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Do you service your own car?

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Old Mar 17th, 2011, 22:34   #31
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Irv Gordon's P1800 has had it's oil changed every 3,000 miles for the last 40 odd years and he's done 2,700,000 miles with only a head overhaul at 2,400,000. Can the folk who don't change oil regularly achive those kind of milages?
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as motoring goes you there's such varied approaches to oil and oil changes , theres the " fear factor " side, whereby they follow manufacturers recomended spec. to the letter , with dire results if you dont heed to them, to the other end of the spectrum those who put their choice of oils in , because theyre not being " conned " by the oil companies, my old boss, the works engineer, never had his oil or filter changed, just topped up ! , I wished I'd asked his reasoning, but at the time I just thought he was stupid, mind you he never had any problems, personally I love to hear personal experiences both good and bad on the subject of oil and relability , oh for the days when you just threw in a gallon of duckhams 20w50 !
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as motoring goes you there's such varied approaches to oil and oil changes , theres the " fear factor " side, whereby they follow manufacturers recomended spec. to the letter , with dire results if you dont heed to them, to the other end of the spectrum those who put their choice of oils in , because theyre not being " conned " by the oil companies, my old boss, the works engineer, never had his oil or filter changed, just topped up ! , I wished I'd asked his reasoning, but at the time I just thought he was stupid, mind you he never had any problems, personally I love to hear personal experiences both good and bad on the subject of oil and relability , oh for the days when you just threw in a gallon of duckhams 20w50 !
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I've always been a "change oil and filter regularly" but make sure the oil is hot and you leave the car for half an hour so it can drain out. I've never had an engine fail because of oil problems (well, not since I ran the big ends on an Austin A30 thrashing it up the newly opened M1)

Now, I wonder just how good engines and oils are because nothing ever seems to fail and, from what I hear, many dealers suck the stuff out rather than open the drain plug. What does that leave behind?

I'm more interested in current gear box lubrication, where many are "lubricated for life" and often seem designed to deter anybody, professional or amateur from even getting at look at the level and condition of the oil
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I'm more interested in current gear box lubrication, where many are "lubricated for life" and often seem designed to deter anybody, professional or amateur from even getting at look at the level and condition of the oil
I agree with that, by all accounts the AW55-50 autobox is more reliable in Saab's than the Volvo's and the only difference is Saab have it as a service item ATF change at about 48k and Volvo's wording is so vauge that the dealers will amost always tell you it's not needed and never do it of their own voliton. I do mine every 4 years, and that's the first thing that's getting done on the new V70. I should say here that I'm talking about the older Asin Warner autobox. Post 07 has somthing special in them and I haven't seen much about it yet.

Irv Gordon dosn't use the Volvo spec oil for his engine by the way. He uses a diesel oil because he says it keeps it cleaner.
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