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Old 09-18-2011, 06:33 PM   #38 (permalink)
lowglider
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Artan, I`d like to go down your road some day, but first of all I need to learn a lot in order to deeply understand all the factors that affect oil in an engine.

Do you measure the pH of the oil in your engine? Which oil do you use? How do you prevent oil sludge and the accumulation of water in the oil? Do you use vaseline to seal the air leaks on the air filter like the OilSaverChip website suggests?

Once I did an oil change on a 1.8TD Mondeo which went way over 20000km (suggested interval 15000km) on one oil and the stinky slimy mess that came out of that engine was awful, not to mention the engine ran way quieter after the oil change.
It`s just a risk I`m not willing to take, especially on a turbo engine where the turbo lubrication pipeline can easily get clogged with gunk and then you can say goodbye to the engine.