effects of a 30,000 mile oil change interval.
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effects of a 30,000 mile oil change interval.
Just found this today. Looks like a Saturn owned by enterprise rent a car went 30,000 miles without an oil change, when the check engine light came on and the car stopped running. Gee. Looking at the photos, I can't understand why it would break down. 
http://jalopnik.com/photogallery/nochangeyoil/
http://jalopnik.com/photogallery/nochangeyoil/
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You hear these stories about gals in college driving their cars 60,000 miles without an oil change... don't know if any of them were true.
30,000 is pretty impressive... and I bet it had the crap driven out of it.
30,000 is pretty impressive... and I bet it had the crap driven out of it.
my wife did the same thing to her saturn when she was in college. i think it made it 20k or so.
not bad, i guess, if the test for performance is its ability to survive idiots and women, saturn makes a great car. the body panels resist dings too.
what would happen if you did the same to your 8? lol.
not bad, i guess, if the test for performance is its ability to survive idiots and women, saturn makes a great car. the body panels resist dings too.
what would happen if you did the same to your 8? lol.
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you'd get about 5000 miles before the oil ran out completely, and you'd be left with a shiny, un-sludged engine core that has been heat welded into a single piece of metal. In fact, there's a thread around here about some lady who did exactly that. 
I have seen cars go 40k without an oil change. Had to stick a screwdriver into the oil dran hole to get anything to come out. Also had to clean under the oil cap in order for any oil to go into the car.
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i seen something like this before when i worked at a oil shop, she never had a oil change before and it had like 80k miles on it. we could not even put oil in it, when we tryed the oil was coming out of the top to fill it,we ran like 5 cleaners and ran like 20q of oil and we finaly seen a drip of oil come out of the drain lol
wow.
I feel sorry for these cars. This Saturn went into the wrong hands.
My friend's father had a Sienna and never changed the oil, it went 23K before engine light went up and car is moving "slower and slower" and he wondered why ... about to bitch at Toyota, but then I asked his son did he ever change the oil? ...
Went for a change wow, the oil still flowing out but it looks like glue more than oil. new oil in, car ran better and better, but his father then sold it back to the dealership. good luck to the next owner (now they know what is an oil change, and do it every 5K miles)
I feel sorry for these cars. This Saturn went into the wrong hands.
My friend's father had a Sienna and never changed the oil, it went 23K before engine light went up and car is moving "slower and slower" and he wondered why ... about to bitch at Toyota, but then I asked his son did he ever change the oil? ...
Went for a change wow, the oil still flowing out but it looks like glue more than oil. new oil in, car ran better and better, but his father then sold it back to the dealership. good luck to the next owner (now they know what is an oil change, and do it every 5K miles)
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i liked this one better http://jalopnik.com/5239332/nicolas-...yline=true&s=i
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Sure. Rotors are made of iron, the block is made of aluminum, the properties of the two metals make it virtually impossible for the motor to seize, even in extreme over heating situations.
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