Comments by "Golden Croc" (@GoldenCroc) on "Project Farm" channel.

Me too except the inverse; bad at pretty much everything 😅.
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Some battery chargers with desulfing capability works just fine namely CTEK at least. Not miracle work and often cant save really bad batteries, but maybe 20% imcrease in "state of health" can be regularly achieved.
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Wow. Most people in europe change once every two years, and thats it. This is also what the car manufacturers of most european cars recommend. Also, this test shows that it is a sound policy. Changing oil multuple times a year seems to be an american thing, which I guess have lived on since old times when oil and engines were bad. Who is going to tell you that you dont need to change that often? They will gladly take your money, even when its not needed.
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@rich8037 I dont want to be too down on you, I am sure you misheard/misunderstood your friend (or he was) and not doing it out of being "lazy" as other suggests. But as it stands, you seem to be have a bit misinformed. it is generally accepted that for normal passenger cars, if you want to stretch your oil change intervals, you change the filter one time extra in between oil changes. You certainly dont never Change oil if you are doing any significant milage (more than 40 000km) and plan on keeping the car. Might I ask what car/engine that "lasted longer than generally reckoned to be good for" and what milage that would be? Lastly, I see that you wrote "ridiculous mileage" paired with 500k(+) km. Thats not ridiculous at all if taken as an engine alone, in fact its expected that any modern engine without catastrophic design flaws will do this milage very easily. The fact that most dont, is because lack of proper maintenance as prescriped by the manufacturerby the owner and the car surrounding the engine being too expensive to fix before that milage, leading to the entire thing being scrapped and/or the vehicle being exported. What I am getting at, is you think 500k is much for a functioning engine that gets good service (its not) than perhaps your frame of reference for how oil affects longevity is not fully informed. Cheers mate.
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Lots and lots of cars (perhaps even the majorty sold) in europe have 20 000+ mile oil change intervals. Seems to work ok in some regards but it puts pretty high demand on engine construction. I can only assume the oil put in at original factory servicing is on the upper end of quality than any oil tested here, perhaps better . Of course, climate and driving profile got a lot more influence than almost every other factor. Our company cars often do 20 000 mile oil changes, and it doesnt cause any problems for the 300 000 miles we tend to run them. Conclusion: Long oil change intervals can certainly be ok if you got the right engine and good driving conditions, and factory spec oil. The traditional american way of 5000 mile oil changes seems very outdated with modern oil and engines, if you use a reasonable oil.
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