On Jan 8, 2008, at 11:05 AM, graywolf wrote: > I don't know, back when I had the Diesel Escort, the extra > filter at the oil change place was a buck. At the discount > auto parts the first filter was $15 and the second was $11, > addd six quarts of oil and that $24.95 oil change seemed > like a bargain. > > Back in the day, my 1980 Pinto's manual said to change the > oil every 10,000 miles, why did they change that? Most > likely because while 10K changes are fine, 30K changes are a > disaster waiting to happen. So they went back to > recommending 3K so people would actually change it every 10K > or so. BTW when I sold the Pinto with 120K on it it was not > using a drop of oil between changes. > > I have used 10K oil changes ever since with never a problem. > However I now change annually as I only put on about 5K a > year with Mr Bush's gas prices. No, I don't go nowhere these > days. > > Don't we do this thread every year? > > > Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse)
Dunno. I thought it was every time you changed your oil and topped off your gas tank! <BG> keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
