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re: Dont change your oil every 3,000 miles read this.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 7:51 am to brbowhunter
Posted on 6/20/14 at 7:51 am to brbowhunter
On a side note, the oil filter is every bit as important as the oil. Use quality filters along with a quality motor oil and your engine will last a very long time. (Jiffy lube filters are crap) Driving conditions do matter a lot. If you make lots of short trips where the motor gets hot and stays that way, the oil will break down faster and tend to gunk up faster. I also recommend using synthetic. It is worth it.
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Posted on 6/20/14 at 7:54 am to brbowhunter
I have a Honda walk behind lawn mower that I have had since 2005 and never added, checked or changed the oil and it runs like a top. FACT.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 7:58 am to brbowhunter
I monitor the oil level, add oil on occasion, and change it when it gets darker and somewhat nasty. Don't really worry about the mileage, just keep it at the full mark. I used to go the 3-5000 marks but not now.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 8:00 am to brbowhunter
I take my car in about every 3000 miles or so to get a nice vacuuming of the floorboards and proper air pressure in my tires. I spring for the oil change each time, too, while I'm there.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 8:01 am to brbowhunter
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Dont change your oil every 3,000 miles read this.
I always change mine at 5,000-6,000
Who in the world changes it that often?
Posted on 6/20/14 at 8:01 am to SabiDojo
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Posted on 6/20/14 at 8:02 am to brbowhunter
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Dont change your oil every 3,000 miles read this.
Right, because that $20 every 4 months might save a tribe in Africa
Posted on 6/20/14 at 8:05 am to GeeOH
In my old diesel, I would change the oil every 10k and change the filter every 5k. I sold the truck, but it has 320k miles on it now.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 8:10 am to brbowhunter
Had a buddy who worked on freighters back in the 60s and 70s. They used to pump the oil out of the freighter engines, filter it, put it right back in.
For his vehicle he has never changed the oil. He changes the filter every 20-30k miles and tops it off.
I go abt 15k miles between changes.
For his vehicle he has never changed the oil. He changes the filter every 20-30k miles and tops it off.
I go abt 15k miles between changes.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 8:19 am to brbowhunter
Every 10k with synthetic on my truck. Every 5k on my other vehicles with regular oil. I have always followed the manufacturers recommendations rather than oil change places.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 8:20 am to KyleOrtonsMustache
Have an upvote
Posted on 6/20/14 at 8:34 am to Ace Midnight
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Toyota has a service interval of 5000 miles, but their vehicles aren't known for their reliability.
But they only change the oil at 10k.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 8:37 am to GeeOH
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Right, because that $20 every 4 months might save a tribe in Africa
$20? No way. The Lambo requires only the finest of synthetic oils built molecule by molecule in a cleanroom level German lab, poor.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 8:49 am to brbowhunter
damn, wish this thread was around the last 10 yrs. so much money i wasted...
Posted on 6/20/14 at 9:00 am to One Story House
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I have a Honda walk behind lawn mower that I have had since 2005 and never added, checked or changed the oil and it runs like a top. FACT.
I got one in 2007 when I moved to a house with a decent yard. The only thing I put in it was gas for 6 years. I had an issue with the bolts connecting the handle to the deck wiggling loose, and last summer flipped it on its side to put them back on. When I put it back on the ground, the sumbitch wouldn't start. I was in the middle of cutting the front yard, so I rolled it to the driveway and went and bought some cheap push mower to finish the job. I put it in the back of the garage after I was done cutting. I figured I'd sell it for parts, but I pulled it out at the beginning of the summer and it fired right up.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 9:01 am to LSUwag
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On a side note, the oil filter is every bit as important as the oil. Use quality filters along with a quality motor oil and your engine will last a very long time. (Jiffy lube filters are crap) Driving conditions do matter a lot. If you make lots of short trips where the motor gets hot and stays that way, the oil will break down faster and tend to gunk up faster. I also recommend using synthetic. It is worth it.
Have a buddy who works at Baldwin Filters up here in Yankton, SD. The make all different kinds of oil filters there. High quality, cheap quality oil filters, it doesn't matter. Same materials, same construciton standards, different labels.
It's more important you regularly change your oil filter (air filter, any filter) than the brand you use.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 9:02 am to Zappas Stache
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You're supposed to change the oil? I have a jeep, they are tough.
I was friends with a girl freshman year that drove a Mercedes. She didn't know to change the oil or that there was even oil in the engine to change. She destroyed the engine.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 9:07 am to colorchangintiger
I run synthetic. Change every 8-10K miles.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 9:14 am to brbowhunter
I always went about 5k. My new car goes about 8k. My wife's car before we met went about 15k and was fine.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 9:37 am to Brettesaurus Rex
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But they only change the oil at 10k.
Um, no they don't.
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