Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:39:50 +0100 From: Pooh Bear <rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com> Subject: Re: Oil change intervals
Craig's Saab C900 Site wrote: > ma_twain <ma_twainnospamo.com> writes: > > >I usually go about 5 to 6K miles on my turbos. I also try to keep the > >short runs about town to the beater cars. The turbos are generally > >driven on longer trips (60+ miles) with only one or two stops - heavy > >foot though :-). I also use synthetics and Saab/Volvo oil filters. My > >Volvo turbo is still going strong and it is a 1982. I suppose it also > >depends on how long you want to keep your 9000 running. You can do alot > >of synthetic oil changes for the price of a turbo charger. > > Very true. Changing fluids is cheap insurance for your car. > > Something nobody ever talks about though is what happens to waste oil? I > don't think there is any 'standard' way to dispose of it, and most places > don't seem to have any organised facility that handles waste oil products. > > Dumping it into the wastewater system is very harmful. Dumping in landfill > (inside a closed container) via the regular trash/garbage/rubbish collection > run by the local council or other authority is probably the closest thing > possible to being a 'land-friendly' disposal option. Is there any sort of > 'Saab-endorsed' way of dealing with waste oil products? 8-) In Sweden I'm sure they'll recycle. Oil collection / recycling is also used here in the UK. There are penalties for disposal in environmentally unfriendly ways. Graham
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