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Old 10-26-2011, 01:07 PM   #135 (permalink)
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Patric; are you telling me that there are no ball bearing where the arrow is pointing on the crankshaft?

Check the picture below.

I know there are ball bearings at both sides of the crankshaft as well?
There are NO ball bearings in the bottom end of an engine, and certainly not in the crankshaft and connecting rods.
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The vehicle manufacturers set the oil change intervals, not the oil sellers. In fact, many oil sellers are trying to sell products by advertising longer oil change intervals than the vehicle manufacturers recommend.

Vehicle manufacturers and oil producers/sellers are one, they just have different names according to me.
Come on, do a little bit of thinking before you form your arguments. Oil analysis can be very informative, give it a try.
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