An interesting article for oil changes

DANMACINSD · 04-17-2008, 09:33 PM

This was a good article on oil change periodicity. My father-in-law has been a mechanic at McCune Chrysler here in SD for over 20 years and says pretty much the same thing. The article is seemingly unbiased. I know discussions go back and forth about when to change oil. Me personally (and with my father-in-law recommendation) will do every 7500 miles. Which means, I pay for one and then BMW pays for the next...I can deal with that.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayof...nge/index.html

FrankoQ · 04-17-2008, 10:44 PM

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StoneCold · 04-18-2008, 10:43 AM

Very helpful info....Thanks for passing it on.

SC

ENINTY · 04-19-2008, 07:40 AM

So, BMW has had its service indicator in use since 1982, with extended oil intervals beyond 7,500 miles. Nice for GM and Ford to start and catch up 25 yeas later. The article was clearly discussing non-synthetic oil.

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StoneCold Captain 13 Rep 623 Posts Drives: BMW 2008 328i Coupe, Pro 02/08 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Vancouver, WA iTrader: (1)	Very helpful info....Thanks for passing it on. SC
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ENINTY Banned 173 Rep 3,415 Posts Drives: 2006 325i Sport Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Virginia iTrader: (0)	So, BMW has had its service indicator in use since 1982, with extended oil intervals beyond 7,500 miles. Nice for GM and Ford to start and catch up 25 yeas later. The article was clearly discussing non-synthetic oil.
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