"WindsorFox" > wrote in message
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> My Name Is Nobody wrote:
>> "WindsorFox" > wrote in message
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>>> Michael Johnson wrote:
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>>>> I don't know exactly what our landfill does with the oil but I'm sure
>>>> it isn't discarded either. Personally, I think changing the oil every
>>>> 3,000 miles is more important than using high dollar synthetics.
>>>> Changing it regularly flushes out contaminants and for most users
>>>> provides more than adequate protection. Maybe some vehicles that see
>>>> extremely cold weather benefit from the better viscosity properties of
>>>> Mobil One or other synthetics.
>>> If you have a good filter there should be no need to flush any
>>> contaminates and a simple drain and refill isn't much of a flush. I did
>>> flush my Mustang when I changed to synthetic, or I should say real
>>> synthetic. The crap left behind by 5 years of Castrol GTX was truely
>>> astonishing.
>>>
>>>> My truck doesn't burn (or leak) any noticeable amount of oil between
>>>> changes and it has seen a variety of brands (i.e. whatever is on sale
>>>> by the case at Costco) for as long as I have owned it. I don't even
>>>> use Ford filters all the time. If anyone really wants to do their
>>>> engine a favor then just change the oil regularly. Same goes for the
>>>> automatic transmission which, IMO, is the most neglected component in
>>>> most vehicles today. I change the fluid and filter in the Explorer
>>>> every 30k-40k miles and am still running on the original transmission
>>>> which, for an Explorer, is quite an accomplishment at nearly 200k miles
>>>> on the odometer.
>>> Now riddle me this. If you insist on changing the motor oil at 3-4k
>>> miles, why are you comfortable with changing the ATF at 40k with no time
>>> limit? ATF is put through just as rigorous usage if not worse than the
>>> engine oil is and I've seen ATF described as "The most complex compound
>>
>> There is NO COMBUSTION going on in your automatic transmission, the
>> contaminations involved is orders of magnitude less...
>>
>
> I disagree on the magnitude.

OK, one order of magnitude...

After all many automatic transmissions go the life of the automobile they
are in, often well over 100,000 miles and NEVER have their automatic
transmission fluid changed. You cannot get away with that with the engine
oil...


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