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Posted by Stephen Goldberger [Email] (more from Stephen Goldberger) on Wed, 7 Mar 2007 11:40:15
In Reply to: Don't listen to anyone. get your oil tested!, Jeff Cunningham, Wed, 7 Mar 2007 09:55:43
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Thing is, my "miles" are not the same as your "miles" in terms of stress on the oil. Most people settled early on 5K change intervals based on commercial concerns - Saab paid for the 10K changes, 10K was too long, and 5K is half way between. On that basis, I had a test done after 5K, and the oil was "still good but not by much", justifying continued adherence to 5K intervals. That said, I've seen written that for "average drivers" putting on "average number of miles" (12K-15K per year), and living in temperate climates like much of the USA, it's better to change by the calandar that by the ODO. I think it went February 1, June 1, and November 1. Biased so that the most frequent change interval was during the months that put the greatest stress on the oil. But Maybe it was March, July, December.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Synthetic Oil Change Frequency, PSB, Wed, 7 Mar 2007 04:55:25
- Pentosin TS semi-synthetic 10W-40, every 5k, nhc, Thu, 8 Mar 2007 07:28:10
- Don't listen to anyone. get your oil tested!, Jeff Cunningham, Wed, 7 Mar 2007 09:55:43
- Re: Synthetic Oil Change Frequency, wooglin , Wed, 7 Mar 2007 09:42:35
- I change oil when I change tires, 2x/year., BrianG, Wed, 7 Mar 2007 09:35:12
- Re: Synthetic Oil Change Frequency, LesH, Wed, 7 Mar 2007 07:19:18
- Every 5,000 miles, Stevet, Wed, 7 Mar 2007 06:29:49
- Mobil 1 0w-40 - every 3K for me......., AeroJ, Wed, 7 Mar 2007 06:08:32
- Re: Synthetic Oil Change Frequency, bobc , Wed, 7 Mar 2007 06:00:31
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