Oil 5000 miles +

[nemelek]

For warrantee purposes alone I stick with Toyota guidelines. The benefits of timely oil changes pay off after 100,000 miles. If you plan on keeping the car for 3 years let some oil changes slide. If you plan on keeping the car 10 years keep on top of the oil changes. Different manufactures have different guidelines. My wife’s CR-V has a % oil life left number on the readouts. It’s gone 3000 miles and had 60% left. Using those guideline the first oil change will happen at 7,500 miles. The Honda owners manual says to change at a year if the % life isn’t used up. Toyota recommends to change in 5 months if the 5,000 mile mark isn’t reached. My Dodge diesel truck has 7,500 mile oil change intervals for heavy use and 15,000 miles light duty use. However the diesel takes 12 quarts to change.

I had an old girlfriend that drove 80,000 miles with no oil changes before the car froze up.