On 3/24/2021 4:38 PM, Tekkie� wrote:

On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 10:50:25 -0400, Frank posted for all of us to digest...


On 3/23/2021 10:42 AM, TimR wrote:
On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 8:08:50 AM UTC-4, trader_4 wrote:


Then there are the fanatics that change synthetic oil every 5K miles or less,
that change the tranny, differential fluid and antifreeze every 20K miles and
only use the official dealer fluid.

I have a friend who drives older vehicles.

Every time he changes his oil, he also pulls the plug on the coolant and the transmission fluid. He doesn't drop the pan or make an effort to get all the fluids out, but he replaces the amount that did drain, and figures about every third times he's replaced it.

It seems to work for him, he gets a lot out of older vehicles.


Scotty Kilmer is fond of saying, "Oil is cheap, engines are expensive.
Change your oil frequently."

Sorry Frank, I don't consider him a reliable source. He has a point there but
his comments on other issues leave a lot to be desired. If he were the "Ruler
of the Cars" one would only be allowed to have a Toyota.


I cannot fault him for the comment on oil and learn a lot from him and
he is entertaining. He does make good points that make sense like a
turbocharged small engine is bound to wear out faster.

He is a Toyota fan but points out some of their bad years. He expects a
good car to last for hundreds of thousands of miles. I never had a car
with much over one hundred thousand miles on it that was not dying of
old age.

He has a huge fan base and makes all his money off You Tube videos and
no car or car part sponsors.