Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 13:38:23 +0100 From: J <johsnopsamsafish.com> Subject: Re: Oil Consumption?
Why worry, the car is fine. My 93 9000 CSE LPT 75000 miles also consumes virtually no oil between changes. However, I use fully synthetic oil and change every 5000 miles. Johannes Paul Hutchings wrote: > > Last August I brought a 1995 Saab 900, first "new" car I've had. It was > serviced in December and had the oil changed, mineral oil was used > (castrol/duckhams, forget which). > > Anyway, it's now september and despite frequent checks the Oil level on the > dipstick can't have dropped more than a couple of mm's, it's not even > noticable that it has dropped. > > Saab service intervals are 12,000 miles or 12 months, is this lack of oil > consumption normal on modern cars, or have I missed something? > > cheers, > Paul > > -- > Paul Hutchings > ****Remove NOSPAM when replying****