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Lpg Conversion And Oil Change Intervals

samuri

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Considering that most oils on the market are not that great to begin with, and the fact that we probably all drive our cars harder than grandmas churcher, you should probably not worry bout the $3 saving you will get from extended interval changes ;)

In other words, keep changing your oil at the recommended interval regardless.

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Considering that most oils on the market are not that great to begin with, and the fact that we probably all drive our cars harder than grandmas churcher, you should probably not worry bout the $3 saving you will get from extended interval changes ;)

In other words, keep changing your oil at the recommended interval regardless.

If the oil contamination is much less,why still pursue the same regime?

I have read 20,000km plus for oil changes for those on LPG . I have no experience but I always like to check information from those who have.

Given synthetic oil costs and

oil filter costs ( without labour costs and the inconvenience of finding time to have an oil change) you

could easily be spending an additional $ 350 extra if you

change your oil at 5000k intervals instead of 20,000k.

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petrol contamination is only a small part of what happens to your oil while your motor is running... oils lose viscosity over time, cleaning additives stop working and froth up, things like that arent just contamination. i guess heat cycling and running it through a pump constantly must take its toll in some way too. i'd suspect its the people who sell/install lpg that will tell you its a miracle fuel that prolongs service intervals etc

i'm no expert so take what i say with a grain of salt :P

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never failed to surprise me how clean the oil stayed in my lpg work falcon . the thing did over 200 kays a day . every week . bout 50 kays a day was offroad in subdivisions. once got to 30-000 over the oil change and it was still clean .

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