11-27-2006, 11:01 AM
Mike Wrote:current dinos are good until about 5000, syns are closer to 10000. since none of us really get to that mileage, 6 months is the best change interval since the oil does soak up water.
save some money, save some times, top it off and change it every 6 months.
I'm not sure what you mean by "none of us really get to that mileage" but I'm guessing you mean in 6 months. I do just under 10k/year and I'm one of "those guys" that changes it when my car tells me... which is every 10k/year.
That said, I'm about 9k into my current oil and I had to add 2 quarts yesterday. That's the only time I've ever had to add but 2 quarts on 9k isn't that bad I don't think. Who knows, my engine may detonate tomorrow... which I'm okay with 'cause it's still under warranty. Even when I was having my oil pressure warning (gremins) the oil levels were fine.
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"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth