re: On sythetic oil(s)

[Gordon de la Mare <gdm00@domain.elided>]

My '99 GTV V6's instructions were a shock to me.
First service is 12,000 miles and that's also the first oil change!
Not even a 1,000 mile check.
Oil is factory installed Selenia 20K synthetic.
Some folks do go and have a change at 6,000 but not many.
Gordon


some snipped...
> >Got a question, raised by a current threadlet.  When running sythetic
> >oil, I believe it was Doug S, mentioned that he ran it about 10K between
> >changes.  Not a flame, but a question as to the pollution of the oil
> >after that long a time in the motor.  Would it make any sense to change
> >the filter mid-way, and top up the crankcase with the appropriate amount
> >of juice of synthetic dino's?...
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> some wehicles actually recommend a filter-change interwal twice as often as 
> the oil.  prolly not a bad idea, but i feel that unless ewe are driving a lot 
> on dirt roads, the filter  is ok for 10k miles.  as far as the oil itself, i
> don't understand why EVERYONE isn't using a synthetic 5w50, or 10w60 in all
> their wehicles - even my lawnmower & garden tractor get it.

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