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"Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote in message
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> "Hachiroku" <Trueno@ae86.gts> wrote in message
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>> First Oil Change for the Scion (By me, anyway)
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>> Whoever did the last one used a Genuine Fram OF and tightened it to the
>> max! I did MUCH better; I used a Bosch! (Hey...dealers are closed on
>> Sundays!)
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>> At any rate, in the Scion (if you look through the Tips and Easter Eggs I
>> posted) you can set the interval for the "Maintenance" light to start
>> flashing to tell you when to change the oil again. I set the reminder to,
>> I think (if I read it correctly) 3000 miles. It is set at the factory to
>> start flashing at 4,500 miles as a 'Reminder', and stays steady at 5,000,
>> the factory recommendation for oil changes.
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>> So, I was wondering. If I set it to 4,000 miles, it should start flashing
>> at 3,500, which I think would be a good interval to change the oil. I
>> believe it had Synthetic in it before (the oil was a reddish brown, and
>> not black) and I put in Castrol Syntech at the recommended weight.
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>> Since synthetic is supposed to be SO much better than Dino oil, I don't
>> think going 500 over 3K is going to do too much damage, esp when Toyota
>> recommends 5,000 miles, eh?[/color]
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> 500 miles, whether conventional or synthetic, will not make a difference.
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> Ray O
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This reminds me of an ancient story my late father used to tell. He worked
at
radio station WOC in Davenport, Iowa in the mid-1920s and there was a
fellow on the staff named Peter MacArthur, who walked with crutches.
He checked his oil and found it a quart low, so he dutifully put in a quart
(all of 30 or 35c
at the time) and immediately noticed that it had been 1020 miles since his
last oil change.
(for you younger readers, 1000 miles was the accepted time between changes,
and there
were likely no oil filters in those days of yore).
So poor Pete went directly to the gas station and had an oil change,
draining out and
throwing away his precious new quart of oil.

Now for the end of the story. One day Peter Macarthur noticed a job
applicant in
the office, and the young fellow was told there were no vacancies on the
staff, so he
left. Peter (on his crutches) went down the hall to the elevator where the
young man
was still waiting for the lift. He mentioned to him that while WOC had no
openings,
he had heard there was a spot open for a sportscaster on a Des Moines
station.
The young fellow thanked Pete and went on his way. Several days later, he
called
Pete to thank him again, saying he'd indeed gotten the job in Des Moines,
and would
be eternally grateful.
The young man was Ronald "Dutch" Reagan, and from then till the end of
Pete's life
he sent him a Christmas card each year with his thanks. And after Pete
died, Reagan sent
his widow a card each year as well. Whatever you may think of Reagan, he
did remember
kindnesses....forever.