Re: Oil Change Intervals

From: Bernd D. Ratsch (bernd@texas.net)
Date: Mon Aug 30 1999 - 14:28:59 EDT


Sounds good to me.

At 12:40 PM 08/30/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>At 05:55 PM 8/29/99 , you wrote:
>>My beloved Dak finally hit 3k today and I broke out the manual to see what
>>the oil change interval was. 7500mi, wow.
>>What's everyone's take on that?
>
>
>Click and Clack (the Car Talk guys) say that today's oils are good enough
>so that they recommend a 10K change interval. Personally, that's too long
>for me. I use Mobile1 and a Mobile1 filter with 5K change intervals.
>Others don't like to go that long even with synthetics and a long life
>filter. But I've never heard of a 5K interval hurting anything. Until
>somebody shows me evidence to the contrary (and does not have an ulterior
>motive like wanting my money) I'm sticking with it.
>
>Mike Crumley 97 V6 Auto
>mail to: mcrumley@airmail.net
>
>I went on a diet, swore off drinking and heavy eating, and in
>fourteen days I had lost exactly two weeks.-Joe E. Lewis



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