Re: FIRST oil change - 03 4 cyl Accord
 

In article <i6F%a.90727$_R5.34812511@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> ,
Gus <GusPod@XXX.optonline.net> wrote:

> I've wondered about that, thinking the frequent oil changes were a
> throwback to when motor oils didn't contain detergents. Of course, it's
> in the interest of the oil companies & dealers to perpetuate that habit.

Nope, the 3000-mile interval came around in 1979, and it was for smog
control. I have no idea why, but cars with clean oil pollute less than
cars with dirty oil. (All the guys I know in California tell me they
always change the oil just before they're smogged, since their cars can
pass the sniffer test easier with fresh oil than with used.)

When the dealers were told "we're going to a 3000-mile change interval
on the oil," the almost unanimous response was "this is gonna kill us,
we can't hang with this." Fine, said Pennzoil, we'll take matters into
our own hands...and they started a little chain of stores that did
nothing but change oil really fast. You know them as "Jiffy Lube." (Now
Pennzoil belongs to Shell and so does Jiffy Lube.)

--jmowreader

Re: FIRST oil change - 03 4 cyl Accord
 

In article <i6F%a.90727$_R5.34812511@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> ,
Gus <GusPod@XXX.optonline.net> wrote:

> I've wondered about that, thinking the frequent oil changes were a
> throwback to when motor oils didn't contain detergents. Of course, it's
> in the interest of the oil companies & dealers to perpetuate that habit.

Nope, the 3000-mile interval came around in 1979, and it was for smog
control. I have no idea why, but cars with clean oil pollute less than
cars with dirty oil. (All the guys I know in California tell me they
always change the oil just before they're smogged, since their cars can
pass the sniffer test easier with fresh oil than with used.)

When the dealers were told "we're going to a 3000-mile change interval
on the oil," the almost unanimous response was "this is gonna kill us,
we can't hang with this." Fine, said Pennzoil, we'll take matters into
our own hands...and they started a little chain of stores that did
nothing but change oil really fast. You know them as "Jiffy Lube." (Now
Pennzoil belongs to Shell and so does Jiffy Lube.)

--jmowreader