Automakers Lengthen Oil Change Intervals
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From: Steve Barker on 27 Mar 2007 20:11 hmmmm 3000 eh? Right there in the manual eh? Imagine that. -- Steve Barker YOU should be the one controlling YOUR car. Check out: www.lightsout.org "Rick" <notta(a)goodone.com> wrote in message news:mwdOh.18330$Jl.426(a)newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... > > "Steve Barker" <ichasetrains(a)some.yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:T-mdnatny9N3ypTbnZ2dnUVZ_t6qnZ2d(a)giganews.com... >> Not a mis-print, they just didn't read the whole thing. Like the severe >> conditions and the definition thereof. >> >> -- >> Steve Barker >> >> YOU should be the one >> controlling YOUR car. >> Check out: >> www.lightsout.org >> >> >> >> >> "Roy" <Roy(a)home.net> wrote in message >> news:KvCdnTRdHoqOypTbnZ2dnUVZ_ruknZ2d(a)comcast.com... >> > >> > "Rick" <notta(a)goodone.com> wrote in message >> > news:lmcOh.18305$Jl.9878(a)newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... >> >> >> >> "Steve Barker" <ichasetrains(a)some.yahoo.com> wrote in message >> >> news:iPydnXuF9Nuu0ZTbnZ2dnUVZ_q2pnZ2d(a)giganews.com... >> >>> No it wasn't. >> >> >> >> >> >> From my 1971 Cougar owners manual and shop manual, every 6 months or >> >> 6000 >> >> miles >> >> From my 1983 Mustang owners manual and shop manual, every 12 months or >> >> 7500 miles... >> >> >> > >> > Hmmm... I'm sure Steve is about to jump in and tell us that it was a >> > misprint. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> "Roy" <Roy(a)home.net> wrote in message >> >>> news:l86dnavja-jG2pTbnZ2dnUVZ_g-dnZ2d(a)comcast.com... >> >>> >> >> >>> > I'm going to date myself, but before there were speedy oil changes >> >>> > and >> >>> > syn >> >>> > oil the interval was 5,000+. > > For severe operating conditions: > > The '71 says "more frequent intervals", no time or mileage specified > The '83 says 3 months, 3000 miles, oil filter every other oil change > >
From: Steve Barker on 27 Mar 2007 20:12 Those reports are wrong. Do you believe everything you read? -- Steve Barker YOU should be the one controlling YOUR car. Check out: www.lightsout.org "John Henderson" <jhenRemoveThis(a)talk21.com> wrote in message news:56tbl6F2acpm4U1(a)mid.individual.net... > > There are reports that engine wear is greater in the first > couple of thousand miles following an oil change than it is for > several thousand after that. > > John
From: Steve Barker on 27 Mar 2007 20:13 That's exactly what I was saying. -- Steve Barker YOU should be the one controlling YOUR car. Check out: www.lightsout.org "Scott Dorsey" <kludge(a)panix.com> wrote in message news:eubq4b$j9r$1(a)panix2.panix.com... > It would strike me that the EPA would want you to change your oil _less_ > often, so there would be less oil waste to dispose of. > > It would strike me also that car manufacturers would want you to change > your > oil less often too, because they want to sell you a new car as soon as > possible. It's not in their best interest that your engine last forever. > --scott > -- > "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
From: Steve Barker on 27 Mar 2007 20:14 That's because they like selling new ones. -- Steve Barker YOU should be the one controlling YOUR car. Check out: www.lightsout.org "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:46099E72.45E5F75B(a)hotmail.com... > > Many European cars now specify 12,000 mi oil changes based on using > synthetic > oil. > > Graham >
From: Steve Barker on 27 Mar 2007 20:14
Doing something wrong for decades, doesn't make it right. -- Steve Barker YOU should be the one controlling YOUR car. Check out: www.lightsout.org "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4609975F.D507E13D(a)hotmail.com... > The norm in Europe has been 9,000 to 12,000 miles for decades. > > Graham > > |