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Old 3rd Mar 2011, 18:01
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Plasmec I think you at least partially answered your own questions viz:
Oil change every 5000 miles is = to 50 hours @ 100mph
A 2000 hr TBO = 200,000 miles so will your car engine do that without a proper inspection. Well yes maybe but then if it fails you can (hopefully) just pull over.
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