As a car owner, you might be wondering why you spend your money on oil. Like, what is the use of this thing that they say is so important? 🤔. This brief post is going to break down the uses of the oil and why you need to check and change it regularly. Enough with the introduction, let’s get into the business of today!
Importance/Benefits of The Engine Oil
- Lubrication: Quality oil forms a protective coating on crucial engine components like pistons, crankshafts, etc. and this reduces friction, leading to less wear and tear. So your oil basically saves you from replacing some parts of your car too early.
- Cooling: Your engine oil assists in dispelling heat during friction and combustion to prevent overheating. So you must make sure your oil is still fresh and can appropriately cool your engine. Read more on overheating here.
- Cleaning: As the oil flows through your engine, it carries away dust, debris, metal particles and other things that may be there. The Oil Filter will then filter the unnecessary things out.
- Sealing: It provides a seal between the piston rings and the cylinder walls, preventing combustion gases from escaping and maintaining proper compression.
Importance/Benefits of Regular Oil Changes
- Enhanced Engine Lifespan: As your engine oil lubricates your engine, overtime, it would lose its effectiveness. Normal. Hence, you need to replace the oil in order to ensure that lubrication continues
- Improved Fuel Efficiency: The more the friction, the more your fuel goes. Changing your oil regularly would help to ensure that friction is reduced and you save fuel.
- Reduced Emissions: The fresher the engine oil, the cooler and more healthy your engine, and the less your emissions will be as well.
Tips in Changing Your Engine Oil
1 How often should I change my oil?
There is no singular answer to this question, however, you must check your oil levels from time to time, advisably once a week. For older engines, you may need to check it more often than that.
2 What type of oil should I put in my car?
We have a blogpost on oil viscosity () which you should see for more info on that. We also recommend reaching out to your trusted mechanic at Mechanic On The Go, for a guide on that
3 Who should I call to get advice on changing my engine oil?
You can reach out to us at Mechanic On The Go via Whatsapp and we would be very happy to help!
We hope we’ve been able to convince and not confuse you that Regular Oil Changes are important for the smooth running of your vehicle🙂. If you have any car issue and you’re based in Lagos and Ogun in Nigeria, reach out to us either via Whatsapp or through the website and we would be there in no-time to attend to your issue(s)!
