Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site fortune.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!hpda!fortune!mbr From: mbr@fortune.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Oil change frequency Message-ID: <1264@fortune.UUCP> Date: Thu, 14-Jul-83 19:27:27 EDT Article-I.D.: fortune.1264 Posted: Thu Jul 14 19:27:27 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 16-Jul-83 01:50:19 EDT References: <495@ulysses.UUCP> Organization: Fortune Systems, San Carlos, CA Lines: 10 I own a VW Diesel Jetta, and the manufacturer's recommended oil change frequency is every 7,500 miles or 6 months. Considering that I used to change the oil every 2,000 miles in my last car (an early 70's Chrysler w/Slant-6 engine), this seems awfully long to me. Do diesel's require less frequent oil changes? Has something wonderful happened to oil in the last decade? How on earth can an engine with 4 cylinders and much higher revs than a 6-cyl go that far between oil changes? ...!fortune!mbr