Oil 5000 miles +

[ddongbap]

Originally Posted by churp

Sorta thought I was! The only reason to spend money changing your oil is to prevent spending a lot more money by changing your engine. Some people think 15k is fine for synthetics, and seems like someone mentioned an oil that claims 25k.

My warranty is up, I drive 30k a year, and my opinion is that I'll drive 5 to 10k before I change my synthetic oil. If you have a different opinion fine. Driving conditions vary for everyone, and that is a big factor. As far as 'factual' info on this, it's sort of like global warming, you will find supporting 'facts' however you think.

Not really. The entire argument questions the validity of changing your oil at 3000 miles. You can't really say that people here are debating oil change intervals just because of the cost issue.

IMHO, I don't think oils have much to do with the change intervals. If the oils meet the minimum requirement, it'll then depend on how well made the engine is.

Unless you're a Ferrari owner or something. Then that would be a different story.

My mom's Nissan Quest went with out an oil change for 150k miles. Thats right, 150,000 miles. Thing ran like crap. My buddy and I had done a engine flush, twice, changed the spark plugs, and it ran like new. It was epic.

Go VG30DE.

[SilverGlow]

Originally Posted by ddongbap

Not really. The entire argument questions the validity of changing your oil at 3000 miles. You can't really say that people here are debating oil change intervals just because of the cost issue.

IMHO, I don't think oils have much to do with the change intervals. If the oils meet the minimum requirement, it'll then depend on how well made the engine is.

Unless you're a Ferrari owner or something. Then that would be a different story.

My mom's Nissan Quest went with out an oil change for 150k miles. Thats right, 150,000 miles. Thing ran like crap. My buddy and I had done a engine flush, twice, changed the spark plugs, and it ran like new. It was epic.

Go VG30DE.

150,000 miles on same oil. Bool Sheet! The things one reads on the internet...lots of absolute lies!