Re: oil change interval w/mobil 1

[Zsolt Kovacs <zsolt@telusplanet.net>]

I tend to get lazy changing my oil, and I had an oldsmobile with 250k km on it I
drove that thing for about 15k km before changing oil and it only burns about a
couple of quarts in this period and it's not synth either.

mlcmlcmlc wrote:

> Zsolt,
>
> The way I understand it, although synthetic oil will not easily break down
> from either heat, pressure,wear, etc---over time/use it will get just as
> dirty as regular oil. So I figure better safe then sorry.  I gave my story
> as a testimony of reasonable maintence vs condition.  Most people wouldn't
> believe a car (any car) with over 200,000 miles wouldn't use a quart of oil
> in 5 or 6000 miles.  The stuff works.
>
> happy driving,   (no tickets)!
> Joel Stetina
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zsolt Kovacs <zsolt@telusplanet.net>
> To: mlcmlcmlc <mlcmlc@enter.net>
> Cc: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
> Date: Thursday, November 26, 1998 1:57 PM
> Subject: Re: oil change interval w/mobil 1
>
> >I just got my 86 5k tq recently, and changing over to synth. Just one quick
> >question.
> >
> >"howard i've used mobil 1 15 - 50 for almost three years and i change it
> every
> >3000 - 3500 miles. at that mileage my lifters always tell me its time to
> renew."
> >
> >Why are you changing your oil so often? Isn't one of the characteristics of
> >synth is to last much longer 15-20k before it starts braking down?
> >
> >   Zsolt
> >
> >mlcmlcmlc wrote:
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: mlcmlcmlc <mlcmlc@enter.net>
> >> To: AQUATTRO4U@aol.com <AQUATTRO4U@aol.com>; Mike Mulholland
> >> <meyeke@netinc.ca>
> >> Cc: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
> >> Date: Wednesday, November 25, 1998 12:50 PM
> >> Subject: oil change interval w/mobil 1
> >>
> >> >Hi guys,
> >> >
> >> >I've been using mobil 1 for more then 10 years. When I bought my 87
> 5000TQ
> >> >it had 89,000 miles on it. I immediately started using 15w-50 mobil 1 in
> it
> >> >also.  I now have 204,787 and I do not use one quart between oil
> changes.
> >> (I
> >> >had it inspected /emission tested yesterday). Oh, it passed the first
> time.
> >> >I change the oil and filter every 5000 to 6000 miles.
> >> >Additionally, this motor's never been apart, and I'm running around one
> >> bar.
> >> >My only trouble is I think that the turbo seal's leaking a minor amount:
> >> >(blows oil on"cold" starts and the rubber boot to the plenum puddles
> oil).
> >> >NO, the oil there is not comming from the crank vent, that's routed to
> >> >somewhere else... Does the k-24 turbo fit as an exact replacement for
> the
> >> >K-26 which the older cars have?
> >> >
> >> >Joel Stetina<mlcmlc@enter.net>
> >> >
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >From: Mike Mulholland <meyeke@netinc.ca>
> >> >To: AQUATTRO4U@aol.com <AQUATTRO4U@aol.com>
> >> >Cc: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
> >> >Date: Monday, November 23, 1998 9:47 PM
> >> >Subject: oil change interval
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >>howard i've used mobil 1 15 - 50 for almost three years and i change it
> >> >>every 3000 - 3500 miles. at that mileage my lifters always tell me its
> >> time
> >> >>to renew.
> >> >>
> >> >>mike
> >> >>86 5kcdtq
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >
> >
> >
> >