We at American Tire & Automotive want to help you take good care of your car, and we offer a wide range of services to do that. One service we’d like to focus on here is oil changes.
In our experience, most people know that they need to schedule regular oil change services to keep their car in good working order, but they might not necessarily understand how oil impacts their vehicle’s performance. In this article, we’ll explain more about what an oil change does to keep your engine in good condition.
- Reduce Friction – The reason you have motor oil in your engine is to reduce friction between the engine parts as they move. The oil lubricates these moving pieces so that the various mechanisms can move smoothly without creating too much friction.
- Prevent Overheating – It’s important to keep friction in your engine to a minimum because friction generates heat; this is why you can start a fire by rubbing two sticks together. The longer your motor oil remains in the engine, the dirtier it will get, as it absorbs soot from combustion and other contaminants. Over time, this makes the oil less effective at reducing friction, which makes your engine more likely to overheat. An oil change is therefore necessary to prevent your car from overheating.
- Prevent Damage – It is also important to get regular oil changes because doing so helps keep your engine in good condition. Allowing the oil to get dirty increases the amount of friction and stress the parts are under, which cases them to wear out faster.