Lube (lubrication) Jobs, Oil & Filter Changes
Lehman's Automotive Services, Inc
Family owned and operated singe 1957

The very best advise anyone can offer in regard to protecting your investment in your vehicle is to change your oil on a regular basis.  Normally, the time between oil changes should be 3,000 to 5,000 miles.  Each new vehicle is equipped with a service manual, which should have a recommended schedule for changing the oil.

New vehicles initially have a more frequent oil change schedule.  The engine is new and is very tight.  Some say and engine is never really broken in until after the first 10,000 miles.

Over time and usage in your engine, you oil accumulates both carbon (from the combustion of fossil fuels) along with unwanted materials.  Carbon is one of the best known high temperature lubricants known to man.  It's the unwanted items that become problematic over time.  If you were to burn used engine oil, the residual material left over is not only carbon, but it contains contaminates (like metal fines), which act over time to compromise an engine.  There are various oil filter types, each making their own claims on what they can an do remove from the oil that circulates through your engine.  Over time, the filters capabilities diminish.  It is for this reason, that scheduled maintenance for changing the oil is necessary.

Synthetic oils (Syn-Oils) are much more expensive but they also have a longer service life as compared to common oil grades.  Syn-Oils claim to also have higher temperature profiles and greater lubricity than common oils.   On some gearbox applications, Syn-Oil can be drained, filtered and then reused.  Some of my customers swear by Syn-Oils and other will only use the common oil grades.  The choice is yours as we can accommodate both.      

If you'd like to more information about an oil change, filters or oil types, we'd be happy to provide you with a cost estimate and will help to answer your questions.  Just give us a call.

08/27/2009