Why you should change your oil

   / Why you should change your oil #31  
It apperars to be a filter from a quick lube place. Called a Lubeliner.

Chris

So it was a cheap filter that was probably not really good for 3k. I have noticed alot of those quick lube filters are smaller than a quality filter like a wix, hard to tell what they look like on the inside. Alot of the time those quick lube places just throw whatever oil in too.
 
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As promised I cut open the filter and changed the air filter today between battling a blizzard. Here are the pics.

Chris
 

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   / Why you should change your oil #33  
I was surprised the filter actually had a spring in it. I bet the trans has never been serviced either.
 
   / Why you should change your oil #34  
Im a technician and actually just put in a 3V 5.4 in a ford truck a few weeks back. Pulling the cab is the way to do it, quite straight forward and only takes a few hours to do so. These crate motors are EXPENSIVE! I think we billed ours out close to 6-7K$ when we were all said and done with a ford reman. The 5.4 3v has cam issues (typically the passenger bank as the way the oil is fed through the motor, the passenger bank is the last to get oil and if your metal chips arent ferrous I'd bet thats mostly cam journal wear. Not good at all.
 
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Im a technician and actually just put in a 3V 5.4 in a ford truck a few weeks back. Pulling the cab is the way to do it, quite straight forward and only takes a few hours to do so. These crate motors are EXPENSIVE! I think we billed ours out close to 6-7K$ when we were all said and done with a ford reman. The 5.4 3v has cam issues (typically the passenger bank as the way the oil is fed through the motor, the passenger bank is the last to get oil and if your metal chips arent ferrous I'd bet thats mostly cam journal wear. Not good at all.

I called my buddy and he priced us a reman at $4400 with a $1000 core charge. He said the core can not have a thrown rod. He said a days labot to change it.

The metal in it is what appears to be about 1/2 steel (magnetic) and the other 1/2 bronze.

I rented the little lady a car today, a Subaru. Tonight I got a call from the body shop and its already done. Not bad considering we took it in last Saturday and the holidays and all.

I am going to trailer the truck back tomorrow the 120 miles and then trailer the BMW home.

Chris
 
   / Why you should change your oil #36  
where was he driving to have the air filter look like that? Even if he never changed it, that is only 68k on an air filter... still surprising to see it that black. I live on a gravel road and am exposed to a lot of dust. I change the air filter around 15-20k and it never really looks like it needs to be changed. Never had even come close to anything like that.
 
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#37  
where was he driving to have the air filter look like that? Even if he never changed it, that is only 68k on an air filter... still surprising to see it that black. I live on a gravel road and am exposed to a lot of dust. I change the air filter around 15-20k and it never really looks like it needs to be changed. Never had even come close to anything like that.

Not sure where he drives. He lives on the north side of Cincy.

Chris
 
   / Why you should change your oil #38  
He's not lazy, he was just stimulating the economy. Why spend 50 bucks on filters, oil and grease when you can spend 8-10K on a new engine? If more people would be the good citizens and spend all that extra money, our economy would be humming along fine! Truckers delivering engines, service techs yanking out old clunkers, etc etc.
 
   / Why you should change your oil #39  
Now John, you got the right out look:D
 
   / Why you should change your oil #40  
When you get to Cincy, give your BIL a kick in the pants for this. Of course a $5400 bill is probably gonna hurt just enough to change his mind.

When I met my wife, she had a 1998 VW Beetle. It went 32K miles on one oil change. But like a good Beetle owner, she always stopped at a gas station and added oil when the light came on.

While dating I would hear questions like:
"Why won't my car pass inspection?"
"Why does oxygen sensors cost so much and why do I need one every year?"
"Why does my car always smell funny?"

Remarkably, I was able to nurse the 2.0L back to better health with many changes of 15w-40 Delo, some MMO flushes, cleaning the intake, plugs, wires, filters, etc. Still drank oil though. The rings must have look like coal.
 

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