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So, I was glancing through the manuals today because I remember we had a discussion about turbos being considered severe service schedule for oil changes.
Now, the Ascent only comes in a turbo, so I find it interesting that the manual specifies the usual 6000 with the * that describes severe driving and to do that at 3000 intervals.
That being said I stumbled on a line or two in my 2011 manual that said all turbos are considered severe. I can’t see this in the current ones, but I did stumble on this article from cars101, see the attached screenshot.
Any type of urban driving constitutes severe service.
It (cars101) suggests you change out the CVTF at 24,855 miles which is 40k kilometers under severe. However the caviat in the CVTF notes that suggests that this is indicative of towing only...
Just wanted to get us talking about it. I think I’m going to run 3000 intervals. It’s pretty cheap insurance. Same with the CVTF- I’ll do that every 60k.
Now, the Ascent only comes in a turbo, so I find it interesting that the manual specifies the usual 6000 with the * that describes severe driving and to do that at 3000 intervals.
That being said I stumbled on a line or two in my 2011 manual that said all turbos are considered severe. I can’t see this in the current ones, but I did stumble on this article from cars101, see the attached screenshot.
Any type of urban driving constitutes severe service.
It (cars101) suggests you change out the CVTF at 24,855 miles which is 40k kilometers under severe. However the caviat in the CVTF notes that suggests that this is indicative of towing only...
Just wanted to get us talking about it. I think I’m going to run 3000 intervals. It’s pretty cheap insurance. Same with the CVTF- I’ll do that every 60k.
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