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Date:         Fri, 7 Dec 2012 11:41:32 -0500
Reply-To:     phishman068@GMAIL.COM
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From:         Craig Cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Oil Change. Zetec
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
In-Reply-To:  <C27AAD48-1CC5-4EC1-B7A5-133458A6EBAD@SHAW.CA>
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It's more economical as it tells me something. Just changing your oil is like conducting a long term experiment and throwing away the results. My interval is whenever I feel like it, and will be more often as it wears.

-craig

On Dec 7, 2012, at 11:05 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:

> So you send out you van out for testing on a schedule? And that is more economical than changing your oil? > > Alistair > > > > On 2012-12-07, at 4:16 AM, phishman068@gmail.com wrote: > >> Hmm.... >> I guess you guys don't believe in or have experience with oil testing? >> Perhaps you didn't notice that piece of info where I said I have had the oil tested and its been passing? >> >> I no longer believe in service intervals assigned to the masses when testing and good science can prove the exact conditions on an individual basis.

>> >> One of the marine Diesel engines on a boat I run has 26gallons of expensive and specialized oil. We do not change it because "it's time", we change it because tests tell us it's time. The same can apply to a vehicle, an oil change just doesn't cost thousands of dollars in the case of the Zetec. >> >> I'm not throwing away good oil, and so far I've proven in my application the service interval is infact a great deal higher than what's "suggested".

>> >> -craig >


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