Page added on September 15, 2006
From a mechanical point of view, the oil in your car does not break down. It simply gets dirty. Particles in the air get lodged in your oil, which increases its viscosity, or in other words, increases its thickness and friction, which causes wear and tear on the parts of your engine that are lubricated with the oil. After 5,000 miles of driving, you may have a lot of particles in your oil. There
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