Poll- how often do you change your oil?

5-7500 depending when im free and weather. I usually only drive about 6k miles a year so it works out to once a year for me

 

Haha true that I’m an idiot, I like being part of the crowd here
Actually the Maintenance manual says 10,000 miles or 12 months for the oil change. And there’s a reason for the time element.


From Edmonds:

 

That's because it's not an 'oil change' light.

It's a 5k service interval light. Your manual list certain things to be done at 5k increments.

If you want to use it as a 10 OCI reminder, just reset it at the first 5k after a change, then change it when it appears the 2nd time.

 

I don’t waste my oil. I take the oil out of my Taco and put it into my Honda Insight that has 250,000 miles and still gets 57 MPG!

 

Soooo…my truck is about 3k in since it’s last oil change in July…of 2020. Should I change? Looks fine to me and I used synthetic. Is there a time limit to synthetic? I always thought no but I’ve never gone this long

 

Post #42. I don’t know why I bother to post sometimes lol. Up to you if you change it.

 

Many experts say you should change your oil once per year regardless of how few miles you have on the oil. The reason is condensation builds up in your oil and it doesn’t get burned off like it does when people drive more miles.

I change my oil every 5,000 miles but would rather change it every 15,000 miles versus changing it it every 6,000 miles when I only drive 3,000 miles a year. The water build up in your oil will do harm.

 

10,000 or a little under. Pavement driving about 98% of time. No mud,do hit some speed bumps every now and then slow though.

 

I also use 99 octane fuel to "clean the engine"

 

Every 5k I know I'm hard on the motor so i definitely change it for protection

 

None of the above, once a year whether it needs it or not.

 

Every 5k, but that equates to about annually for me, which is still overkill. I give my old oil to @JoeCOVA to put in his truck so it doesn't go to waste.

 

Absolutely love the kindness. Bravo!

 

I change mine every 5k like the OM says and I don't apologize for doing it. It runs better than new, no oil leaks either so I'll just keep on trucking

 

Speaking of, I am due for an oil change. Need to order some moly.