Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 10:10:32 -0400 From: Malt_Hound <Malt_Houndnospamm*yahoo.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-) > > Regards, > > Craig. > We have regular waste oil collection days in town where it is used to fuel a heating plant. -Fred W