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Although the oil was not that bad apparently the oil coming from cars running for two years is black like treacle!

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Although the oil was not that bad apparently the oil coming from cars running for two years is black like treacle!

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Those of you who do lower mileage in your cars, what do you do regarding service intervals? Do you stick to the 12 months even if you've only done 6000 miles or do you wait until you've done the 12000 (2years) Thanks

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I personally will have the service done as per schedule i.e. mileage or time, whichever comes first.

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Dave's advice is certainly what you'd get from the Indies, even on 2004MY cars which officially have a 2yr servicing interval.

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I normally average 6k miles per year and will be servicing mine yearly.

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Full service OK thanks for the info, wasn't sure if people just did an interim oil service if mileage wasn't met.

POST 6Original post

With my 993... I just serviced it based on Mileage (not time), otherwise it would have been at the garage every 5,000km. 800km of which was the return trip to the Dealership... I think the Turbo I'll do on time thoe as I anticipate doing a few more miles a year in it...

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I was chatting to my mechanic about this very issue.My 2002 facelift has around 60K on the clock. Had an annual service after another 9.5K this year. Although the oil was not that bad apparently the oil coming from cars running for two years is black like treacle! Now Im no hydrocarbons expert but oil is there to lubricate and relies on being able to coat all parts that it comes in contact with. So although my oil was not totally thrashed I will be changing mine every 5K from now on to make sure the engine has the best possible chance of a long life, service will remain as the book recommends but with the extra lube change at 6months. I would never let the service intervals slip> Regards M :thumb:

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