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Posted: 4/25/2017 8:01:03 PM EDT

[#1]

0w20. wtf is that?

Posted: 4/25/2017 8:02:13 PM EDT

[#2]

Manual says 7500. So 7500.

Posted: 4/25/2017 8:03:09 PM EDT

[#3]

I like to do a spring and fall on everything. My wife's car gets more cause we drive it allover.

Posted: 4/25/2017 8:08:39 PM EDT

[#4]

i tend to do every 5000miles but as of late i don't drive much so it's ether 5000miles or 6 months. a lot of short drives can be bad on oil also.

Posted: 4/25/2017 8:08:59 PM EDT

[#5]

I basically do what the manufacturer recommends. That's 5k miles in the Lexus, and using the oil life minder in the Mustang (but I try to change it before 10%, which is about 8-9k). Both using synthetic blends.

Posted: 4/25/2017 8:21:12 PM EDT

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Every 2000 miles MAX. Usually at 1500 miles. Fully synthetic oil and additives. 10 friggin quarts of it too.

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Tractor?

Posted: 4/25/2017 8:24:53 PM EDT

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In the car, ~every 5000 miles. In the truck, when it tells me to.

Posted: 4/25/2017 8:26:39 PM EDT

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Holy shit. Do you work from home?

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About 2K. But that's 6 months of driving. Last change the service guy said it had been a year since my last visit. Oops!

I don't drive much. I have a 2002 Ranger with a bit more than 56K miles.

Holy shit. Do you work from home?

It's called retirement

But when I did work the office was only 9 miles from home, so I didn't rack up huge miles. Weekends and trips, we took the wifes car

Posted: 4/25/2017 8:31:04 PM EDT

[#9]

Never, car has no engine oil

Posted: 4/25/2017 8:31:22 PM EDT

[#10]

once a year per factory recommendations

Posted: 4/25/2017 8:34:33 PM EDT

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Never, car has no engine oil

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I just pour mine all over the engine to keep it lubricated. Only downside is the smell and smoke always coming from underneath the hood.

Posted: 4/25/2017 8:41:32 PM EDT

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Car in my avatar gets full synthetic every 7500.

Winter beater Subaru every 4-5000

1994 Ranger every 4-5000

Honda Superhawk once a year. I need to ride more

Arctic cat wheeler twice a year. We do some poker runs that can be pretty dusty in the summer and it's my plow vehicle in the winter.

Posted: 4/25/2017 8:46:37 PM EDT

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Both my current vehicles call for changes every 5000 miles, and that's what I do.

My wife's old Saturn manual said to change when the light came on, but everyone I talked to said to screw that and change it every 3000, because it was sensitive to older oil, because it was a POS. My wife said she could tell a difference driving it. I'm glad it got wrecked.

Posted: 4/25/2017 8:47:26 PM EDT

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I have about 258000 miles on my daily driver 2008 Ram 1500 and it gets fresh oil and filter every 5000 miles.

The on board computer prompts me to change the oil but it seems to want to go about 8-10 thousand miles between changes and I don't think that is good for my vehicle.

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lol, that's what it wants you to do, because that's what it's designed to do.

Posted: 4/25/2017 8:47:33 PM EDT

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My vehicle has a "maintenance minder". I DO NOT KNOW HOW IT WORKS. The honda manual says

Based on engine and transmission operating conditions, and accumulated engine revolutions, your Honda's onboard computer (ECM/PCM) calculates the remaining engine oil and the transmission fluid life. The system also displays the remaining engine oil life along with the code(s) for other scheduled maintenance items needing service.

but I can't find anything online that discusses actual parameters like oil nephology, clarity, or conductivity, weighted inputs, RMS and Peak values etc. It's magic.

So i do what it says.

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Big words scare me.

Posted: 4/25/2017 8:48:13 PM EDT

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I put Royal Purple 5w30 in my 3 trucks, the sled and the snowthrower. One truck is a '76 F150 with 275k miles on it. Synthetic oil for the win with high mileage vehicles. Dependability = worth it.

Posted: 4/25/2017 8:48:33 PM EDT

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I used to do one year or 5000 miles. I was usually changing it at the year mark. Now I change it when the light comes on.

Posted: 4/25/2017 8:50:30 PM EDT

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5000 on my diesel. I let the car tell me when to change it. That said, this last change I did at 8000 as I was tired of waiting for it to say change oil.

