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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by igotoneforya
ON the topic of oil. I use the MC 5W20 and change it every 25-2800 which is usually every 4 months with 5 months and 3100 being the longest yet. Is there reason to change oil at the magical 90 days if I am only at 18-2000 miles? I own 3 vehicles and 2 bikes making 3000 miles in 90 days tough without traveling.
No one can determine the amount of condensation that a particular engine is subjected to, so the 90 days vs size of oil pan/engine area vs amount of oil in pan was a standardized time frame.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 12:42 PM
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As always, Fred, good post!

Good point about the backflow washing out the crap from the filter, too!
 
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