Warren wrote:
>
> All I found was a
> > recommendation to change oil within 600 miles after the oil change lite
> > comes on. Is this the accepted interval or does everybody go by the 3000
> > mile standard. Have I missed something?
> > John
>
> I like the supposed engineering behind the Oil Life Monitor - but old habits
> die hard. I did do my first change early because the monitor came on at
> 2,466, and the car was manufactured 4 months before I bought it, and 7
> months before the monitor came on, so the oil was getting old. But even when
> I bought the car at the dealership and was told of the "Oil Life" feature,
> those in sales told me "confidentially, we still like the 3 mos. / 3,000
> miles rule of thumb ourselves..."

They particularly like it if you pay them to do the oil
change.

Ed