oil salesmen that are praying for you to change oil every 1k miles..

NB.. this comment isn't for you if you frequently do very short-distance driving..

sukkot:
see they say do oil change every 3000 miles but i somehow have forgotten that miles and km are different. like i have been Changing my oil every 3000km. mayneeeeeeeeee. instead of every 4500 km.

Dtruthspeaker:


But you no lose anything na. E mean say your engine suppose sharp.

sukkot:
i know lol. the engine sharp like razor my brother

Dtruthspeaker:


Den all good na. Dey change oyel dey go.