Is my engine ruined?
07-18-2013, 12:54 PM
#31
3rd Gear Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: OK
Posts: 667
hahaha this is like my girlfriends parents. 2010 honda with like 20k miles on it. it has had one oil change EVER, and that was after break in. They don't want to pay for an oil change, I offer to do one, they say no they just want me to turn off the oil change light!it's similar to the cars brought into the auto repair shop I worked at.. i had no idea people were that messy. The entire back seat, trunk, and passenger floorboard are filled with junk and trash. I get messy myself, but some were made me drop my jaw
07-18-2013, 01:07 PM
#32
1st Gear Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Utah
Posts: 122
I grew up riding motocross and racing, and working on my own bikes, and my Dad taught me to be religious about taking care of my motorcycles, and my cars. You wouldn't want a race engine seizing up on you 4th gear tapped up the face of a big jump! I've never gone over 3k on an oil change, which I know is overkill, but better safe than sorry! A new engine costs a hell of a lot more than an oil change every 3k! plus I notice every little sound, vibration, rev etc my cars make. You can tell when a car wants an oil change just from driving it! People who take their cars for granted, and abuse (as in not changing oil, there's a difference between running them hard and neglecting them) deserve for this sort of thing to happen. Maybe they were never told, but seriously?? F***ing common sense!!!
07-18-2013, 01:20 PM
#33
6th Gear Member
Let me ask a question that we should know but I bet don't (no reading the owner's manual now). Do we not have a low oil warning light, either dedicated or rolled into a CEL, that comes on around 2qts low? My '86 GT had one, thanks to the x-wife I saw it more than once, so I'm pretty sure we must too. For some reason I've never seen it come on...hmm, wonder why that is;-)
Common sense isn't as common as one might think.
07-18-2013, 01:49 PM
#34
Gentleman's Relish
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: AZ
Posts: 13,090
So that would be just shy of 25,000 miles. IF you were using Amsoils 25k mile rated oil and IF you were having the oil analyzed every 5k miles and IF you were checking and maintaining the oil level (like any NORMAL car owner) then you would have been fine. Did you not check the oil over that time frame? Are you... challenged?
You really ARE joking, right? If not then, yes, then I'd agree that your engine is likely #%^*ed.
You really ARE joking, right? If not then, yes, then I'd agree that your engine is likely #%^*ed.
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07-18-2013, 03:51 PM
#37
1st Gear Member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Indiana
Posts: 119
most people simply don't give a damn about their car.. even though it's their livelyhood and one of the most costly investments.
it's similar to the cars brought into the auto repair shop I worked at.. i had no idea people were that messy. The entire back seat, trunk, and passenger floorboard are filled with junk and trash. I get messy myself, but some were made me drop my jaw
it's similar to the cars brought into the auto repair shop I worked at.. i had no idea people were that messy. The entire back seat, trunk, and passenger floorboard are filled with junk and trash. I get messy myself, but some were made me drop my jaw
ahhhh yes...I remember working on those cars. The ones that you open the door and there is trash everywhere and it just REEKS. You get in the car to pull it in the shop and you are afraid to sit on the seat, touch the steering wheel, or door handles. You have to stick your head out the window to drive the car...for fear of inhaling the horrendous odor. Seems like that was 3 out of every 10 cars. Do people have no shame??
07-18-2013, 05:21 PM
#39
5th Gear Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Raleigh, NC
Posts: 2,966
I'm more impressed that he claims to have put 40,000 km on the car in 8-12 months. That's impressive. I want to believe it's a typo as well, but with the comma in place and all it doesn't look like it.
If you drove 40,000 km without changing your oil, it's impressive that it's still even running at all. You'll probably need the engine entirely rebuilt, if that is even worth it, to fix it.
If you drove 40,000 km without changing your oil, it's impressive that it's still even running at all. You'll probably need the engine entirely rebuilt, if that is even worth it, to fix it.
