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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 12:18 PM
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nah, it gets too black too fast. Maybe cause it idles so much?
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 02:37 PM
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Color is not an indicator of wear protection.
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Old Nov 13, 2011 | 12:34 AM
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yeah but nothin wrong with a cleaner engine
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Old Nov 13, 2011 | 01:31 AM
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I change mine at 2500-3000 miles Mobil Clean 5000 with a Fram Extra Guard filter
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Old Nov 13, 2011 | 06:30 AM
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Dang. All you early oil changing people love to give the oil companies money huh?

My gf was the same way. I had to break her of that and learn to go by the monitor.
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Old Nov 13, 2011 | 10:30 AM
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still looks good at 7000 miles and down to 32%
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Old Nov 13, 2011 | 12:16 PM
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well i work in fort mc you know
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Old Nov 13, 2011 | 01:31 PM
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Yeah I change mine every roughly 3000 miles, even with full synthetic. But that'* because I like to make sure nothing goes wrong internally, especially with the way I drive sometimes....plus it'* always pitch black when I change it..That just means the oil'* doing it'* job but, I like to keep it cleaner.
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When we used to run the 1/2 dirt tracks years ago we changed our oil every weekend!
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Old Nov 13, 2011 | 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by mrpontiac65
When we used to run the 1/2 dirt tracks years ago we changed our oil every weekend!
My buddy who got me started on AMSOIL runs it in his sprint cars due to a sponsorship. I think he runs two maybe three weekends before a change.
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