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road course.. oil change,,how ofter?
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<blockquote data-quote="MFE" data-source="post: 12848257" data-attributes="member: 36397"><p>I think changing the oil after every event is excessive, but every time I change my oil I send a sample to Blackstone Labs for an analysis. I've tracked every one of them and at one point I paid for an oil life analysis. Even though every sample I've sent them has several track days on it, they've told me I can comfortably run it to 5,000 miles between changes. I end up changing it about every 3k anyway. I'm tracking some lead in the oil over time, which is likely bearing wear, but it's not because I'm not changing the oil every freakin' track day.</p><p></p><p>The important thing to remember about engine oil is, the underlying base oil never degrades or changes. The <em>additives</em> degrade, especially the ones that provide multi-viscosity and anti-foaming properties, but only given enough time and punishment. The oil can get contaminated with dirt and impurities, but only given enough exposure to external contaminants and internal wear. The oil itself doesn't turn into anything else besides...oil. So unless the oil is severely overheated, or you're not running an adequate air and oil filtration system, there's just nothing that's going to beat the lubrication ability or the additives out of the oil in the course of a single track event.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MFE, post: 12848257, member: 36397"] I think changing the oil after every event is excessive, but every time I change my oil I send a sample to Blackstone Labs for an analysis. I've tracked every one of them and at one point I paid for an oil life analysis. Even though every sample I've sent them has several track days on it, they've told me I can comfortably run it to 5,000 miles between changes. I end up changing it about every 3k anyway. I'm tracking some lead in the oil over time, which is likely bearing wear, but it's not because I'm not changing the oil every freakin' track day. The important thing to remember about engine oil is, the underlying base oil never degrades or changes. The [i]additives[/i] degrade, especially the ones that provide multi-viscosity and anti-foaming properties, but only given enough time and punishment. The oil can get contaminated with dirt and impurities, but only given enough exposure to external contaminants and internal wear. The oil itself doesn't turn into anything else besides...oil. So unless the oil is severely overheated, or you're not running an adequate air and oil filtration system, there's just nothing that's going to beat the lubrication ability or the additives out of the oil in the course of a single track event. [/QUOTE]
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