15,000 mile service
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I'm all for saving a few bucks and doing your own maintenance, but can't 15k oil changes void your warranty if, say, your engine blows?
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As far as warranty, the engine will not blow... There's almost zero chance of that... And if it does, they will replace the engine under warranty because I will make them... Besides, there is nothing that says you can't change your own oil... And there is nothing that says if you can't document service that your warranty is void...
Anyway, it's moot as the engine will not blow... Maybe at 200+ thousand miles, but so can any engine, and I won't own the car by then...
I've owned dozens of cars, engine has never blown on a single one (except the E46 M3 and that was before the first scheduled oil change and was an acknowledged defect by BMW). Hell, I've run a Honda Accord 25k miles a year between oil changes and the car ran past 200k miles with no problems... For all I know it's still going strong...
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Can't say that I agree w/ your OCI, but it's your car and your dime. But you have piqued my curiosity - would you be willing to do an UOA on your oil after the 1st change and post the results on this site. I'm curious to see what the analysis would say about your OCI . . .
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Can't say that I agree w/ your OCI, but it's your car and your dime. But you have piqued my curiosity - would you be willing to do an UOA on your oil after the 1st change and post the results on this site. I'm curious to see what the analysis would say about your OCI . . .
Send me a URL on where to order the kit from and I'll do it next time I change my oil... (Gonna be 12+ months though)
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