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Subject: Re: Subaru Turbo questions - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 15-Feb-84 05:46:14 EST
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inmet!grw    Feb 14 10:56:00 1984

I owned a 1980 Subary 1600cc for two years and found that changing the oil
every 2500 miles was essential.  Of course I could not afford a second and
third Subaru (one on which the oil was changed every 10,000 miles and one on
which the oil was changed every 7,500 miles as a control) but my experience
with other cars has taught me what oil that's ready to be changed looks like
and after 2,500 miles (of mostly highway driving) that Subaru's oil had
had it.  I always used high quality oil (Penzoil or Quaker State 10W-40 in
the winter, Valvoline 20W-50 in the summer) and I always changed the filter
when I changed the oil.

After 50,000 miles I sold the car.  I never had any engine trouble of any
kind, I never burned a drop of oil (and beleive me I checked).  I might add
that on two occasions I had to let the change go for 4,000 (and in one case
almost 5,000 miles) and in both cases engine noise (valves/lifters) and
gas consumption rose appreciably.  That 5,000 mile oil ran out of the crank-
case like water; it had given up!

Look, if the non-turbo 1600 engine ran hot enough to destroy oil in, let's
say 2,500 miles, your turbo has got to do the same thing.  In the long run
changing oil every 2,500 miles is very inexpensive compared to the cost and
agravation of even a single major engine problem.  Why fight it?