Oil Changes.... Every 3k or 5k miles?

[aphex]

My girlfriend has been getting them every 3k on her Hyundai, but ive always gotten them every 5k on my car....

Is every 3k overdoing it?

 

[Heisenberg]

I'm so glad you asked this question because it never comes up here.

 

[crab]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
I'm so glad you asked this question because it never comes up here.

lol

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
I'm so glad you asked this question because it never comes up here.

i see lots of threads about types of oil, but none about time.

 

[Viperoni]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
I'm so glad you asked this question because it never comes up here.

Why's my sarcasmometer acting funny? Is this another one of those stealthy YACT's?

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Depends on the car.

The Civic's on an 8000km schedule.

- M4H

 

[MrColin]

this needs a poll:

3k

5k

top up when it gets low

 

[Babbles]

I use Mobil 1 synthetic and do around every 7k miles.

 

[Vic]

Check your owners manual.

Generally, as long as you check it every ~500 miles to make sure that the oil level is topped off, you can safely go 5k miles no problems.

And yes, this topic shows up at least once a week I think.

 

[Ketteringo]

15k





or 5k

 

[Ryan]

My Toyota owners manual says 7k for normal driving, and 5k for more agressive/more city driving

 

[ultimatebob]

My car has scheduled oil changes every 10K miles, which seems to be pretty common for German cars. Most mechanics who fix domestic cars cringe when I tell them that, though.

 

[wedi42]

RTFM

 

[The Stigenator]

ford focus - 5K .. unless i use some crappy oil and the car doesnt feel right.

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

Mobil 1 full synthetic, every 3k miles

 

[NutBucket]

5-6k on mine, using Mobile1 and an OEM filter.

 

[Pliablemoose]

Dump her... She'll just keep changing her oil, once an oil changer, always an oil changer.

 

[wedi42]

whats the point of using a synthetic if your not taking advantage of the longer life of the oil?

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: johngute
whats the point of using a synthetic if your not taking advantage of the longer life of the oil?

Because it offers better protection when your engine spins 7k on a regular basis.

 

[Shawn]

I dunno but I just changed mine at 5k. Was using synthetic tho.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

2.5k on my 94 Dakota 3.9L V6, 100k miles. O/F every other change.
3.5k on her 01 Camero 3.8 V6, 44k miles. O/F every change.

Both get driven allot of short trips=no real warm up time. The Dodge's oil starts smelling
of gasoline at 2k. Its a cast iron motor with a large capacity cooling system and takes forever to get up to operating temp. and yes it has a good t-stat in it.

Smog laws have pushed manufactures into reducing water jacket capacity to facilitate
a rapid warm up. Thats a big plus for oil life. I use a decent brand of 10/30 in both,
I just dump it often.

Hopefully my next car(no more PUs) will be worthy of synthetic oil

 

[bcterps]

My new CR-V's oil should be changed every 10k miles under "normal" driving conditions, 5k under "severe" conditions.

 

[Calin]

On VW Passat 1992, the gas engines must have oil changed at 15 000 km (about 10k miles). However, as soon as I reach 10 000 km with the oil, I'll change it

Calin

P.S. The turbo-diesel engines have a smaller mileage for changing oil

 

[techfuzz]

My 2001 Honda Accord is 7,500 for normal or 3,750 miles for severe conditions. I typically change mine about every 5,000 or right before I go on a long trip.

techfuzz

 

[StageLeft]

I do 5k personally. Any more than that I know is a waste of oil/time/money. Many would say that 5k is overkill. BTW that's synthetic in the maxima, and dino in the sentra (don't care about that one as much!).