3k oil change or naw?

the first oil change i think i got it done at 4k. i normally change it between 3 and 4k

 

i did the early oil change for my bike due to the break in process and all that metal shaving and all that good jazz.... after that i did it every 3-4k ... but now that i dont ride too often, i do it every 5.

 

Barely remember it being that new but I went 7k....now have 105000....never any issues.

 

I'm doing 3K intervals because of the short trips in cold weather and also rock crawling (lots of going slow and idling) and also the strain from when I tow.

 

After a "Motoman" break-in, I did my first oil change at 100 miles and then 3K and 7K with synthetic oil from then on.

No problems.

 

Wait.

 

I vote go back in time and change it at 1k. Change it a second time when you hit 4k. Then every 4-5k after that.

I always do the first couple early and get some of 'glitter' in the bottom of the pan.

 

My previous vehicles all made noticeably more noise as the engine oil approached 3K. That's why, as long as I'm running dino, I don't care to push very far beyond that.

If I were running synthetic, I might give 5K a try. (That would certainly be more convenient.)

 

Got oil change at 3k using the conventional oil for now... gonna do another oil change at the dealership at 5k... planning to use up all the free oil changes before i go fully synthetic.. mobil 1 to be exact.. IF the dealer allows for synthetic, ill go synthetic!

 

sweet...

FWIW penzoil platinum was rated best next to amsoil for synthetics. mobil 1 was like 5th for oil performance

 

wah wah wah... i was going based off the poll somewhere here on the forums.... lol

 

hahaha. Amsoil is way too expensive. Ive used both mobil 1 and penzoil. Read an oil study somewhere that the penzoil was rated one of the best and its usuallly cheaper. no paying for the name lol

 

amsoil once a year

 

The oil change reminder light goes off at 5k, so that's when I change it.

 

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I use M1 EP (rated for 15k miles) and after break-in will run the oil for 10k and change the filter at 5k

Note that M1 EP is not the same as regular M1, check this link to see the other competitive oils comparison that you may be interested in using.

http://www.amsoil.com/comparison/motor-oil.aspx

 

*yawn* @ amsoil dealers

oil is like politics...
just go to http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/cms/

and read, read and read then make your own opinion and choose what to use...

 

Who are you calling a dealer? Get the info wherever you want, lots of people saying they went M1 and just pointing out that M1 EP is a much better oil and *even* amsoil will tell you that. Go back to sleep now...

 

I changed mine the first time at 3k, ever since then it has been 5-6k. no problems here.