BMW has been doing the computer directed/recommended oil change thing for years. My son was told not to expect the oil service reminder to come on until after 15000 miles. It came on at 17000. He now has over 250000 miles on the car and has performed all oil changes whenever the computer said to do it, usually up around 15-18000. To satisfy warranty requirements, the oil must be on BMW's oil list (Mobil I is OK) and you must use the BMW oil filter. BMW will do this for free through the warranty period which is 60000 miles. My new Tundra recommends oil and filter changes at 5000 miles using conventional oil and 10000 using synthetic oil although those intervals are cut in half when in "severe service" Toyota performs this free of charge for the first 25000. US Army determined many years ago that they were changing engine oil far too frequently. Although they now use spectrum analysis to determine engine oil change intervals.
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Today's Featured Article - New Hitches For Your Old Tractor - by Chris Pratt. For this article, we are going to make the irrational and unlikely assumption that you purchased an older tractor that is in tip top shape and needs no immediate repairs other than an oil change and a good bath. To the newcomer planning to restore the machine, this means you have everything you need for the moment (something to sit in the shop and just look at for awhile while you read the books). To the newcomer that wants to get out and use the machine for field work, you may have already hit a major roadblock. That is the dreaded "proprietary hitch". With the exception of the
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