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Old 02-11-2015, 03:43 PM   #196
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Originally Posted by jdp530 View Post
I broke in my car 'like I stole it' chasing my son in his new STi Launch edition through the Rocky Mountains for three days putting 600 miles on the car. Then I went back to dealer and had them change the oil before driving 950 miles back to Texas.

Old school guy here in S Texas changing synthetic M1 5-30 oil every 3K miles or so.
Why is he changing the oil every 3k? Does he have blackstone results that indicate he's wearing that oil out THAT fast?

I'm seeing as much as 6.5-7.5k per oil change is normal using M1 from oil analysis results posted here regularly. I could give you links if wanted

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Originally Posted by yomny View Post
I change it every 6-7k using full synthetic. Based on the oil analysis i did with the Mobil 1 Blackstone labs the car would be perfectly happy using 6-7k intervals and this was city/traffic driving.. same could go for you. If you feel better changing at 3 that'll be fine but you could save a bit of money and the analysis shows you're safe to do so.
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