Topic: How often do you change your oil?

[Airborne 82nd]

we have hour meters in our trucks and its recorded daily along with the mileage,the reason is the truck can be stationary with the power take off pump being used for quite some time without running up any miles.

I have not read where anyone uses time (in hours)

My boat has an hourmeter....

That is what I'm saying. Just like big city cabs they sit idling a long time but don't have a lot of mileage. Most large fleets use hour meters I am installing one on my bike I think because I'm use to doing it this way. The military does have a method to there madness .

[grasscutter]

Crap.
I thought the engine was factory filled for life.
Sigh... guess you all are going to tell me about setting the valves and adjusting chain tension now too.

You guys are messing with a mans weekend!

[dave500]

so long as changing the oil doesent change your bike back into a pumpkin itll be ok,you cinderellas!

[Scott]

Hey Dave how you going
What sort of truck do you drive mate.

Scott

[dave500]

i drive skip trucks mate,we have 5 from small single axle to one isuzu bogie,i like to stay in the single axle middle size new isuzu,ive been there 12 years so i get first option,ive done my time in old heavy noisey accos etc,i used to own an old mack r600 tipper in the mid 80s with no power steering!,and owned a 510A acco van for a few years before that doing furniture and kitchen companies,ive spent time in old j and tk series bedfords,aswell as the older internationals/dodges,worked for a garden supply for a couple of years with minimix concrete trucks,i spent nearly 8 years in this mother,you get less than that for manslaughter?good truck though with 240 cummins and 9 speed road ranger,it was old and used oil but would easily pull the pants of the new heavy isuzu that replaced it as far as torque and power goes,it was also faster for sure,no aircon though,and the single action boom was antique,their all telescopic now which makes it so easy to swap over bins etc,ive done the hard yards in old trucks man but i dont like the syncro zf transmission in the heavy isuzu at all,its so stiff to use,i dont force it but its such a slow and stiff shift?the old road rangers were light in their action without syncros of course.
http://youtu.be/uzDF9x_bjEs

[Scott]

I had to watch that video again to see how you put the bin down but didn't unhook the chains.  Then I saw the small break in the video.
I have a little Isuzu tipper that I cruise around in, easy to drive as no tricky gearbox to master.  But sort of oldish in that it has no power steering no air con and I took the leaking heater core out about 15 years ago and still haven't replaced it yet, so no heater.  I like it that way cause in winter when you get to the job site it feels a lot warmer to get out of the truck as you don't have the cold air blowing in on you from where the heater box used to be.

Scott

[dave500]

you mustve blinked to see a break in the video scott?we have "oompaloompahs"here in queensland that my boss hires,they run around and do #$%* like unhook our chains and that!the little buggers left them swinging,they are supposed to be hooked up secure,im gonna kick their mini arses!

[AJK]

In the interests of keeping the popcorn machine running, i thought this wasn't a bad article

http://motorcycleinfo.calsci.com/Oils1.html

[Stev-o]

You say popcorn?!

[Deltarider]

Isn't it interesting that all these 'popcorn people' never seem to miss an opportunity to first secretly see if there are any new developments? And then, when they didn't find what they were hopng for, they dish up their popcorn. Why the effort?
I'm bored stiff with popcorn remarks but remain open for people who might know more about tribology than myself. And I'm certainly not ashamed to confess I am an amateur that likes to learn.

[PeWe]

Oil threads are needed since Castrol stopped produce the GTX oil recommended in the manual. Plus the friction additives added in later oils to reduce fuel consumption in cars but bad for wet clutch.
Plus lower content of ZDDP  thanks to the turbo engines from API SN.
Plus synthetic oils that change the specifications and need of new information...
Information with good experiences such as bad is vital....
In the old days almost any engine oil of correct viscosity worked...right?

Beginning of the 80's was single grade oil popular here, Quaker State with the best mineral oil on earth as I have heard, from Pennsylvania... USA for those who slept during geography classes 

Edit: Castrol Classic XL 20W-50 is something like the old GTX?  "for engines before 1980"
http://www.castrol.com/castrol/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=9014107&contentId=7027099#7094382

I have bought Castrol Actevo 20W-40 and 20W-50...
Next time maybe Pennzoil Outdoor Motorcycle 20W-50  also a mineral....

[dusterdude]

Valvoline makes motorcycle oil,dino and synthetic


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[rb550four]

Every 3000miles on the 650 daily ride , never rebuilt, high miler(40k is high at my house) .
The 500's and 550's haven't gotten many miles on them since rebuilds so they get an oil change first thing each season. Sometimes the oil that comes out the pan looks cleaner than the new oil that I'm replacing it with. Seems like there's more life left to it,i'd like to reuse it somewhere..
  Reminds me of that Good news/bad news joke..
The Warden says to the inmates, 'Men , I got some good news and some bad news.
Here's the good news. All ya all are getting new underware.
 Now the bad news, You change with you and you change with you and....

I can't put it in another machine, but, seems a shame to waste it.

[camelman]

Mobil 1 delvac on my Hondas (when I had them) every 3000 if they had filters...1000 or so if they didn't.  I go 5000-7500 between changes on my 2005 Triumph Sprint and the oil still looks good.  I've never sent away for oil analyses though.

I had one engine wear out a big end bearing once, but that was on a  350f engine with 40,000 miles and a random piece of casting flash had lodged itself inside the crank where it rubbed on the bearing surface.  Other than that, no engine troubles ever.

Camelman