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Old 09-02-2006, 06:57 PM
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just poured it in the crank will let you know yikes!
Old 09-02-2006, 07:03 PM
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how many miles are you gonna drive til you change your oil?
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maybe 100 or so
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I just changed mine after running 150 and it was still pretty amber - at least more so than I've been told it should be, but certainly blacker than it should be after 150 miles.

I'd suggest running it to like.. 200. I've changed oil without seafoaming after 5000 miles that was dirtier than my fresh, seafoamed oil after ~150
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drove 50 last night so i could try to get the oill change out of the way
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My oil has had seafoam for about 100 miles, still pretty clean for a 3500 oil. I'm going to drive another 50 miles before changing the oil.




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