I know...I know....I know..but...
do you seriously go 10,000 miles between oil changes? We all grew up on the
3,000 mile deal. Is it synthetic? I just bought this A4 with 15,000 and it says I'm not due till hell freezes over!!!!! |
JJ wrote:
>do you seriously go 10,000 miles between oil changes? No >We all grew up on the 3,000 mile deal. Who is "we all"? I certainly didn't. Since I can recall My fathers cars (some 30 years ago) we never changed at less than the company recommendation. >Is it synthetic? I just bought this A4 with 15,000 and it >says I'm not due till hell freezes over!!!!! Possibly. My A6 needs oil changes every 35.000 km and the 4 cylinder TDI's go until 50.000 km. Regards Wolfgang -- 1999 Audi A6 Avant TDI |
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"JJ" > wrote: > do you seriously go 10,000 miles between oil changes? We all grew up > on the 3,000 mile deal. Blimey - those must have been the days when you had to lift the head for a decoke every other month - my dad used to talk about doing this back in the 1940s. Even when I started driving in the 1960s we were on 6000 mile intervals. I suspect that the oil/service companies are taking the American public for suckers! Yes, my RS6 is on 10,000 mile intervals, because it has a 'performance' engine. My previous car (A6 2.7T) was on 20,000 mile intervals. -- Peter Bell (Note Spamtrap - To reply, replace 'invalid' with 'bellfamily') |
"JJ" > wrote in message
... > do you seriously go 10,000 miles between oil changes? We all grew up on the > 3,000 mile deal. Is it synthetic? I just bought this A4 with 15,000 and it > says I'm not due till hell freezes over!!!!! Only on the fixed service - otherwise it's nearer to 18,000. The oil is fully synthetic and (just for reassurance on that 3000 thing) - my 1971 mini used to go 6000 between changes. That's with 1950s technology, and mineral oil. Extreme climate and performance aside, 3,000 is very low and (AFAIK) very much a US thang. -- Hairy One Kenobi Disclaimer: the opinions expressed in this opinion do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the highly-opinionated person expressing the opinion in the first place. So there! |
Adding my two cents:
From everything IŽve read we can now change oil at far more than 3K miles. We can debate how much... I wouldŽt go too far from 7.500. No objective data to support that. Just the fact that an engine overhaul is so expensive that I prefer to "invest" in oil. On the other hand I feel there is a second and perhaps as important variable: time. I run a very low monthly mileage. This means that making 7.5K takes me well over one year. In this case, again, no objective data, I change synthetic every year or mineral every six months. On top of low mileage I have lots of very low mileage use from cold engine. IŽd really like to know your thougths |
"Jorge Fonyat" > wrote in message
om... > Adding my two cents: > From everything IŽve read we can now change oil at far more than 3K > miles. > We can debate how much... I wouldŽt go too far from 7.500. > No objective data to support that. Just the fact that an engine > overhaul is so expensive that I prefer to "invest" in oil. > On the other hand I feel there is a second and perhaps as important > variable: time. > I run a very low monthly mileage. This means that making 7.5K takes me > well over one year. > In this case, again, no objective data, I change synthetic every year > or mineral every six months. > On top of low mileage I have lots of very low mileage use from cold > engine. > IŽd really like to know your thougths For low mileages (like mine! ;o), I agree. AFAIK, Audi also specify an annual service, as well as a mileage-based service. The only thing that I'd *really* disagree with them (in the UK) is their inattention to brake fluid. *Three* years is not, IMHO, an adequate interval. H1K |
Peter Bell > wrote in message >. ..
> > I suspect that the oil/service companies are taking the American public > for suckers! BINGO! -- C.R. Krieger (Been there; didn't buy that) |
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