One oil change in 11000 miles?
I'm considering a beautiful, garage kept 2007 Winnie Adventurer with the W24 Workhorse chassis. Unfortunately, it has only had one oil change, and that was at 6000 miles. I also wonder about the en...
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MrWizard wrote:
It did not go 11,000 miles
It went 6000 and was changed
And is now at 5000 more, and ready for another oil change
According to the first post
Find a manufacturer of any vehicle, chassis, or gas engine that specifies that you can change your oil once in twelve years of service? This thing has been abused and neglected, and nobody with half a brain would think it's acceptable to let any engine that accumulates an average of less than a thousand miles a year end up with ONE oil change in twelve years of service. BTW, the workhorse repair manual of that era calls for an oil change every three months or three thousand miles.
http://www.irv2.com/forums/f22/workhorse-gas-chassis-maintenance-schedule-26028.html
Extreme, IMHO, but a bit different that "and now after 5-6 years of being neglected, and accumulating acids and condensation in the crankcase, it's ready for another change". No, now it's probably ready for $10K+ in repairs and maintenance to compensate for the fact that it's been abused by an idiot of an owner.
