Getting an oil change every 3,500 miles
04-02-05, 11:47 AM
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Getting an oil change done every 3,500 miles
With all the recent troubles the RX300 has been having with engine sludging I was wondering if it would be a good idea to get my oil changed every 3,500 miles instead of every 5,000 miles. Does anyone else do this? I have been getting my oil changed every 3,500 miles as recommended by my Toyota dealer but I'm not sure if this will help over the long run or if this is just a sales gimmick by Toyota to make more money. Any input on this issue would be appreciated.
04-02-05, 04:13 PM
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I go the dealer for the 7500 and do the the mid-way change myself.
On a sperate issue, the service rep in his initial guess wrote ... ( I am paraphrasing) .. due to extended interval in oil change, there can be engine gelling issue... they pulled the valve cover and put is back on with the comments that "no gelling issue... the oil seems to have been replaced more often.
Saim
On a sperate issue, the service rep in his initial guess wrote ... ( I am paraphrasing) .. due to extended interval in oil change, there can be engine gelling issue... they pulled the valve cover and put is back on with the comments that "no gelling issue... the oil seems to have been replaced more often.
Saim
04-05-05, 05:23 AM
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Originally Posted by vinster29
With all the recent troubles the RX300 has been having with engine sludging I was wondering if it would be a good idea to get my oil changed every 3,500 miles instead of every 5,000 miles. Does anyone else do this? I have been getting my oil changed every 3,500 miles as recommended by my Toyota dealer but I'm not sure if this will help over the long run or if this is just a sales gimmick by Toyota to make more money. Any input on this issue would be appreciated.
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04-05-05, 06:57 AM
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gimpy and the sludge monster
Anytime the issue of extended oil changes comes up, I think of the sad tale of gimpyrx over on the Edmund's forum. I believe the same guy was once a CL member, but I don't recall his sn and I can't search that far back.
Gimpy was an Amsoil MLM marketer back in the fall of '01, who sang the praises of Amsoil to all of us in the great and unwashed audience. His product required changing only at 24,000 mile intervals because it was so superior to ordinary lubricants. He was merciless to us lesser life forms who were not posessed of his superior mental capacity, and waxed eloquent over the advantages of his product. He ranted on endlessly until one day at about 24K miles, his engine literally ground to a halt.
Whether it was technically "oil gelling", sludge, or stupidity that turned his engine into a coffee table is not known, but despite his threats and invective, Lexus would not honor his power train warranty, saying something ignorant like "you seem to have exceeded your recommended 5K oil change intervals". When forum members reminded him that Amsoil "guaranteed" their product, and to go get his $13,000 engine replacement from them, he quickly discovered that there were exceptions to that warranty too - something like, "if the driver ever wears a hat . . . ", or "not to exceed 21.5 mph while driving . . . ".
I don't know if Gimpy ever got a new engine, but it was a cinch he was going to pay for it out of his own pocket. We didn't hear much out of him after that . . .
There seems to be a lesson here: If you want to gamble a new Lexmotor on someone else's advertising claims, two analyses would seem to be in order:
Gimpy was an Amsoil MLM marketer back in the fall of '01, who sang the praises of Amsoil to all of us in the great and unwashed audience. His product required changing only at 24,000 mile intervals because it was so superior to ordinary lubricants. He was merciless to us lesser life forms who were not posessed of his superior mental capacity, and waxed eloquent over the advantages of his product. He ranted on endlessly until one day at about 24K miles, his engine literally ground to a halt.
Whether it was technically "oil gelling", sludge, or stupidity that turned his engine into a coffee table is not known, but despite his threats and invective, Lexus would not honor his power train warranty, saying something ignorant like "you seem to have exceeded your recommended 5K oil change intervals". When forum members reminded him that Amsoil "guaranteed" their product, and to go get his $13,000 engine replacement from them, he quickly discovered that there were exceptions to that warranty too - something like, "if the driver ever wears a hat . . . ", or "not to exceed 21.5 mph while driving . . . ".
I don't know if Gimpy ever got a new engine, but it was a cinch he was going to pay for it out of his own pocket. We didn't hear much out of him after that . . .
There seems to be a lesson here: If you want to gamble a new Lexmotor on someone else's advertising claims, two analyses would seem to be in order:
- Your stock portfolio, for short-term windfall gains as a hedge.
- Your head.
04-05-05, 01:32 PM
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It's funny that you mentioned 'ol Gimpy! I was trying to remember his handle a while back and couldn't come up with it. Man, he was an ignorant butt! 
He was from around me here in the ATL area some where, but I never found out where he bought and had his car serviced. I would have loved to hear the dealer's side of that tale!
He was from around me here in the ATL area some where, but I never found out where he bought and had his car serviced. I would have loved to hear the dealer's side of that tale!
04-06-05, 05:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Lil4X
Anytime the issue of extended oil changes comes up, I think of the sad tale of gimpyrx over on the Edmund's forum. I believe the same guy was once a CL member, but I don't recall his sn and I can't search that far back.
Gimpy was an Amsoil MLM marketer back in the fall of '01, who sang the praises of Amsoil to all of us in the great and unwashed audience. His product required changing only at 24,000 mile intervals because it was so superior to ordinary lubricants. He was merciless to us lesser life forms who were not posessed of his superior mental capacity, and waxed eloquent over the advantages of his product. He ranted on endlessly until one day at about 24K miles, his engine literally ground to a halt.
Whether it was technically "oil gelling", sludge, or stupidity that turned his engine into a coffee table is not known, but despite his threats and invective, Lexus would not honor his power train warranty, saying something ignorant like "you seem to have exceeded your recommended 5K oil change intervals". When forum members reminded him that Amsoil "guaranteed" their product, and to go get his $13,000 engine replacement from them, he quickly discovered that there were exceptions to that warranty too - something like, "if the driver ever wears a hat . . . ", or "not to exceed 21.5 mph while driving . . . ".
I don't know if Gimpy ever got a new engine, but it was a cinch he was going to pay for it out of his own pocket. We didn't hear much out of him after that . . .
There seems to be a lesson here: If you want to gamble a new Lexmotor on someone else's advertising claims, two analyses would seem to be in order:
Gimpy was an Amsoil MLM marketer back in the fall of '01, who sang the praises of Amsoil to all of us in the great and unwashed audience. His product required changing only at 24,000 mile intervals because it was so superior to ordinary lubricants. He was merciless to us lesser life forms who were not posessed of his superior mental capacity, and waxed eloquent over the advantages of his product. He ranted on endlessly until one day at about 24K miles, his engine literally ground to a halt.
Whether it was technically "oil gelling", sludge, or stupidity that turned his engine into a coffee table is not known, but despite his threats and invective, Lexus would not honor his power train warranty, saying something ignorant like "you seem to have exceeded your recommended 5K oil change intervals". When forum members reminded him that Amsoil "guaranteed" their product, and to go get his $13,000 engine replacement from them, he quickly discovered that there were exceptions to that warranty too - something like, "if the driver ever wears a hat . . . ", or "not to exceed 21.5 mph while driving . . . ".
I don't know if Gimpy ever got a new engine, but it was a cinch he was going to pay for it out of his own pocket. We didn't hear much out of him after that . . .
There seems to be a lesson here: If you want to gamble a new Lexmotor on someone else's advertising claims, two analyses would seem to be in order:
- Your stock portfolio, for short-term windfall gains as a hedge.
- Your head.
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