When do you do your oil changes (after your first one)?

 

fixed, dj! I try to get my oil changed every 3000 miles...or at least try to...give or take 100 miles...

 

I don't have my xB yet... but I plan to use AMSOIL (as in my other cars) and use the extended drain intervals. Probably run about 12-15k (instead of the 25k AMSOIL allows).

 

I do the 5k intervals with Mobil 1 synthetic and a K&N filter since I can never find the Mobil 1 filters.

 

7,000 mile oil changes with Mobil 1 5w-30 and OEM filter.
My first oil change was done @ 2k!

 

5k. Oils nowadays really don't need to be changed out before that unless you are off roading.

 

I go every 5k and could prolly go 7k since its 98% highway mileage anyway.

 

I hit it up ever 5000 miles. Sometimes I'll get lazy and do it at like 5500, but always as close to what the manual recommends as possible.

 

Yeah.

No need to waste that gunk and send mo $ to the Middle East...

 

why change oil? That stuff has been around for millions of years. Being in my car for a few more isn't going to hurt it.

 

i change mine every 3000 with synthetic mobil 1 . i know it may sound excessive but i managed an oil change center for a while and have seen a lot of wear on motors. i drive my car hard so id rather be safe than sorry . hope that helps

 

 

Perhaps around 1954 the principal of our High School had, as I recall, a Chevy sedan. He had a goodly mileage on it when it froze up. Turns out he had never changed the oil. Only added when necessary. And I think that engine had no oil filter. The oil pan was full of truly thick sludge. The fellow was a loony in many ways I thought.

You can run without changing oil. For a while.

 

unless you are driving in crazy conditions you can go to 7500 miles. i do 5000 miles because all my oil changes are free. i would do go to 6000 or even 7000 if i had to pay for them. doing any oil change prior to the 5k mark is just throwing away money. cars are more effecient these days

 

yeah, I did my first at 1.5K, replaced with synthetic. THen gagain at 7.5K. Next will be at 15K. I drive 100 miles a day and don't race, so 7.5K IS what the factory suggests for me, plus the synthetic should help get the extra miles out. Speaking of which, I should check mine to make sure it doesn't smell funny.

 

[quote="superjeer"]yeah, I did my first at 1.5K, replaced with synthetic. THen gagain at 7.5K. Next will be at 15K.
Yes, this is the exact way to go!I can't believe people would go 3,000 miles or more on the original oil. IT'S NOT MY CAR LOL