[s-cars] Subject: ticking- should i worry?

[LL - NY]

The filter housing is above the sump. I've done it a number of times on both
the UrS and my 200Q.

LL - NY

On 10/31/07, Mark Pollan <mark.pollan at verizonbusiness.com> wrote:
>
> How does one change the filter without changing the oil?  Seems like quite
> the messy proposition and with M-1 ~ $23 for 5 qts at wally world why
> skimp.
> Unless of course you drive a bazillion miles a year.
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Theodore Chen
> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 6:09 PM
> To: Taka Mizutani; Tom Winter
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Subject: ticking- should i worry?
>
> how is it that the newer cars can go 15k-20k miles without an oil change
> or
> filter change, and still make it to 150k+ miles?  by now, there are a lot
> of
> them with 100k+ miles and no engine problems.
>
> maybe i'll let the oil go to 10k miles, and change the filter at 5k.
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
> To: Tom Winter <tom at freeskier.com>
> Cc: cody at 5000tq.com; Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com>;
> "s-car-list at audifans.com" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 11:09:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Subject: ticking- should i worry?
>
>
> With oil analysis, you can determine how long you should be keeping the
> oil
> in your engine before changing it- however, you do need to change the
> filter
> regularly.
>
> Some synthetics can go 15k w/o breakdown, but you still need to change the
> filter every 5k miles.
>
>
> Taka
>
>
>
>
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