Pellet heads!! What's up today?

Yes sometime after midnight tonight thing go boom in the temp department.

 

I have seen this method as well, but cant you possibly hydro lock the motor this way?

 

This is nothing to look forward to!!

 

Any particular reason?

Maybe in the city areas but I am in the woods....and I am easily amused

 

Doubt it....you pour it in slowly.

 

I think he is talking about this SmokeShow.

 

I'm always a good show!!!

 

Change your oil more frequently then the manufacturer specs. Good read here about low tension piston rings and oil consumption.

In order to reduce frictional drag energy loss and increase fuel efficiency, gasoline engines use thinner and lighter piston rings, called low tension piston rings.

Piston ring spring force in older port fuel injection (PFI) engines used to be as high as 30 psi. New engines can have more than a 60 percent reduction in sealing pressure on the cylinder walls.

At the same time, new engine compression ratios have increased from 9:1 to as high as 14:1. These higher compression ratios dramatically increase cylinder compression and the overall pressure for fuel ignition, sometimes as high as 2000 psi.

This huge increase in pressure creates more force on the low tension rings. Piston rings are supposed to prevent fuel and combustion gases from “blowing down” between the piston and cylinder wall and oil from moving up into the cylinder. But, low tension piston rings have a greater tendency to allow blow-by. Crankcase contamination compromises lubrication and promotes oil degradation.

Degraded engine oil is more susceptible to oxidation, which can cause engine oil thickening. When the engine oil thickens due to the oxidation, it provides even more resistance against the low tension piston rings. As oxidation progresses, sludge formation can occur.

So, not only do you have sludgy, contaminated oil lubricating the rings; but also, because the low tension piston rings have such low spring force, they are less capable of pushing back against deposits that may form around them. Eventually deposits will impede the rings outward expansion to seal the cylinder wall, which will allow even more fuel and combustion gases to enter the crankcase. Or, vice versa, stuck rings can promote oil consumption and intake deposit formation due to engine oil moving up into the cylinder and into the intake.

 

Oil life monitors suck.

 

But synthetic means I can go a good 15K between changes

 

and only base their guesses on dino oil

 

Bingo!!

 

I don't do it if Beer is not involved

 

Maybe, but I used the one on my TrailBlazer since the first oil change at 3K. It's only had Mobil 1 since, and the oil life monitor regularly comes on after 9-11K miles. 245K later, engine runs like new...... Never been apart.

 

Sort of:
"How does the system work? The GM Oil Life Monitor System is not a mileage counter. It is actually a computer based software algorithm that determines when to change oil based on engine operating conditions. There is no actual oil condition sensor. Rather, the computer continuously monitors engine-operating conditions to determine when to change oil. Over the years, millions of test miles have been accumulated to calibrate the system for a variety of vehicles. The system was first introduced in 1988 and is now on more than 10 million GM vehicles.
Do I have to use special oil? The GM Oil Life Monitor System is calibrated for use with standard “Starburst” mineralbased automotive engine oil. Synthetic oils are not required except for the Corvette. Make sure to read the owner’s manual and select the viscosity and oil grade that is correct for your engine. Any oil selected for use should carry the ILSAC “Starburst”.

 

You have weird hobbies. ... Best Time To Cook it!

 

And you only know of the hobbies I am allowed to talk about on FHC!!

 

I don't wanna know.