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Post by Gone on Jul 20, 2017 7:50:28 GMT
My thoughts are that you can never change oil too often. I probably do an engine oil and filter change 6 to 8 times a year, and I change the gearbox oil at least four times a year. Oil is cheaper than metal. Do an oil change on my enduro bike every time I ride it (it's only a litre tho) and my boat engine every 100 hours, my car every 2000 mile.. as you say oils cheaper than metal Oil is indeed cheaper than metal, but is it really??? Assuming a DIY oil change costs £35 and the life of engine is 10,000 hours then the costs over the life of the engine at different oil change frequencies are - 50 Hours £7000 100 Hours £3500 250 Hours £1400 So the additional cost of changing every 50 hours would pay for a new engine after 10,000 hours. If you don't do the oil change yourself and pay a boat yard you can probably double those costs. So even if changing every 50 hours increased the life to 15,000 hours - and it probably doesn't - then it is still more cost effective to change at 250 hours. On that basis I will stick to the 250 hours life as recommended by Beta for my engine.
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Post by Andyberg on Jul 20, 2017 8:06:35 GMT
Do an oil change on my enduro bike every time I ride it (it's only a litre tho) and my boat engine every 100 hours, my car every 2000 mile.. as you say oils cheaper than metal Oil is indeed cheaper than metal, but is it really??? Assuming a DIY oil change costs £35 and the life of engine is 10,000 hours then the costs over the life of the engine at different oil change frequencies are - 50 Hours £7000 100 Hours £3500 250 Hours £1400 So the additional cost of changing every 50 hours would pay for a new engine after 10,000 hours. If you don't do the oil change yourself and pay a boat yard you can probably double those costs. So even if changing every 50 hours increased the life to 15,000 hours - and it probably doesn't - then it is still more cost effective to change at 250 hours. On that basis I will stick to the 250 hours life as recommended by Beta for my engine. I like your view...impressed! If I had a jap diesel I wouldn't be going overboard on the oil changes either, my Kubota genni I do at 200 hrs👍
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