Oil Change and Engine Function: A Delicate Balance

Motor oil is essential to your engine's safe and efficient function. It is in the engine from its first use, but it needs replacing throughout the life of the vehicle. Without a sufficient amount of oil or without it reaching the chambers that it is supposed to due to it being dirty and corroded, too thick, will cause the engine to seize or cause other damage. The engine can be rebuilt in part, significantly altered or replaced in order to repair the car's ability to function. The motor oil is the lubricant that keeps the engine parts that it comes in contact with moving smoothly from start up through motor operation with temperature variation.

An oil change is recommended to take place regularly every 3 months or 3,000 to 5,000 miles, whichever comes first. The performance of this regular maintenance helps to keep the engine clean and the moving parts free to complete their aspect of engine function. Clean oil moves more freely and can keep the engine clean longer as well. When a car owner keeps up with their vehicle's regular oil change it prevents a buildup of chipped components and debris in the motor oil. If you wait varying amounts of time between motor oil exchanges or prolong it to or beyond 10,000 miles, you are risking exposing your engine to severe damage as mentioned above. The oil will thicken and clog compartments and valves throughout the engine. This will affect oil moving throughout the engine efficiently which thick sludge can no longer do.

You can't avoid car maintenance. The longer you put off car care such as fluid checks and fluid replacement or periodic inspections the more you are sacrificing the safe and efficient use of your vehicle. Shorter and regular oil change maintenance intervals help to preserve the safe and smooth function of your engine. The shorter amount of time between oil change performance the better miles per gallon you will receive and the better your overall driving experience. You will appreciate how well your car operates, cooperates and performs throughout the life of your vehicle. A clean mechanism works better longer than one that is only occasionally so. You probably know plenty of people who have a prolonged maintenance horror stories, you don't have to be one of them. You can't afford to risk your engine, and keeping up with your regularly scheduled oil change every 3 months or up to 5,000 miles is the easiest way to avoid that.