sludge

Grant Lenahan glenahan at vfemail.net
Wed Mar 14 09:39:17 EDT 2007


Agreed. Especially since the API and every owners manual out there 
tells us all to cut the interval in half for severe service, which 
includes stop-and-go driving.

Get's rather expensive on my current steed, however - $40 (list) filter 
and 7 qts of Mobil1 0W40 gets pricey

Grant
On Mar 14, 2007, at 2:20 AM, thejimrose wrote:

> well, to be fair they sludged because of the crap factory service 
> recommendations. no fault of the engine when the nitwits spec a 
> too-small filter and 10k mile  [!?!?!?!?!?!?] intervals.
>
> >>There was a TSB recanting this to 5k miles.
> Yep, sludge machines. Otherwise great motor.
>



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