Marsanne wrote: > The guys on "Car Talk" (NPR) say that if you change your vehicle's oil TWICE as > often as the manual recommends the engine will last indefinitely! I am pushing > 100,000 on my Jeep Cherokee, have done all the normal scheduled maintenance, > without fail. No major problems, and its a good kayak vehicle. I am going to > push it as long as possible. I am thinking my next vehicle will be the one I > try to keep forever and see if these guys are right. I will do another post > here in 30 or 40 years to let you all know if that worked out. <G> The way > things are sounding, it will probably be the Subaru. > If you want to have the internals of a paddling vehicle's engine last forever, I highly recommend the use of a synthetic motor oil. My Mitsu pickup blew a head gasket at 195K miles. While that was being replaced, the mechanic checked the piston/crankshaft bearings and found *absolutely no wear*, which I attribute to exclusive use of Mobil 1 oil for the entire life of the vehicle. The oil change interval used with Mobil 1 oil was 8-12K miles. Changing the oil twice as often as recommended with regular oil would cost about the same as using synthetic oil, but would be 4-6 times as much work. I've still got the Mitsu - now at 244K - but mechanical components other than the engine make it untrustworthy for longer trips. Erik Sprenne (who bought a used Camry wagon to replace the Mitsu) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jan 14 2003 - 00:36:12 PST
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