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Alignment Center in Anchorage wants to remind you just how hard your oil is working and what happens when you don't change the motor oil on schedule.  On an average ten minute trip to the grocery store, your engine spins about 30,000 times and every time it does, the engine oil is responsible for protecting all of the bits and pieces moving around inside your engine from damaging friction, heat, and corrosion.  That's a lot of work and it's hard on your motor oil.  Add hot weather and stop and go traffic and your engine oil's job gets even harder.   After thousands of miles of abuse your engine oil simply cannot continue to do its job correctly.

Your motor oil and filter are typically changed about every 3,000 miles, though some manufacturers have lengthened this interval based on better engine technology and better motor oil technology.  Your owner's manual contains the recommended service interval for your particular vehicle. 

Here are some of the terrible things that can happen to your engine if you don't change your oil on time.

1. Internal Engine Wear - You don't have to know the difference between a crankshaft and a camshaft to understand that inside your engine are hundreds of metal parts moving on a slippery film of motor oil as they make thousands of tiny explosions per minute to power your ride.  When oil levels become too low or the oil wears out from exposure to heat, friction, and contaminants, these metal parts can slowly destroy each other.  The result is a big dollar, big hassle internal engine wear that can easily be avoided with a regular oil change at Alignment Center.

2. Loss of Efficiency - Lowering the friction inside your engine not only protects the components, it allows them to move freely and efficiently.  The harder it is for those parts to move, the less power and fuel mileage you can expect.  Get your engine power and efficiency back with a quick visit to Alignment Center for an oil and filter service.

3. Catastrophic Engine Failure - Engine wear due to a skipped oil change can be insidious and slow, reducing the total life of your engine while you hardly notice.  But if go too long or let the oil level get too low you will notice in a hurry.  Oil starvation or failure can cause catastrophic engine failure in just a mile or two.  When your engine does not have enough good oil circulating through it bearings fail, metal parts actually weld themselves together and that trip to the grocery store becomes a tow to Alignment Center for hundreds if not thousands of dollars in engine repair.

Getting your oil and filter changed by the professionals at Alignment Center is affordable, takes less than a half hour and will save you so much time, money and hassle, in the long run, it is hard to understand why anyone neglects this simple service.  Keep in mind, too, that while your car is in for an oil service Alignment Center has an opportunity to check for other problems that may become costly over time and help you decide how to handle the issue before it does.

Visit Alignment Center at our convenient  E 51st Ave location in Anchorage and get your oil serviced, establish a schedule for your next motor oil change and keep your engine running better and stronger for as long as you keep your car.