Automakers Lengthen Oil Change Intervals
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From: Eeyore on 27 Mar 2007 18:16 clifto wrote: > samstone(a)aol.com wrote: > > The change industry are the ones suggesting the 3000 mile > > interval. Through commercials they've gained believers. > > I was taught 3,000 mile intervals long before there were companies that > specialized in oil changes. > > I have a friend who changes his oil every 2,000 miles. I would rather > buy one of his used cars than any new car, for quality reasons (though > the price wouldn't hurt either). Using synthetic oil would be far more sensible actually. Graham
From: Eeyore on 27 Mar 2007 18:18 SnoMan wrote: > I have > also run several vehicles well past 200K too and I have a few that are > now 18 years old and older and still run great and use no oil between > changes (I do not have to add). My Saab uses no oil that I can notice and has 160,000 mi on it. It had its oil changed regularly every 9,000 mi. Graham
From: Eeyore on 27 Mar 2007 18:38 Steve Barker wrote: > So you'd spend fifty grand on a car, then abuse the engine. What a fukin > idiot. Do *YOU* use synthetic oil ? Not doing so is abusing the engine. Graham
From: Eeyore on 27 Mar 2007 18:41 Steve Barker wrote: > Yeah, and why do they say this? 'Cause the government tells them to. Its > an EPA thing, not the fact that the engine still needs the oil changed every > 3000 miles. No modern engine needs 3000 mi oil changes. Mind you.... if you do insist on using dino oil ! Graham
From: Eeyore on 27 Mar 2007 18:43
clifto wrote: > Roy wrote: > > I'm going to date myself, but before there were speedy oil changes and syn > > oil the interval was 5,000+. > > The official automakers' figure, anyway. Good mechanics I knew were pushing > 3K. In the days of dinosaur oil that may have made sense. Graham |