- Jun 11, 2014
- 11,023
- 12,243
Founding Member
Yesterday I had a conversation with my buddy Mooch about my trip to Goodyear for an oil change. He asked if they used oil from the bottle or the bulk drum oil. I said hell I don't know I was sitting in the lobby watching The View. This is abnormal behavior for me as I am always pretty nosy when it comes to paying someone to do work for me. Anyway, Mooch has a friend who builds high-horsepower dragster engines for a couple of different racing teams and he told Moochie that the bulk oil that many of the quick change companies use is actually recycled oil that has been filtered and chemical additives added to it before being packacged and sold. His comments were that he has broken down engines that have been raised on a steady diet of this engine oil and they develop a hardened sheet of scum on top of the oil in the oil pan. The danger to this is as the oil pump begins to draw the oil for circulation, the sheet is sucked up around the oil pickup and starves the engine for oil, which will untimately cause engine failure. Anybody know anything about this? Also Attached is an article that poopoos the 3000 mile oil change.
http://www.edmunds.com/car-care/stop-changing-your-oil.html
http://www.edmunds.com/car-care/stop-changing-your-oil.html