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posted October 19, 2003 02:37 PM --------------------------------------------------------------------------------I remember years ago when I got my first Volvo I use to see the BMW's at my dealer monthly with hoods up and engines pulled. I once said boy am I glad I bought the Volvo over the BMW. Well it turns out that all those seized engines were caused by oil neglect. As the story went the husband bought the wife the car and she never changed the oil. Everyone of these engines seized between 30K and 35K on their free first 600 - 1200 mile break-in oil change. This wasn't a random or rare case this was 2 or 3 cars a month.There was a case last month at my dealer where a woman with a Cross Country had her car towed in with a large hole in the block. When they asked her what happened, she said the car just stopped.I didn't get the mileage on the car but heard she could not produce one receipt for an oil change since buying the car. When they pushed the question on what noises the car was making before it stopped or if any lights lit up on the dash board. She said nothing happened it just stopped running. Yeh, no lights or noise just before a rod punched a 5 inch hole in the side of engine block. "
Fred..
