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yep km, not miles. and it looks black by then. Mobil 1 0W40 euro spec oil and pt cruiser turbo size filter.
This also gives me some margin, so if I am busy and miss by 1000km or I'm on a long trip, I'm still in the 5000 mile range.
These are turbos and everything is tight margins. We're not driving big v8's that drink oil between fill ups of gas like in the old days (adding half a quart of oil a week?!? insane!)... the oil gets hot and degrades. I could have it tested, but easier to just change regularly.
My c900's still get dinosaur 10w30 oil in summer and 5 in the winter. 3000km per change (max 3000 miles). I worry less about time - some of these cars sit for quite a while between drive cycles, so even if the miles are mostly highway, they rack up slowly... so sometimes they only get new oil + filter once/year... but it is never as gross as in the 9-5.
Posts in this Thread:
- 20 K mile Mobil1 or one year WOW!!, saabsince 93b , Wed, 24 May 2017 13:36:16
- Here is a little known fact, SWEDECAR , Fri, 26 May 2017 10:37:051
- Smoke and mirrors and regulations., SWEDECAR , Thu, 25 May 2017 07:21:14
- And don't forget..., Stephen Goldberger, Mon, 29 May 2017 12:16:161
- Re: Smoke and mirrors and regulations.and saab low oil capacity, neil dale , Fri, 26 May 2017 14:19:56
- Re: Smoke and mirrors and regulations.5 K for certain, neil dale , Thu, 25 May 2017 15:14:25
- Timing chain won't hold up nm, cheaptech , Thu, 25 May 2017 08:13:30
- Role models, Boris Bubbanov, Thu, 25 May 2017 07:59:31
- Re: 20 K mile Mobil1 or one year WOW!!, Bernie , Wed, 24 May 2017 19:34:561
- Only 5K miles for me!, MI-Roger , Wed, 24 May 2017 17:05:071
- Re: 20 K mile Mobil1 or one year WOW!!, SAABing_guy, Wed, 24 May 2017 16:42:311
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