New England B.S. Thread

Hey guys. When do you guys change your oil. 3k,5k,10k, 15k lol. I just did an oil change today at 5k and the oil wasn't that dirty. I dont if I should stay at changing it at 5k or go to 10k? I just brought mobil 1 extended performance and it says its rated at 15k but that seems too much lol.

 

Originally Posted by mach1man001
Im not familiar with this. What is it? Is it when those motorcycles that have to crawl over large rocks at next to 0 mph using a lot of balance? If it is that is so cool to watch!


I'll be there. Its awesome. Wear some good footwear. A little hiking involved. The best riders from all over.

 

Got anymore info on this ? Dates etc . I'd like to check it out

I do mine between 4k and 5k pretty much whenever I get to the store to buy oil .

 

http://ritrialsclub.com/

That is the link to the club that is hosting it, Nationals are June 23rd & 24th.

 

Yea newer motors are pretty good about that. I do 5-6. In my old ranger i didnt even need to replace it. I just added a couple courts a month lol.

 

Around 5K

 

I'm planning on going Sun. 24th. I have Jimmy Buffett tix for Sat. Cant remember what year it was, they had a world event there. It was something to see. Some really skilled riders. Anyone else goin to Buffett ?

 

The following is my opinion on the subject so take it for what it's worth. If you change your oil every 3k or even 5k miles, I think using an expensive synthetic like Mobil 1 is a waste of money unless you do a lot of heavy hauling. I use Mobil 1 and change my oil just about every 7,500 miles. If the truck has a lot of tough miles hauling heavy, I'll change it sooner. I've actually thought about going back to conventional dino oil and 5k mile oil changes. I don't see any benefits with using Mobil 1

 

Well I used to own a VW that had a oil temp guage that read *C. If I ran the car hard (which I ALWAYS did) I would put the guage into the red (120*C). I changed it to Mobile 1 and it never went above 100*C no matter how hard I ran it. That convinced me that there was a lot less friction and I will never use dino again.

However, I dont see the need to pay for Extended life Mobile 1 or Pensoil PP. The regular synthetic stuff works good and changing at 5K as the manual says to keeps the oil clean. Its only like $30 to change the oil myself so no big deal. But thats just me.

 

Ok Great. Thanks guy for the infor. They only had this oil in the store so i had to buy it. Maybe next time i'll buy something cheaper. It was really expensive lol. . Thanks guys.

 

Thanks for the link . I've never seen trials in person . Just played it on Xbox

 

I got myself a Cobra 75 WX ST. This is the cb "box", which I hid under my center console.


I also installed my 100W kicker

 

Nice I think I might get a 75 myself.
Hey Erik I think I just found your new rig. http://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/cto/3017193357.html. Friggin sweet!

 

That TaCo is nice!!!

Whats up guys long time no talk, blog, post or see!!! Lost my account info, been busy with work, school, and finals blahh blahh blahh.

Met a great guy this morning who I believe just joined TW, flagged me down in a parking lot after getting my coffee and noticed my truck cause he saw it on TW! Pretty cool. Lots of us out there now!!! Hope he joins us on some meets I heard Mr. Mach1man maybe arranging soon?

Just wanted to say heyo to everyone an got some big plans for the future!!!

 

what are the big plans ?

 

Good to know on the Synthetic oils. I'll have to keep an eye on engine temps with my Ultragauge and maybe I could convince someone who runs dino to do the same for comparison.


Miguel, I've got what sounds like a similar clunk to yours... I have to get under the truck tonight and make sure everything was tightened down at the alignment shop and, if not, I'll take it back for a re-align on Saturday.

 

I'm running an ultragauge with the basic Toyota oil. Want me to see what my v6 does temp wise?

 

Yeah, sure. Post up what your temps are under normal driving conditions and I'll do the same for a quick/non-scientific test

 

When does it make the clunk?

 

That taco is pretty nice but the guy wants too much and its in florida.

Johnny, check out my CB saturday as well. I have it mounted on the passenger side of the center console.