does anyone here change their oil every three months regardless of hitting 3000miles??? i do not drive that much so it takes me almost 5 months to reach 3000. my car is 2 years old and has 16000miles. so is it bad to have oil for longer than three months or is changing every 3000miles, no matter the time, sufficient enough??? i wanna keep my car well maintained but i dont wanna be wasting time and money when i dont have to. thanks for reading

 

The old rule was 3,000 or 3 months. Check your owners manual...............

 

Hmm.. i have the same criteria as u do. I think it took me like almost 6 month to get 3000 miles or so until i changed it. I think y'll be fine. If anything, check your oil to see if its still clean.
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Do 3,000 miles even if it takes you six months. I wouldn't go 1 year without changing it though even if you only have 1,000 miles at that point. Synthetic oils last longer and are safer to go for longer intervals.

 

hmm... 3k in less than a month.... you can say, I enjoy my car?

 

whata about 5.000 miles or 6months whichever comes first?

 

Yeah, that's what I've heard, 6 months or 3000/5000 miles whichever comes first.

 

the TC is 6 month 5000 miles. Although the oil sits around a store with no expiration date so im willing to bet if you just go by 5000 miles you should turn out ok.

 

hmm.. i change my oil almost every month... month and a half usually....

 

Synthetics... 6 months no problem... Standard... depends on how long it sits and is used... with moderate use, you can go longer no problem.

 

i bought my TC on dec 05 and i have 25k miles right now so i just go full synth every 5k miles sometimes a lil more maybe 6k

 

the manual says 6 months or 5k miles.

i avg bout 1k miles a month.

so, should i get an oil change at the 5k mark, or the 3k mark??? also, should i go with the free oil change from the stealership???

 

i would go with 5k, i remember when i used my 3 free oil changes at the dealer i went to a different one cus i wasnt near my house and needed service quick, the guy asked me hey you want to use one of your free oil changes? im like how many left do i have and he checks the computer and says 3 so i went for it. hey its free after all

 

I do it every 4K. And I will never use those free oil changes.

 

i get mine changed every 5000, when i bring it in for scheduled maint. i probably avg. close to 1000miles/month.

i thought you could only use the free oil changes at the dealer you got it from?

 

No, any Scion dealer.

 

coo. i guess i'll get it changed around 4-5k.

is jiffy lube ok?

 

how often should you change it if you go FI?

 

NO!!!! if you wanna know why, search or go to google.com and simply type in "jiffy lube."

 

lol, um ok.........so, where???
and pls dont say DIY