Search | Car Forums | Gallery | Articles | Helper | AF 350Z | IgorSushko.com | Corporate |
| Latest | 0 Rplys |
|
View Poll Results: You change your oil | |||
Every 3 months | 2 | 20.00% | |
Every 6 months | 4 | 40.00% | |
Every 9 months | 0 | 0% | |
Once a year | 4 | 40.00% | |
Every 5000 miles | 0 | 0% | |
Every 7500 miles | 0 | 0% | |
Voters: 10. You may not vote on this poll |
Show Printable Version | Email this Page | Subscribe to this Thread |
|
Thread Tools |
06-09-2014, 12:12 AM | #1 | |
AF Newbie
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: New York, New York
Posts: 12
Thanks: 2
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
Say you have an occasional driver and you put 3K miles on it a year. How often do you change your oil?
My inclination is to change it every 6 months, during which 1500 miles have usually gone by since the last oil change. Am I being paranoid?
|
|
06-09-2014, 10:31 AM | #2 | |
There is no Spoon
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: CNY, New York
Posts: 6,941
Thanks: 286
Thanked 223 Times in 185 Posts
|
Re: Say you have an occasional driver and you put 3K miles on it a year. How often do you change your oil?
Every owners manual and repair manual I've ever looked through lists a certain amount of mileage (3000, 4500, 6000, or 7500 miles), and says every 6 months; and to do the change whichever come first. So if you don't hit the mileage, changing it every 6 months would be perfect.
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to CivicSpoon For This Useful Post: |
Mithridates (06-09-2014)
|
06-10-2014, 09:35 PM | #3 | |
AF Newbie
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Posts: 50
Thanks: 0
Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts
|
Re: Say you have an occasional driver and you put 3K miles on it a year. How often do you change your oil?
Most of the cars I've had required an oil change once per year if not driven much. That's what I do with my 66 year old Chevrolet as well - It's only driven a few hundred miles each year.
Regards: Oldbearcat |
|
The Following User Says Thank You to Oldbearcat For This Useful Post: |
Mithridates (06-10-2014)
|
07-29-2014, 03:03 PM | #4 | |
AF Enthusiast
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: clarksville, Tennessee
Posts: 1,699
Thanks: 23
Thanked 183 Times in 179 Posts
|
Re: Say you have an occasional driver and you put 3K miles on it a year. How often do you change your oil?
Wow. Changing oil every 6 months on only 1500miles? That sounds like alot of overkill. The old "every 3,000 miles" is a very old myth. Motor oils have come a long way since then.
__________________
Post back, that's what makes Forums Work. |
|
07-29-2014, 08:02 PM | #5 | ||
Your worst nightmare
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Smithfield, Pennsylvania
Posts: 6,048
Thanks: 37
Thanked 251 Times in 245 Posts
|
Re: Say you have an occasional driver and you put 3K miles on it a year. How often do you change your oil?
Quote:
I normally change my oil every 5000 miles. I got a new job and my current drive to work is only 4 miles. The car is only likely to get around 4000-5000 miles a year put on it now. Since it is a daily driver I will probably do the oil change every 6 months. Being the car in question by the OP is only an occasional driver I would say changing it once a year would be sufficient.
__________________
|
||
|
POST REPLY TO THIS THREAD |
Thread Tools | |
|
|