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Re: Oil
Posted by Stephen Goldberger (more from Stephen Goldberger) on Sat, 22 Jun 2002 17:29:44
In Reply to: , Kok Chen, Sat, 17 Dec 1988 12:00:00

>with 30,000 miles on my Saab,would it
>be advisable to now start using Saab semi/synthetic oil in my turbo,

The Saab labelled oil, in my opinion (no, I have been told nothing at all
about this ) a part of the long drain interval/maintenance
included/predominately lease/certified used marketing - by putting their own
oil in the spare parts catalog, they standardize the care that their cars
receive. The Saab labelled oil is of a quality that Saab is comfortable that
cars receiving the 'book' service level will make it to the end of the
(certified used car extended) warranty period in good repair (100,000 miles/6
years). I also think they've stretched it right to the limit.

I see no reason to use the Saab labelled oil if you have had long term good
experience with your Quaker State. I do recommend that you adjust the oil
change interval according to the oil properties - more frequent with
conventional oils, but never ever more than the 'recommended' 10,000 mile
intervals, even with full synthetic. Personally, I'd go 6000 miles with
full synthetic, 4000 with semi synthetic, and between 2000 and 4000 with
conventional oils, depending on the API grade (SH, SJ, SL).

Stephen Goldberger, Editor and Publisher
NINES, the magazine of the SAAB Club of North America
vist our web site at http://www.saabclub.com


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