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Lessons for Saab owners from Oil Life Study of Mobil 1
Posted by J (more from J) on Fri, 12 Dec 2003 22:31:00
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Mobil 1 oil life study has been completed by some dude calling himself
3 Mad Ponchos (3MP), if you ask me he's 3 Ponchos short of a ward-drobe :-)
However, the study is very informative, and 3MP did the Math and he says
that Mobil 1 is only good for 10,000 miles in a naturally aspirated V8.
For Saab fully synthetic 0W-30, you may get away with a few more miles
in a naturally aspirated engine due to strong TBN. However, we all drive
turbo automobiles. So, by no means should you exceed 10,000 miles with
even Saab fully synthetic 0W-30.
Also, regular service oil is Saab synthetic blend 5W-30, which in a
turbo engine should have passed its useful life somewhere between 5,000
and 10,000 miles. So, maybe this is why Saab mechanics are seeing sludge
related problems.
My recommendation, along with those of a lot of others, is to change oil
every 5,000 miles.
Now, there's data to back up this recommendation.
thanks
Jae
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Mobil 1 Oil Life Study
Posts in this Thread:
- Lessons for Saab owners from Oil Life Study of Mobil 1, J, Fri, 12 Dec 2003 22:31:00 <-- Viewing This Message
- Problems lie in the oil filter, not the oil!, DavidFL, Mon, 15 Dec 2003 10:44:55
- Re: Lessons for Saab owners from Oil Life Study of Mobil 1, Dean, Sat, 13 Dec 2003 08:57:58
- As printed in NINES, Stephen Goldberger, Sat, 13 Dec 2003 08:19:39
- I think you vastly simplified their results..., PLC, Sat, 13 Dec 2003 06:26:37
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