Oil Change And Keep Driving For Years

It is not hard to keep a vehicle on the road for potentially decades. The secret is not some sort of expensive product or using premium gasoline. No, it is simply having regularly scheduled maintenance when it is scheduled and especially having an oil change on schedule. There is no way of emphasizing enough that the single most important thing that can be done for a vehicle is to stay on top of lubrication. While a car may be able to run out of gas and get pushed to a fueling station every moment with out lubrication is chipping away precious years with the vehicle in good condition. In fact only a short time without any lube can result in catastrophic failures of the engine that are irreparable.

The cost of the average repair on a car's engine is about a thousand dollars. Not everything is that much not everything is that little but on average you are looking to spend about a grand to fix a problem. An oil change on the other hand costs about thirty to fifty dollars. That means that you can have twenty of them for the price you might pay for one repair. That is five years of service for the cost of one fix for a problem. The best way to avoid those thousand dollar problems is by having the lube job done. Not only does adequate lubrication protect the parts from damage and debris, the mechanic will give the whole automobile a once over and hopefully catch potentially problematic issues before they begin to wreak havoc.

Beside saving money on expensive repair costs an oil change can save money at the pump. An efficient machine is a smooth machine and that means the lower the friction the farther engine can go on each drop of gasoline. It may be nominal at best but considered over the life of the car it really adds up. We are talking thousands of gallons and dollars of wasted gasoline that are saved by staying abreast of scheduled maintenance.

To err on the safe side many shops suggest that a driver get an oil change every three months. This is a safe bet and will certainly not do any harm having it done too often. In fact if the conditions are particularly hot or dusty you may end up needing new fluids more often.

Oil change is the easiest and most commonly needed maintenance on a vehicle. It does not cost much but it saves the condition of the car and keeps it on the road longer. It cleans while it lubricates and it is easily replaced in a short appointment that will be over in under an hour. There is no reason to put it off and no reason to not get it done regularly.