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Oil Change Frequency

To: "Bob Danielson" <75trsix@snet.net>
Subject: Oil Change Frequency
From: Dave Massey <105671.471@compuserve.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 20:36:23 -0500
Cc: TR List <triumphs@autox.team.net> charset=ISO-8859-1
> What do all you listers do?  (Oil changes: Ed)
>TIA
>Bob Danielson

Once a year or every 5,000 miles.  Car manufacturers call out oil 
changes every 7,000 miles or every 6 months (or so) but they 
have to assume that the owner uses the car every day and if 
they don't drive 7,000 miles in 6 months it is because the owner
drives a lot of short trips which doesn't allow the oil to get hot 
enough to boil off the impurities.  But a car that sits most of the 
time doesn't have that problem.

And changing the oil more often than necessary generates more
waste oil that has to be disposed of (properly).

Dave

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