> interval for your car. In the states this is usually every 3K miles or 3 mo.
> As i remember, for the cars in the UK the suggested oil change interval is
> 6K or 6 months. Why there should be this difference I do not know as driving
> in the UK is typically much more stop start and shorter journeys. Since the
> USA is such a commercially oriented country this might just be a marketing
> ploy to get you to spend your $$ more often. But then again engines do
Since it's the auto manufacturers making the recommendations then I
would expect them to recommend longer rather than shorter intervals
between oil changes if commercialism was the only consideration. After
all, they're trying to sell more cars not more oil.
Actually I'm pretty sure my Chevy manual recommends 6k between oil
changes. I think 3k intervals is the "common wisdom" recommendation of
car gurus rather than Detroit.
Roland
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