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    Does adding oil mid-interval extend the change?

    In the EU, most new (pro 2005) user manuals state that the change interval can be set for 20,000 miles or 30,000 kilometres for diesel and petrol vehicles as well. With the sidenote (obviously in size 5 Arial) that short trips, commutes and heavy loads might even decrease this interval to 5000...
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    Oil leaks and/or engine damage by high speeds?

    Exactly, just as mightymousetech says above me. A gently warmed engine running oil in the 90-105ish degrees celsius range can be revved like there is no tomorrow. Should not cause any issue at all. When driving in the high rpm range, more frequent oil level check is recommended though.
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    Cognitive oil testing - database of friction tests

    Hello Ladies and Gentlemen, I am new guy to this forum, and I would like to start as contributing to the masses. I have found a guy in Eastern Europe who tests motor oils on friction and couple of other tests. His youtube channel is called Piotr Tester where he has all the friction tests on...
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    Oil leaks and/or engine damage by high speeds?

    Hi Jaha24k, That can happen ONLY if you switched from dino oil to synth in specific cases. Detergents might clean gunk at seals which were sealing before thus they start to release some fluids. There are seal swell additives today in synths, so this is generally not a problem. To answer your...
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    I´m a new member and using MAnnol oil

    Hi Franz, It's good to see that others have also found Mannol here in Europe - best bang for the buck. Synthetic products hold up to the freshest specs and approvals YET they cost 50% of what a Mobil 1, Valvoline costs not to mention Motul and other "high performance" products. There is a guy...
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