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Originally Posted by Mr_Jones
Coming from a VW 2.0T, where the manufacturers recommendation is to change the oil every 10K... and experiencing the timing chain issues that VW is currently under class action lawsuit for I had committed to changing the oil in my LGX every 5K.
And then I came across this video: https://youtu.be/Bevn5ukHf3s
Needless to say I'll be joining the 3K club. Early and often is the mindset... waste of money or not. I'm a believer!
EDIT: It's a daily driver used to commute ~32 miles per day 5 days per week in stop and go traffic. I'm also in NE FL where summer temps easily climb to 100 degrees. Call it piece of mind or shell shock from my previous experience in the VW. I plan to hang a classic license plate on my Camaro twenty years from now. Yes, I love t that much! |
So I watched most of the video...probably 75% of it, so maybe I missed something. I see it was posted in 2018, but I wonder how old the video actually is, or which versions of the 3.6 he is talking about.
I owned a 2010 Camaro RS with the 3.6. Really enjoyed it, and especially after some mods. I researched the heck out of that engine and felt like I have decent knowledge about it. The biggest issue as he states, was timing chains going out, with another issues, although not nearly as prevalent was spun bearing resulting in sudden oil loss and a blown engine. It was thought that in some cases that owners who did not drive their car long enough distances for the oil to get to operating temp, and burn off the condensation and what not in the oil, lead to some of these failures.
In that car, I used full synthetic oils and changed it every 3 - 4 thousand miles. After reading some oil comparison articles, I settled on using Pennzoil Ultra Platinum synthetic oil as my choice (and still use it today).
My 2010 model used the 3.6 "LLT" version which ran up through the 2011 model year. In 2012 (at least in the Camaro) Chevrolet updated the engine and it was now called the LFX. It seemed to be a more mature version of the LLT and didn't seem to have as much of the timing chain issues. Now the current version in the Camaro is the "LGX" and although I don't pay as much attention to the V6 scene as I did, I haven't seen that this engine is having the same types of issues as the LLT had either, so that's great.
So that's why I question which version of the 3.6 he is referring to. In the end, if you change your oil every 3 - 5K, I think that is perfectly fine, if not more than fine.