Oil changes for cars are usually every 3000 miles but i heard for the tC for the first oil change is at 5000 miles is that true? and after that is it every 3000 miles?

 

Reading the manual that comes w/ the tC helps. But if you're **** like some people, you can switch out the original for some top quality fully synthetic at 1K and every 3K afterwards, but that's a waste. 5K is good enough when you use synthetic w/ tC. tC comes w/ synethetic from the factory.

 

Oh really? And you got this information from?

 

mine didn't come with synthetic(?). i changed the oil at 3500. coming up on 6500 and the second change since may 17.

 

i change mine every 5000 miles.

 

tC does NOT come with synthetic oil. Regular Dino.

Good rule of thumb is if you drive mostly in stop and go traffice, change every 3-4,000 miles. If you drive mostly highway miles, then change every 4-5,000 miles.

I don't use synthetics but these oils are really good for your engine life expectancy.

Kevin

 

what's the deal with synthetic oil? Is there proof that it actually prolongs engine life. Is it worth the extra $ ?

 

regular breaks down very quickly. synthetic doesn't. i figure, it's my new car, i might as well give it something good.

but i'm not stupid, i don't fill it with premium gas, haha

 

thanks for the post guys

 

government restrictions are soon to eliminate dino. all oil will be semi-synethic or fully synthetic very soon. synthetic oil really is beneficial at prolonging engine life.

where it sometimes is an issue is with older cars and their oil seals. synthetic seeps through and finds those leaks more than normal oil would.

after 1k miles on a new car i would suggest switching to synthetic and then changing every 5k miles regardless of highway driving or stop-and-go traffic.

 

synthetic oil is not expensive, at least to me it isn't. You can get oil at walmart/BJ in bulk very cheap.