Date:         Thu, 7 Mar 2002 12:31:29 -0600
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Knocking noise from lifters
Comments: To: kadm@PUGETSOUND.NET
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If you're only going 3500 miles a year then just change it once every two
years, you've probably got five years before any engine damage will
appear.

Stan Wilder

On Thu, 7 Mar 2002 09:10:14 -0800 Dana Morphew <kadm@PUGETSOUND.NET>
writes:
> I know condensation will continue to be a fact of life.  My thought
> was that
> perhaps some of the synthetic oil producers might, by now, have
> increased the
> additives that are responsible for the total base number of the oil
> and thereby
> combat the tendency of unneutralized acid to etch-away at the engine
> innards.
> This would seem to go hand in hand with extended mileage drain
> interval claims.
> The "C" rated diesel oils do this already, so I know it's possible
> to do so and
> still retain the needed lubricity.  I also know that oil producers
> are in it to
> make money...
>
> -Dana-
>
> Stan Wilder wrote:
> >
> > Crankcase condensation prohibits annual oil changes even if you
> only
> > drive 500 miles a year.
> > If you only drive 3500 miles a year you still need to change it
> about
> > twice a year with either oil.
> >
>

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