16 Sep 10 08:19, Roger Nelson wrote to TOM WALKER:   
      
    RN> I bring my Lincoln to two ex-Lincoln mechanics who have their own   
    RN> business and have yet to be disappointed with the quality of their   
    RN> work.  There is a message center on the dash of my car that tells me   
    RN> when I'm low on fuel or need an oil change.  I was questioned about   
    RN> the latter when I had the oil changed last week, so they no longer   
    RN> put a sticker on my car because I told them I'd be bringing it in   
    RN> whenever the message center displayed "Change Oil Now."   
      
   I don't. When the 'change oil' light comes on in my Silverado, the vehicle   
   has only 3000 miles on it after being reset from a previous oil change. I   
   use Mobile One (synthetic) in my vehicles and the oil maker's recomended   
   change is at 5000, 7500 at the latest. My dad (an auto mechanic) told me   
   about the 3000 mile rule when I was a kid. The reason he stated was that   
   dirty oil tends to sludge an engine quite fast, especially in Y-block   
   Fords of the era. I once saw the results of what he was talking about in a   
   55 Chevy that never had the oil changed; it was sludged so badly that you   
   couldn't find the push-rods in the lifter valley, nor the rocker arms in   
   the heads. That one belonged to my high school girl-friend at the time,   
   who got the car from her father as a hand-me-down. It was almost 5 years   
   old then...   
      
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