Thanks for clearing that up; you really had me wondering how the engine
lasted that long without a change.
What's up with these recyclers? My understanding is that mineral oil can
be recycled forever, only the additives wear out. So, they should be
happy as hell to get as much FREE oil as they possibly can. It's sure
gotta beat going out in some frigid ocean or blast furnace desert,
drilling for the stuff, transporting it to a refiner, refining it, etc.
I don't understand any limit on the acceptance of recycled oil. I usually
drive over to the nearest Liffy Jube after they've closed and leave them
the oil. The barrels are there waiting and I know they get paid for all
of the oil that they turn over to these recyclers so they don't care how
much they get or where it comes from.
Richard in SA
On Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:36:50 -0700 Bruce Bridges <bbridges@alarismed.com>
writes:
>Damnnnnnn,
>Errata: 12,000 miles between changes, musta had a stuck
>key......spell
>check wouldnta helped...
>Hey Ive got 7 cars and I change the oil every 3000 miles and Im
>swimming in
>the black stuff. The recylclers only take it in 5 qt increments and
>unfortunately Ive let about 25 gallons of the stuff build up. Im not
>a real
>green guy, but the environment would be a better place with less
>frequent
>oil changes, at least MY environment would be...
>Bruce
>At 01:21 PM 7/23/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>At 09:36 AM 7/23/1998 -0700, you wrote:
>>>DML,
>>>To pre-defend myself, I change my oil per the Bschedule (3000miles)
>but...
>>>My dads new 65 barracuda (273 v8) had its oil changed religiously
>every
>>>120000 miles with 30 weight single viscosity. The car gave flawless
>service
>>>for 275,000 miles before the transmission gave it up.
>>
>>Damn !
>>
>>120,000 miles between changes !?!
>>
>>That musta been super oil !
>>
>>
>>
>>Jack Hilton
>>
>>Black '98 R/T Club Cab
>>
>>http://www.mindspring.com/~hemi/jbd1.html
>>
>>
>
>
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