Posted: 4/25/2017 8:54:26 PM EDT

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5,000 miles is my standard on oil and filter. Mobile 1 synthetic. It was a bit expensive when I drove 55,000 miles a year. Now, because of my health, I only drive 5,000 a year, if that much. I put 80 miles on my car last month, and I only have about 40 this month.

So, now my schedule is time based. I change once every 6 months.

If your driving is highway, paved roads mostly, and you don't sit in city traffic for long periods of time, even 5,000 is early, and really 7500 is fine in a climate like South Carolina. In Texas or Arizona, 5,000 is about right. If you sit in a lot of traffic most of the time, or tow something, or go off road a ton, then 3000 miles is probable a good interval.

Posted: 4/25/2017 9:06:05 PM EDT

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My vehicle has a "maintenance minder". I DO NOT KNOW HOW IT WORKS. The honda manual says

Based on engine and transmission operating conditions, and accumulated engine revolutions, your Honda's onboard computer (ECM/PCM) calculates the remaining engine oil and the transmission fluid life. The system also displays the remaining engine oil life along with the code(s) for other scheduled maintenance items needing service.

but I can't find anything online that discusses actual parameters like oil nephology, clarity, or conductivity, weighted inputs, RMS and Peak values etc. It's magic.

So i do what it says.

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Not magic.

Honda MM (and probably all the others) counts crank turns and LTFT (Long Term Fuel Trim - the average amount of fuel being injected per cycle), and uses a proprietary algorithm to determine when, based on known rates of accumulation of unburned HC, soot/ash/carbon/H20 accumulation in the oil, dilution is sufficient to pose a wear risk.

Believe in it. It's Science.

Posted: 4/25/2017 9:06:35 PM EDT

[#21]

7500 which is once a year. Mobile 1 synthetic and mobile one filter. 4.7 tundra.

Posted: 4/25/2017 9:15:09 PM EDT

[#22]

5k in my truck. Before it was turbo'd I'd do it every 7-9k.

Posted: 4/25/2017 9:18:27 PM EDT

[#23]

Every 5k miles, which works out to every 2 months of driving for me.

I drive 140 miles a day for work. Bought a 2017 Hyundai Elantra in August 2016 and it has 33k miles on it now.

The dealer wanted me to bring it in every 3000 miles for an oil change using regular oil. That would be once a month.

So i use s Mobil 1 and Wix filters do it every 5k

Posted: 4/25/2017 9:20:36 PM EDT

[#24]

Based upon my Blackstone oil test results.

Everything else is just guessing.

Posted: 4/25/2017 9:24:24 PM EDT

[#25]

10k + the miles it takes me to get around to it. Another few hundred.

I use mobile 1 extended performance and matching filters. Supposed to be good for 15K. I'm comfortable at 10K.

The new SS is still around 5K using the free GM oil changes. I'll go 10K when I start doing it.

Posted: 4/25/2017 9:29:20 PM EDT

[#26]

Every 5000 with Mobil 1, 5W-30 or Shell Rotella T6 5w40 and a M-301 filter. The filter is 3 times bigger than the factory filter.

Posted: 4/25/2017 9:34:12 PM EDT

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For shits and giggles and since I had more spares than I'd like to admit I went 60k on a GM 3.1L motor with Mobil 1 only adding as needed and doing filter changes every 10-20k? I can only recall 3 filter changes during that whole time. Car sat 5 years, driven around the block once every few months by my dad, moved back to the states and put another 5k on before I finally changed it. Built up motor, too much boost. Never expected the fucker to last longer than 6k considering how I thrashed it. Finally blew it last week fucking with a STI, oil pickup tube came off, couldn't be fucked waiting for a tow, drove it home knocking like a mother fucker the last 4 miles. Grabbed a spare, swapped a few things, couple new things replaced probably won't try it again though.

Posted: 4/25/2017 9:38:46 PM EDT

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2010 crown Vic..... I change around 13,000mi with synthetic. I drive highway 90% of the time, 140mi a day. Coming up on 200,000mi now.

And it's one of those dreaded police auction cars.

Last Vic I changed at 10,000mi, but sadly wrecked.

Posted: 4/25/2017 9:42:24 PM EDT

[#29]

Whenever the GM Oil Life Monitor says it is time. I use Mobil1 though. That said, back in the day had a 1980 Mustang and a 1984 Thunderbird that I changed the oil ever 7,500 miles in using Motorcraft dino oiil and at 125K miles the 4 banger in the Mustang was clean as a whistle inside. Never went into the T-bird's 302 and it was still running great at 200k.

Posted: 4/25/2017 9:45:54 PM EDT

[#30]

In the vehicles using Mobil 1 it's every 6,000 miles.

