I agree with Bernd (be a fool not to). In the grand scheme of things I would
think it would be wise to change your oil and filter with-in the boundries
of 3K to 7 or 8K. The oil and filter is relatively cheap compared to the
cost of replacing or rebuilding an engine.
On a related (somewhat) story my friends dad had an 60's Dodge Dart with the
old slant six. He never changed his oil. Rather he had one of those Frantz
(not sure of the spelling) remote filter canisters and whenever the oil
started to show a little dirt he would just change the filter, a roll of
toilet paper. He swore by the process and the car lasted at least ten years
(the last time I saw him), however, I wouldn't recommend never changing your
oil, but just changing filters. It is just an example of how important
keeping the oil clean is to the long life of the engine.
Miles Harris III
Simi Valley, CA
----Original Message Follows----
From: bernd@texas.net
Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: RE: DML: RE: DML
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 10:51:04 US/Central
I'm not going to attempt to tell anyone on what they should be running or
need
to run on their vehicles, but with ANY oil filter, running them more than
than
10K miles is just asking for it.
You can take the risk or play it safe...you're call.
I change my oil every 3500 miles no matter what type of oil or filter it is.
- Bernd
> What about the K version?
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bernd@texas.net [mailto:bernd@texas.net]
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 2:12 AM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: RE: DML
>
>
> Ok...one more time:
>
> If you're going to be changing your oil on a regular basis (every 3500
> miles),
> don't bother with the expensive Synthetic Oil. Castrol makes a
> "Synth-Blend"
> which works just like all the other oils (Lubricates, protects, cleans,
> etc.)
> and costs about 1/3 of the price for the full synthetics.
>
> Also, don't run your engine longer than 12.5K miles on
synthetics...contrary
> to
> popular belief (and most Amsoil users), you should NOT run an oil filter
> past
> 12.5K miles (on synthetics) and NO MORE than 7500 miles with "Dino Oil"
> unless
> you like recycling your dirty oil through the bypass valve in the
> filter...aka: no filtration.
>
> Just in case (and right from the mouth of Amsoil):
> "The Super Duty Filter has a finer filtering media, more dirt holding
> capacity,
> heavier-duty construction and a 6-month/12,500-mile change interval
> recommendation which is the highest in the industry"
>
> On the decision between the two listed below: Mobil-1
>
> - Bernd
>
>
>
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