Originally Posted by The_Nuke
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Originally Posted by pitzel
And given that iatrogenic maintenance mistakes are a leading cause of problems these days, particularly in DI engines (ie: changing oil too often), the minimal maintenance applied to rentals actually is a feature.
I don't know exactly what you were trying to say with that sentence, but I don't think you succeeded in saying it. Please clarify and/or restate.
Sure. Excessive oil changes, particularly with improper oil or done by actors which have lots of incentive to minimize expense (ie: dealers, quickie lubes, etc.) are well recognized as contributing to intake contamination.
"iatrogenic" means induced by the maintenance or corrective procedure itself. Its a term from medicine, but applies to vehicles as well.
Rental cars receive their maintenance per the manufacturer's schedule (or even slightly less frequently), so they don't suffer from damaging over-"maintenance". Unfortunately rental fleets are not immune from the problem of improper maintenance, but at least they're exposed to less of it.
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Originally Posted by pitzel
And given that iatrogenic maintenance mistakes are a leading cause of problems these days, particularly in DI engines (ie: changing oil too often), the minimal maintenance applied to rentals actually is a feature.
I don't know exactly what you were trying to say with that sentence, but I don't think you succeeded in saying it. Please clarify and/or restate.
Sure. Excessive oil changes, particularly with improper oil or done by actors which have lots of incentive to minimize expense (ie: dealers, quickie lubes, etc.) are well recognized as contributing to intake contamination.
"iatrogenic" means induced by the maintenance or corrective procedure itself. Its a term from medicine, but applies to vehicles as well.
Rental cars receive their maintenance per the manufacturer's schedule (or even slightly less frequently), so they don't suffer from damaging over-"maintenance". Unfortunately rental fleets are not immune from the problem of improper maintenance, but at least they're exposed to less of it.