How many miles between oil changes?

[Sluggo]

Windogg, nope just a plain ole Chevrolet

 

[Windogg]

Ahhh... gotcha. The best part is there is a "hour meter" like any piece of heavy duty equipment. That is a better indicator of engine use.

Windogg

 

[Sluggo]

I try not to look at the hour meter, its depressing. All those hours behind the wheel of a car, puts wasted time in perspective.

Out of curiosity, went in the garage and looked. Its within a couple of weeks of being 2 years old, and the hour meter reads......1947hrs Too much time behind the wheel for me. Glad the computer doesnt have an hour meter.

 

[Untamo]

2500 Miles - But in my car I'm a little more picky.

 

[Taz4158]

5000 KM here.

 

[err]

I never change my oil. My oil tank leaks and when it is empty, then it is the indication to add more oils. No oil changes needed, how nice

eRr

 

[Stallion]

Wifes car and the van, every 3,000 or 3 months. Jeep every 5 months, which is usually about 1,500 miles. Oldsmobile, about every 4 months which is about 250 miles if I'm lucky.

 

[jkersenbr]

2000 miles. I drive a lot of dirt/gravel/rock roads. The dust is hard on engines. Even with good air filters the oil should be changed around then.

 

[StageLeft]

6000 km recommended by subaru

 

[randomlinh]

3kish i usually change my oils.

 

[ToBeMe]

7500...............started using synthetic when I bought my new truck and that's what they recommended!

 

[Zucchini]

err,

i hope you don't drink tapwater then Your probably polluting the ground water where you live, stuffs pretty toxic.

 

[bigbootydaddy]

i have every 3k, but man, ive had the car for 8 months, and it has 18k on it already....sheesh.

 

[tinneric]

3000-5000 miles

 

[MuffD]

Always around 3,000 miles

 

[Frenchie]

3,000 with regular oil
5,000 with synthetic

 

[apoppin]

Oil and filter every 3,000 miles or about every 5 weeks. No additives. I use a mix of synthetic and conventional oil (1:3).

 

[Fearlss1]

well yeah I change mine right around 3000k...but no more than 4000k oh yeah btw penz. 10/30

 

[Wangel]

It depends on which car I am driving, the type of driving.

On my older cars, I change 3,000 for just city driving, and 6,000 for just highway driving. If there is a 50/50 mix, I change at 4,500 miles. If I'm driving my newer car with synthetic oil, I'll double the above figures for mileage. I don't run synthetic in my older cars. If I'm using one of my vehicle very hard, I'll triple the hard mileage use. Meaning, if I tow a trailer to the lake, which is 500 miles. Then I'll count that as 1500 miles in oil change miles.

Bottom line: If you don't want to calculate the type of driving and such, just change every 3,000 and you will be safe.

 

[rudder]

3000? I got a new car and the ad on tv said you can go 100,000 miles between maintenance.

 

[radiocore]

every 3-4k

 

[TomC25]

rudder

that is for a tune up

 

[thebestMAX]

Just changed mine this morning.

3 months or 3000 miles.

Just Say No to any additive.

 

[bigbootydaddy]

rudder is probobly like, oh crap, is that why my motor is clicking???

 

[Zenmervolt]

Every 3000 miles. 193,100 miles and the old girl still pulls right to redline. I'm sure 7K miles is OK if you get rid of the car around 100K miles, but 3000 is a much better interval if you want to keep the car running for a long time, as engines get older they need more protection and they have more leaks so there is more junk going into the oil that needs to be removed.

Zenmervolt

EDIT: No additives, they are junk, and I use Castrol 5W40 with a FRAM filter.