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If you read an owners manual for just about any car from 20-25 years ago, you will see recommended oil change intervals of 3-5000 miles, and suggestions about varying the speed which meant to slowly accelerate up to a speed, then lifting off to creat a vacuum, which would help suck a little oil up past the rings to help them seat.
Now dial yourself back to the year 2002 and read your owners manual which was written by engineers who are current on the technology of lubricants, metallurgy, and most importantly, reliability and warranty.
They now say that the synthetic oil that is shipped in your car is fine to intervals of 10,000 miles, and the break in interval is much shorter now than in years past. My question for all the people who keep harpingon a specific brand or grade of oil, and even the type of filter is very simple. How would you be in a position to know more than the engineers who designed the engine, and the bean counters who run the waranty department and would have to pay for premature wear or failures if those 10K intervals were not OK?
If you have 700 miles on your motor at this point, there is no need to be babying it in a break in mode. Just drive normaly, which means within red line, and no boost till the engine is up to temperature.
Saabs are now shipped with full synthetic oil, no the semi synthetic of the past few years. use what they suggest.
Although I read a lot of posts here and realize that some contributors are quite knowledgeble about motors and things mechanical, I still question whether anyone on the board is more qualified to suggest service and maintenance policies than the folks who have to stand behind the product.
I'm a log time 3,000 mile oil changer who is going to 10K in my new Aero,cause if it breaks, Saab picks up the tab, and I know for a fact that they do not want to be paying for hand grenading engines.
Fire back when armed with facts that will refute Saab's technical data.
posted by 24.128.25...
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