Yep, always two camps, I go by the manual; always have with no ill effects. If it makes you feel better or sleep good, I guess you should do it, just a waste of money and resources to me.
There are those who still change the oil in their cars every 3000 miles.
EDIT: For those of you that don't like to read ramblings, stories and want only the facts please, please stop NOW and don't read this because it will just make you mad that this forum is open to anyone with no censorship or almost no censorship!!!!
I have to confess.:ashamed:
Growing up in the 60s and buying my first (around 150 now) car in 1964 I did a couple of times add Motor Honey even though I did not believe it did anything for the car.
One could say it was cheap insurance like changing Hydraulic fluids every 133 hours or maybe every 162 hours. Don't know why people that want to "overdo" pick a specific number other than the Manuf recommended number but go figure.
Now in defense of the 3000 mile oil change. TripleR your old enough to know that based on oil products and machine tolerances and manuf recommendations in the 1950s and 1960s the oil change was the most important thing one could do for their vehicle to reach that 50 to 60 thousand mile mark!!! Well, except for those people that didn't and just poured Motor Honey in them every 13 weeks.
You know or some of you know when I get started on these fantasy tales I almost write a book.
.....If you don't like my stories STOP NOW!!!!!!
I like some of the good memories of the late 50s and 60s
BUT there were also some things maybe not as great as we tend to remember of those times. Maybe it's better that we can forget the bad things of the Good Ole Days and only remember the Good. Maybe not.
Anyway, I think things change over like let's
say 50 YEARS! I still FIGHT the inclination to change my 2012 manuf oil for my 2011 vehicles every 3000 miles. It's really cheap insurance you know! But alas, I will grudgingly wait sometimes till 4500 to 5000 miles and sweat every mile over 3500.:laughing:
Being a Counselor myself I have to also fight my own demons of wanting to live in the past while using current day technology or is it live in the current time and stick to the technology of the past?
As I bring this tale to an end I say make up a number that lets you sleep well and if you can afford it, change it at exactly that number or maybe 30 hours before but NEVER go over your MADE UP NUMBER. iF YOU DO.........YOUR MACHINE IS GOING TO FIRST SEIZE UP AND THEN IT WILL EXPLODE LIKE SO MANY HAVE DONE IN THE PAST 15 YEARS. Change it I say, change it!!!! Or not and call for an appointment.