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Re: Life. Liberty. And the Pursuit. [sls002]
by lemko
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Jan 10, 2007 (9:44 am)
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Replying to: sls002 (Jan 10, 2007 8:49 am)
Mine uses about 4 quarts between oil changes.
What? Geeze, if mine loses 1 qt. it's doing bad. You might have that dreaded lower crankcase seal problem. The seal is only $44, but the labor cost will kill ya. They have to yank the engine to get at it.
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Re: Life. Liberty. And the Pursuit. [sls002]
by louiswei
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Jan 10, 2007 (9:47 am)
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Replying to: sls002 (Jan 10, 2007 9:38 am)
At least it's back to being looking like this:
Saw a white one in the show room couple weeks ago, GORGEOUS...
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Re: Life. Liberty. And the Pursuit. [lemko]
by sls002
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Jan 10, 2007 (9:55 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Jan 10, 2007 9:44 am)
My garage floor is dry and clean. I am quite sure that the oil is burned. The last oil change was an annual oil change after about 10,000 miles. A quart about every 2000 miles.
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Re: Life. Liberty. And the Pursuit. [sls002]
by lemko
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Jan 10, 2007 (9:58 am)
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Replying to: sls002 (Jan 10, 2007 9:55 am)
Uh, maybe I got this wrong, but did you say you change your oil every 10K miles? Are you using synthetic? I change mine every 3K and use regular dino oil.
Here's a dumb question, but I'm going to ask it anyway. Will it hurt your car if you've been using dino oil all along and suddenly switch to synthetic?
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Re: Life. Liberty. And the Pursuit. [louiswei]
by sls002
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Jan 10, 2007 (10:02 am)
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Replying to: louiswei (Jan 10, 2007 9:47 am)
Yes, the current SL is more like what one would expect, and with the turbo V12 has decent performance, even if it can't pass a gas station. Automobile had an interesting story on it. It can get from a standstill to nearly 120 MPH in a quarter of a mile.
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Re: Life. Liberty. And the Pursuit. [lemko]
by sls002
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Jan 10, 2007 (10:06 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Jan 10, 2007 9:58 am)
I do what the oil monitor says. However, since the Chevy dealer took over Cadillac, and they have Mobil 1 synthetic for the Corvettes, I have them put 5W30 Mobil 1 synthetic in it. I usually drive my car at least 10 miles when I start it up cold in the morning, as the nearest place I would go is ten miles away. So, the engine and oil are warmed up by the time I shut it off. This makes a big difference in what the oil monitor decides for the oil change interval.
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Re: Life. Liberty. And the Pursuit. [lemko]
by bumpy
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Jan 10, 2007 (11:04 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Jan 10, 2007 9:58 am)
Will it hurt your car if you've been using dino oil all along and suddenly switch to synthetic?
No, with a few caveats. Older cars with rope seals and loose tolerances will leak like a sieve on synthetic, and cars with a LOT of miles (150k, 250k, something in there)might have problems if the synthetic loosens the accumulated gunk from the dino oil.
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Re: Cadillac...and others [nvbanker]
by laurasdada
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Jan 10, 2007 (11:24 am)
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Replying to: nvbanker (Jan 09, 2007 8:32 pm)
Actually, I believe that the XLR does have a Northstar engine. But, like the Allante, it is ridiculously overpriced. In base and -V guise. A recurring Cadillac theme...
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Re: Life. Liberty. And the Pursuit. [sls002]
by fintail
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Jan 10, 2007 (11:39 am)
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Replying to: sls002 (Jan 10, 2007 8:49 am)
The 600 was a flop? An almost 20 year production run and an endless list of celebrity clientele might say otherwise. It is a monstrously overdone car, but not a flop.
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Re: Cadillac...and others [laurasdada]
by fintail
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Jan 10, 2007 (11:41 am)
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Replying to: laurasdada (Jan 10, 2007 11:24 am)
Just as how a SL550 and CTSV are almost identical in price, but the basic non-tuned MB is barely outperformed by the top of the line tuned Caddy, like by a couple tenths .
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