3 months, 3,000 miles or.....

[Gumball]

do you change your oil every three months or 3,000 miles just because that little sticker on your windshield says so,

tell us what you do.


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[SSEi95]

I change mine about every 5k... but I run full synth. Usually my tell tail is I get sick of seeing the "change oil now" message on my trucks info center. It's set to go off every 3k or so.

[BlackHawk99]

Every 5K in the Honda. Every 3K in the Tahoe and Sonoma.

[Gumball]

for the most part I wait till my OLS (oil life system) lets me know, at the same time keeping an eye on it.
I get around 4 thousand miles and 5 months or so, when my oil life system goes off.

[00Beast]

I run full synthetic, and go 6-7500 miles on a change.

[Archon]

Now that I use synthetic, I use the oil life monitor and change it when it gets around 20%. Previously, I used the 3 month/3k miles.

[JMH1950]

I've always changed my oil at 5000 KM (3000 miles). However, I think that figure is a left over from the days when gas had lead in it. The oil would scavenge a lot of lead and it would sludge up quickly.

I've recently started using higher end synthetic oil and changing half as often, but I do replace the filter at 5000 km just because it makes me feel better.

[swampthing]

full synthetic w/ 1 qt lucas. i do pretty much the same thing as archon

[Greyhare]

My suggestion is to go by the oil life indicator if you have it and get a used oil analysis done to verify it.

I change the oil in the Jetta every 5000mi and use high end synthetic. The VW ABA 2.0l is notoriously hard on oil.

[sqela]

every 3k. my shop orders it by the drum so its pointless not to change it regularly

[bonnevillain]

Now that I use synthetic, I use the oil life monitor and change it when it gets around 20%. Previously, I used the 3 month/3k miles.

ditto

[myfirstbonnie]

On the 2k I go by the monitor, on the 89 usually 3 months because it doesn't see much use, the burb every 3k because it is driven a lot and already has over 200k on it.

[TUFFBONNEVILLE]

bonnevilles gtx 3,000 miles w/ ac delco filter
gmc full synthetic 3,000 miles w/ ac delco filter
regal every ten times out gtx w/ k&N filter

[brandonSSEi]

to often, lol, i change mine every 1500

[PRD2BDF]

every 7,500 miles.

[lewis26]

When my oil life monitor tells me too.. which is like 7500-10,000 miles.

full synthetic mobil 1 with a mobil 1 filter.

[gonzo4191]

i go 3 months, since the car is not driven much

[GXP_vince]

BMW every 4500miles and because of the warranty I have on it it has to be done by a Shop.

Jeep 4-5k

Bonneville- Umm when it was DD every 3 k. Now like every year =o

[Gumball]

to often, lol, i change mine every 1500

Really? why?

[wjcollier07]

every 25,000 miles or 12 months, whichever comes first.