7500mi first oil change?

[Psycho Bob <honge@creighton.edu>]

Lookee what I came across in usenet. Yes, the Thanksgiving sometimes does
make boring times (and when you have visited k12.*, you KNOW you have
nothing to do). From rec.autos.makers.vw.watercooled...

I know a similar post was posted sometime ago on the list (actually, was
it the same guy??), but I don't remember the "detergents" part and the
"seating correctly" part. Does the latter subject has any truth to it in
the post??

On Mon, 25 Nov 1996, Andrew Atwell <Andrew_Atwell@hp.com> wrote:

>The guys at my dealer were very specific about this. Don't change your
>oil. The special oil that comes from the factory has no detergents in
>it. This allows for your seals to fill with oil and seat correctly. 
>The detergents in store bought oil will not allow this to happen. If
>they are not seated correctly you will have oil leaks and burn oil for
>the rest of the time you have the car. They had an employee at the
>dealership that imediately drained the oil in his Corrado VR6 and
>replaced it with synthetic, and had to get his engine rebuilt in 12,000
>miles.

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