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My twopenny worth
When I first started motoring some 40 years ago we couldn't afford new cars (ooh) so we were constantly rebuilding old cars and engines. It was recommended that after a rebuild (or on a new engine) that the engine oil was drained (and flushed) after about 500 miles. It was amazing the amount of metallic fillings and stuff that came out in these oil changes. They don't seem to bother now. I think I will have my filter & oil changed at about 6,000 miles as a precaution.
About 20 years ago I had bought a second hand VW Passat with low mileage on & as part of the warranty conditions you had to have the oil & filter changed every 3,000 miles that engine did many tens of thousands of trouble free miles.
In the UK apparently you can have the car serviced at a non Mercedes garage and you would not lose your warranty, provided that you use Mercedes parts and oil to recommended standards. (You will ,however, more than likely lose the mobolife recovery warranty as I think that is dependant on the car being serviced by Mercedes).
The trouble in the UK is that the recommended oil costs a fortune about £ 10 a litre which makes you wonder if it is worth changing it every few thousand miles.
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