With something as simple and inexpensive as an oil change, you can prevent your car’s engine from expensive damage. Your car’s engine and its many connected systems utilize the lubrication from engine oil to keep metal parts from grinding against each other. This friction causes heat, and in an engine, it can become extreme. However, the oil’s lubrication ensures that your engine compartment remains at a functional temperature.

With friction being the biggest enemy of engines, valves and gaskets can break down in extreme heat, which allows fluids to leak out. Without the pressure from fluids and the lubrication, parts will malfunction, and sensors will become inoperable. Engines can also overheat enough to warp metal, which will cause catastrophic damage that is expensive with an engine rebuild.