[SEL] Honda oil plug OT

[bill at antique-engines.com]

SHORT? I go 1,000 on classic cars, 3,000 miles on new cars, not a spec over.
And they last and last and last...........
Never wore out a single internal engine part.
My Javelin will get an oil change every 1,000 miles, the 95 truck and 03
jeep, every 3,000.
After seeing inside engines all these years when people go over that, it's
scary.
Of course, if you put THAT many miles on it's probably all highway or
higher speed longer drives, which helps.

Bill

> On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 20:16:48 EST, Germoamer at aol.com <Germoamer at aol.com>
> wrote:
>> Here is a question for all you automotive mechanics out there.
>>
>> I own a 1993 Honda Accord we bought new, now has 160,000 miles, been
>> >serviced only by the local Honda dealer with approximately 4000 miles
>> between oil
>> changes.  So, that is 40 times the oil plug has been screwed in and out.
>>  We >now use the car as a spare and only drive once in a while.
>
> That seems an awfully short period between oil changes, Tom. Our old
> Isuzu diesel van used to have 4000 mile changes, about once a month,
> but most other things we have had since are 12,000 miles or 20,000
> miles between changes, and they are diesels. If yours is a petrol
> engine then I would have expected a much longer period than 4000
> miles. Is that in the service book?
>
> Peter
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