In the old IROC I use regular 10W40 and it gets an oil/filter change every 3,000 miles.

Posted: 4/25/2017 9:46:10 PM EDT

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I change my oil on my Ford Explorer Sport Ecoboost twin turbo at the local reliable oil change place. I follow the computer that calculates when its due. They
use a semi synthetic oil. My guess is 10k miles or so when the signal comes on. 72k miles and has never burned a drop and I check.

The oil chance guy today said Chevy trucks burn copious amounts of oil between changes.

My wife's BMW TT 4 cyl has 15k mile oil change intervals.

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FWIW, wife has 2012 K1500 Suburban w/ 5.3 and AFM. Have used M1 Extended Performance and QSUD w/ AC Delco filter until they went to plastic internals, now use Fram XG. Does not burn or blow a drop. Fair to say some, especially 2011 and earlier 5.3 motors have oil issues but I think GM pretty well fixed it by 2012. I use the onboard OLM to tell me when to change. Normally around 9K.

F150 4x4 5.0, use OLM to tell me. Use MC 5W20 semi-synthetic w/ MC filter. Normally around 7-8K.

Posted: 4/25/2017 9:46:38 PM EDT

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My F-150 has a nifty oil life % indicator, so I follow that. Figure they wouldn't put it in if it didn't work. I drive pretty normal.

Posted: 4/25/2017 9:46:45 PM EDT

[#33]

Every 7,500 miles.

Posted: 4/25/2017 9:50:19 PM EDT

[#34]

Twice a year, in spring and fall, mobil 1 synthetic

Posted: 4/25/2017 9:52:08 PM EDT

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Not magic.

Honda MM (and probably all the others) counts crank turns and LTFT (Long Term Fuel Trim - the average amount of fuel being injected per cycle), and uses a proprietary algorithm to determine when, based on known rates of accumulation of unburned HC, soot/ash/carbon/H20 accumulation in the oil, dilution is sufficient to pose a wear risk.

Believe in it. It's Science.

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Those interested in the OLM and how it works can jump over to BobistheOilGuy (bitog.com) and read about it. The science is solid and it is based on lots of testing.

I am curious if those doing short (3-5000 mile) intervals have ever considered having the their oil tested.

Posted: 4/25/2017 9:52:29 PM EDT

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My mechanic does a PM on every unit every 6 weeks....I think ?

Idk he normally just grabs the keys and tells me he will bring it back

Typically though it is about 6-8k miles by then

Posted: 4/25/2017 9:57:48 PM EDT

[#37]

I use good oil. Usually change it somewhere between 3500-5000 miles...whenever I have time. I also try to pull an oil sample on everything at least once a year.

Posted: 4/25/2017 10:01:59 PM EDT

[#38]

I just do what the vehicle says to do.

Posted: 4/25/2017 10:03:02 PM EDT

[#39]

The minivan calls for 5k intervals, so that is what it gets.
The CRV computer tells me when. It doesn't get many miles, so it has been a while since it got changed. Usually ~7k intervals it seems though.

Posted: 4/25/2017 10:03:43 PM EDT

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I don't change the oil in my Tacoma. I have the dealer do it. I bought the lifetime oil change for $400/ 4 times a year. I'm 8 years into it.

Posted: 4/25/2017 10:10:29 PM EDT

[#41]

Oil thread and your mom is a cunt....

I kid

2014 Tacoma and 2012 Rav4: both full syn, 5k
2016 Kawi Versys 1000: full syn 3k
2006 KLR650: whateveroil 3k
2004 Subaru Outback H6: part syn high mileage 3.5k

Lube in the bedroom...NEVER

Posted: 4/25/2017 10:17:03 PM EDT

[#42]

Mobile 1 and filter every 5,000 miles.

Posted: 4/25/2017 10:20:14 PM EDT

[#43]

About 7500 miles

Posted: 4/25/2017 10:28:23 PM EDT

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I have two diesel pickups which get oil changes at 15k. I do take oil samples every other oil change (when I remember) and send em out for testing.

Posted: 4/25/2017 10:52:51 PM EDT

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I got one of them EXPENSIVE, HIGH MAINTENANCE

, diesel pickups

between 12-15K miles, when the oil life indicator says it needs it

Posted: 4/25/2017 11:10:54 PM EDT

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My 2011 Silverado 1500 gets it whenever the computer complains. So far, it's gotten repeated doses of Mobil 1 Advanced Full Synthetic. I might switch to ACDelco Full Synthetic. Not sure. I like to keep things as factory as possible.