Here’s
a major environment and money saver!
The idea of changing your oil every three to six months or 5000
km (3,000 miles) has been pounded
into our heads by the oil change industry for years. It’s
been a misconception for years that engine oil should be changed
every 3000 miles, even though most auto manufacturers now (2009)
recommend oil changes at 5,000, 7,000, or even 10,000 mile intervals.
Scientifically it is not necessary!
Every year in the U.S. alone, these too-short drain intervals
result in the unneeded production of 300-400 million gallons
of engine oil, excess consumer expenditures of around $1.5 billion
and tens of millions of unnecessary oil changes, not to mention
the millions of gallons of waste oil improperly disposed of....and
this is just in the U.S.A. alone. Think about the amount of
oil wasted and discarded into the environment by the other 194
countries.
Canada
uses 2.000.000 barrles of oil per day
and the US uses 25% of the worlds oil supply.
The former CEO of Castrol Oil in the Netherlands Mr.
Henk de Groot,
has driven one of his test cars 160.000 kilometers
(100.000 miles) 22 years without an oil or oilfilter change.
The car was used mainly for short distances (at low engine temperature)
under which circumstances the manufacturers advise to change
oil and filters more frequently. What is really important under
those circumstances is to check and clean the crankcase ventilation
system, mostly neglected under these “Aunt Minnie”
driving conditions.
Apart
from this test car, Mr. de Groot himself, relatives and friends
drove scores of cars , mostly under normal conditions, with
dipstick chips and better crankcase ventilation control, without
oil and filter changes since the early seventies, several
up to 200.000 miles.
These
were a range of engines from 2-cyl. (Citroën 2 CV), 4 cyl.
(BMW, FIAT, OPEL, Toyota etc.) 6-cyl. BMW, FORD, MERCEDES etc.,
to 8-cyl. BUICK, CAMARO, CHEVROLET CAPRICE engines. After free
publicity in all kinds of media (TV, Radio, newspapers and magazines)
hundreds of car-, light van- and truck-owners started using
oilsaverchips and over the years we received only very positive
testimonials without any complaint in nearly 40 years
of use !
The
latest TV, Radio and large articles in newspapers resulted in
a large number of new users on all kinds of cars and trucks
again in 2008.(see:
Old oil versus New Oil)
The Oil Saver chip is made of
a special blend of metals. The chip reacts to the protective
qualities of the oil, when the quality drops to a certain level
the chip will discolor which
is the signal that the engine oil needs changing. The chip can
be installed in nearly every car or truck and is easily integrated
into the oil dip stick.
 In
recent studies it was observed that engine oil samples collected
from fleet vehicles after 12,000 mile (20,000 km) drain interval
showed 10-15% lower friction and more importantly,
an order of magnitude lower wear rate than those of fresh oils.
It was also observed that the composition of the tribochemical
films formed was quite different on the surface tested with
the drain oils from those formed with fresh oils. The objective
of this investigation was to demonstrate how the friction and
wear performance changed with oil drain intervals. A fleet of
three vehicles was run in Las Vegas USA and oil samples were
collected at various drain intervals from 3,000 miles to 15,000
miles. As in the previous study, the results showed that
the aged engine oils provide lower friction and much
improved wear protection capability.
The
California Integrated Waste Management Board states that, 73
percent of California drivers change their oil more frequently
than required. This same scenario no doubt repeats itself across
the country. Besides wasting money, this translates into unnecessary
consumption of oil, much of it imported. Using 2005 data, the
Board estimates that Californians alone generate about 153.5
million gallons of waste oil annually, of which only
about 60 percent is recycled. Used motor oil poses the greatest
environmental risk of all automotive fluids because it is insoluble.
One gallon of used oil can foul the taste of one million gallons
of water.
Oil
doesn’t wear out, but rather dirt and impurities cause
the oil to lose its ability to lubricate properly.
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