CAR STUFF: How often do you guys check the oil?

[Jerboy]

I seldom do and boy was I surprised when I checked it after putting 2,500miles on current oil. . The oil level was so low it gulped down two whole liters of oil. I swear I put four liters in when I changed it last so that means its using about a liter every 1,250miles :Q I'm lucky my engine didn't blow running on half the oil capacity.

 

[cressida]

hm.. it depends on your car... I have an old toyota and it drinks oil pretty quick so I check it close to every week and a half. Otherwise for new cars, every 3k miles ..

 

[JACKHAMMER]

everytime I put gas in it.





<< Otherwise for new cars, every 3k miles .. >>



Definitwly WAY TOO long, even for a new car.

 

[Kenazo]

1L of oil = 500 kms 🙂 i get worse oil milage than gas milage. 🙂

 

[DuffmanOhYeah]

well, my car is 14 years old, so I check every couple of weeks.....just to be safe.

 

[Herbman]

New cars rarely burn that much oil.

A good rule of thumb on older cars is once a week. 30 sec of time can save lots of $$$

 

[notfred]

about once a month.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

about every 4000 or 5000 miles, i just take it in, never check it 🙂

 

[ShadowHunter]

I check my oil quite often, shes burns up about a quart every thousand miles; not too bad.

 

[LethalWolfe]

I try and give everything under the hood a once over every other time I get gas (so, twice a month).

Lethal

 

[RambleOn]

Whenever I think of it. I've got a 92 Buick Century with a 3.3liter engine, it's got 106k miles on the clock, and amazingly it only drinks about about 1/2 quart every 3500 miles.

 

[eshrai]

i should check it more often...i just make notfred do it... 😉

 

[notfred]

<< i should check it more often...i just make notfred do it... 😉 >>



Yeah, I think your car is still low.

 

Every Day

I chose "other" 😉

 

[RJ45]

about every 6000 miles and then I might get it changed

 

[Rent]

Usually twice a week.

 

[Pastore]

never check it, take it in every 3000 miles... i dont care if its just a ploy to get me in more often, it can never hurt your car to change oil too much

 

[StageLeft]

sh*tkabobs I never knew oil could get drunk so readily by an engine. I just assumed to get it done when you take it in but I've now decided to have it checked more often. It's one of the few things I can do.

 

[Zenmervolt]

I check mine about once a month, but I've never needed to. 204,000 miles and 13 years on the original engine internals (pistons, rings, etc.) and it doesn't burn any discernable amount of oil between changes (3,000 miles). 🙂

ZV

 

[MajesticMoose]

I check mine pretty much weekly. If i don't watch my speed on the highway and take it easy on the back roads, it'll burn a quart in 40 miles.

m00se

BTW, thanks for the reminder

 

[jjones]

i check the oil about once a week or so; depends how much driving i'm doing