Just one fleet vehicle out of service for repairs can drastically affect your bottom line. One of the best things you can do for your fleet vehicles is to have their oil changed regularly. Every 3,000 miles is a good rule of thumb, especially if your fleet vehicles do a lot of stop-and-go driving. Buellton Garage is an expert in fleet vehicle service and repair. Let’s talk about why oil changes are so important for your fleet of vehicles.
Cleans the Engine
As oil flows through the engine, it picks up dirt and debris from the engine parts. This helps to keep your engine cleaner longer. Having clean engines in your fleet of vehicles improves their efficiency and helps keep them cooler. The oil filter is unique in that it removes the contaminants and dirt that the oil picks up after the oil has circulated through the engine. This ensures that the oil is clean before it circulates through the engine again. As it circulates, it will continue to remove contaminants, dirt, and debris.
Cools the Engine
As we briefly mentioned above, this helps keep the engine cool, but it isn’t the only way the oil cools the engine. Clean motor oil lubricates the moving engine parts and this reduces friction. We will talk more about this below. The combination of keeping the engine clean and lubricating it ensures that your engine’s temperature doesn’t rise above 220 degrees Fahrenheit. Again, most fleet vehicles do a lot of stop-and-go driving, and this can heat up the engine quickly. Frequent oil changes work in tandem with the engine coolant, which should be changed every 30,000 miles, to prevent the fleet vehicle engines from overheating.
Lubricates the Engine
Engine lubrication is not only important because it reduces friction and heat but also because it protects the moving engine parts. If your fleet vehicles didn’t have any oil in their engines, the engines would die within 30 minutes. This is because as the parts move against each other, they destroy each other. In fact, one sign that you need an oil change is knocking noises coming from the engine that are a result of the unlubricated parts. Engine lubrication extends the engine’s life because it ensures that the parts can move together, the way they are supposed to without creating too much friction and heat.
Finally, one bonus advantage of letting us here at Buellton Garage in Buellton, CA, change the oil regularly in your fleet vehicles is it gives us a chance to inspect the engines for other potential problems.