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Old 07-18-2005, 08:59 AM
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If this is a freshly rebuilt engine, I would change it now to get all the metal junk out of it. I'd do the same in 3000 miles then you can extend the change time. When I break in a freshly rebuilt engine, I change the oil (cheap oil) at 500, 1000, 3000 then whenever the interval should be. The best way to figure it is after you change oil at 3000, send it for an analysis. My 99 E300 has it's own crude meter and sometimes, based on the driving I do, I can go 13000 miles before a change. Sometimes 8000.
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