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Originally Posted by Jer
No, sludge is a term used to describe the oil when it's viscosity breaks down after thousands of heat cycles. Synthetic has the ability to heat cycle roughly twice as many times as conventional oil and therefore can be ran longer than conventional motor oil. If you have 'crap' building up in your engine then you need a better oil filter because it's job is to filter out all the contaminates that are suspended within the oil. The oils job is to lubricate all of the parts of the motor that are metal on metal. Over time and after many many heat cycles the oil will start losing it's ability to lubricate these parts and friction begins to occur. The result is added heat which also speeds up the process of the oil turning to sludge.
Bottom line is if you're oil is still good then it's still good. Sure you can change your oil weekly if you like but you would be stupid and throwing money out the window. I have managed to get hundreds of thousands of miles out of numerous vehicles doing it my way and have yet to have an engine fail because I didn't change the oil often enough.
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Hey Jer, I like yu. Yu make sense to me.
UOA's work for me too.
Use dino if yu plan on doing OCI's every 200 miles. Even that is a waste.
True that TMS authorizes major engine repairs under warranty. The dealer doesn't. But the dealer will tell yu the world will come to an end if yu don't ABIDE BY THEIR RULES. FUNNY BUT TRUE.
Oil related engine failures is the key here. Never ever seen one using M1 like I do or any syn for that matter. If the UOA says the TBN is still good at 7,8 or 10 K . Solubales and contaminants are within spec etc. Great. that's good enough for me. Too many people waste oil and money. They just don't know better. Not their fault. Ignorance is bliss.