Oil life % dropping quickly..?
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Thats not good for a car to idle that long a day. At least thats what I've heard. It clogs the catalytic converter and also fuel will leak past your rings into your crankcase because at idle it dont burn it all. My car had fuel in the oil from my wife driving 1.5 miles to work and back and letting idle while smoking on break. I drive the car now so I dont have to worry about that because I drive 98 miles each way to work on a 2 lane and flog the **** out of it.
2) I get on mine as I also take the highway to work.
Not so sure I believe the fuel leaking past the rings and into the crankcase though..
One guy said that it wasn't linier and that it goes on how you drive the car, starts stops, blah blah... And I beleieve that he is correct....
However, just curious, I calculated out, that you drove 176 miles on 4% of your oil life.
And if you just calculate miles only, that comes out to 100% = 4, 400 miles.
100% / 4 = 25, So you will drop 4% 25 times to get to 0. Each of those 25 times you drop 4% you'll drive 176 miles.... 25 times 176 = 4, 400.
Thats just a linier calculation...
Like the other guy said its computed with alot more paramaters then I just showed.
But if you keep driving the way you are, then those paramaters wiill probably stay the same, and your countdown may be consistantly 4% for every 176 miles. Buy the weather will change, and thus the paramaters will change so your countdown speed will change as well.
However, just curious, I calculated out, that you drove 176 miles on 4% of your oil life.
And if you just calculate miles only, that comes out to 100% = 4, 400 miles.
100% / 4 = 25, So you will drop 4% 25 times to get to 0. Each of those 25 times you drop 4% you'll drive 176 miles.... 25 times 176 = 4, 400.
Thats just a linier calculation...
Like the other guy said its computed with alot more paramaters then I just showed.
But if you keep driving the way you are, then those paramaters wiill probably stay the same, and your countdown may be consistantly 4% for every 176 miles. Buy the weather will change, and thus the paramaters will change so your countdown speed will change as well.
How would crankcase ventilation help?
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I gota idea...
We can take a hose and hook one end up to the head, and the other end up to the intake... So that the crankcase vents through into the intake... Then any unburnt fuel that gets inthere will be recirculated into the intake and burned.......
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I think they already do that....
We can take a hose and hook one end up to the head, and the other end up to the intake... So that the crankcase vents through into the intake... Then any unburnt fuel that gets inthere will be recirculated into the intake and burned.......
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I think they already do that....
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