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Re: Oil
"n5hsr" <n5hsr@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> "slatt333" <slatt333@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> Does all oil basically break down after three months and is that why
>> they tell us to change it after three months?
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> Actually the problem is that the oil will only hold so much in the way of
> contaminants and the filter can only remove so much. After a while the
> filter fills up and no longer filters adequately. Check the color. Note
> that after 3 months, especially of hard driving, it's not clean anymore
> and therefore isn't doing its primary job as well, i.e. lubricating the
> engine.
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> Years ago they only recommended changing the filter with every OTHER oil
> change. Some cars had basically no real oil filter, e.g. Volkswagen
> Beetle.
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> Charles of Schaumburg
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What exactly would you define "hard driving" as? Long highway trip with no
stop, or in town traffic with many stops? I would have thought the first
one, but I would love to be sure about that.
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