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Old Aug 27th, 2018, 12:03   #16
Turbodave
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Originally Posted by Tannaton View Post
....and that's where my head is.

I would rather run a mid-price oil and change it more often than full term on a premium oil.

You get some wear from the oil deteriorating, and some wear from the contaminants and particles that the oil picks up - no matter how expensive or good it is.
Agreed.

I know oil technology has improved over the years as have engines themselves but I just struggle to get my head round running to 20k without an oil change or 40k for a fuel filter... I'm perhaps being a bit silly doing the filters every 5k but on both my diesels (2.0D and a D5) the oil and fuel filters have gone brittle and just don't look that great. Changing the fuel filter definitely makes a difference in the performance, both feel much stronger mid range so again to run to 20k or 40k just seems at best, optimistic!
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