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Engine Oil Changing - Time vs. Miles? #1507395 09/25/13 11:47 AM 09/25/13 11:47 AM
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,499 Slidell, LA Plum440 OP pro stock
Plum440 OP pro stock Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,499 Slidell, LA	If you only put about 25 - 50 miles per month (if that) on your car, how often do you change the oil? Once a year? Every 6 months? 70 Challenger, 440, 4-speed, pLuM cRaZy 71 VW Super Beetle Convertible, Lemon Yellow A couple of Jeeps…

Re: Engine Oil Changing - Time vs. Miles? [Re: Plum440] #1507396 09/25/13 11:49 AM 09/25/13 11:49 AM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 18,678 Fresno, CA Jim_Lusk I Live Here
Jim_Lusk I Live Here Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 18,678 Fresno, CA	I would think some of that would depend on humidity of the area and where the car is stored. I put 500 miles on my Durango in the last three months. I'm not about to change the oil as it gets driven every week day. I'll let it go at least six months.

Re: Engine Oil Changing - Time vs. Miles? [Re: Jim_Lusk] #1507397 09/25/13 12:05 PM 09/25/13 12:05 PM
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Andrewh master A Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,671	pretty much once a year. none of my cars hit the mileage for changing anymore. some of them I change specifically because they don't get driven far enough during the drives I do have. my mopar gets driven maybe 2k miles a year. my DD gets maybe 1k a year. wife's car gets maybe 8k. all running full synthetic. all get changed yearly. or close enough.

Re: Engine Oil Changing - Time vs. Miles? [Re: Andrewh] #1507398 09/25/13 12:28 PM 09/25/13 12:28 PM
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dogdays I Live Here D Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,376	Just for grins, do an oil analysis the next time you change you oil. I'm sure you'll be told it's okay, meets all specifications. We waste a lot of perfectly good oil by ideas or habits driven by fear. R.

Re: Engine Oil Changing - Time vs. Miles? [Re: dogdays] #1507399 09/25/13 12:51 PM 09/25/13 12:51 PM
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BDW master Joined: May 2005 Posts: 4,717 Florida	As TTI puts in their exhaust instructions, I agree, it's worse to do short drives that never get engine hot enough to burn off condensation.

Re: Engine Oil Changing - Time vs. Miles? [Re: BDW] #1507400 09/25/13 12:54 PM 09/25/13 12:54 PM
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Aero426 I Live Here A Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,030 Wisconsin	Change it annually if you don't meet the mileage interval. Right before storage is a great time.

Re: Engine Oil Changing - Time vs. Miles? [Re: Aero426] #1507401 09/25/13 02:39 PM 09/25/13 02:39 PM
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Plum440 OP pro stock Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,499 Slidell, LA	Thanks guys! Once a year makes sense to me. Good idea on the oil analysis... 70 Challenger, 440, 4-speed, pLuM cRaZy 71 VW Super Beetle Convertible, Lemon Yellow A couple of Jeeps…

Re: Engine Oil Changing - Time vs. Miles? [Re: Plum440] #1507402 09/25/13 10:23 PM 09/25/13 10:23 PM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 2,537 PORT ALBERNI , BC., CANADA superwrench master
superwrench master Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 2,537 PORT ALBERNI , BC., CANADA	About every 20-25 hits at the track....oil goes a little dark then. Nothing like clean oil to make peace with the mind.

Re: Engine Oil Changing - Time vs. Miles? [Re: superwrench] #1507403 09/25/13 10:40 PM 09/25/13 10:40 PM
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RapidRobert Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska	4X yearly on a DD (non synthetic). I'm sure good oil (especially synthetics) these days have far superior qualities but it's the buildup of contaminates that I want out of there & to me that's what wears the eng no matter how good the lube & other qualities of the oil are. It's pricey & maybe a waste (I ain't convinced tho) but I take no chances with all my thousands of time/money invested & I SLEEP better live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: Engine Oil Changing - Time vs. Miles? [Re: dogdays] #1507404 09/25/13 11:27 PM 09/25/13 11:27 PM
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Challenger 1 Too Many Posts Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 28,312 Cincinnati, Ohio	Quote: Just for grins, do an oil analysis the next time you change you oil. I'm sure you'll be told it's okay, meets all specifications. We waste a lot of perfectly good oil by ideas or habits driven by fear. R.

Re: Engine Oil Changing - Time vs. Miles? [Re: Challenger 1] #1507405 09/25/13 11:39 PM 09/25/13 11:39 PM
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mopar346 Let me tell ya about fat chicks! M Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 11,836 Florida	Cheap peace of mind. Careful, your character's showing!

Re: Engine Oil Changing - Time vs. Miles? [Re: mopar346] #1507406 09/26/13 03:19 AM 09/26/13 03:19 AM
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ademon master A Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 6,906 IL, Aurora	my two mopars average less than 1K a year each so i change before winter storage once a year

Re: Engine Oil Changing - Time vs. Miles? [Re: dogdays] #1507407 09/26/13 09:19 AM 09/26/13 09:19 AM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,671 A Andrewh master
Andrewh master A Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,671	Quote: Just for grins, do an oil analysis the next time you change you oil. I'm sure you'll be told it's okay, meets all specifications. We waste a lot of perfectly good oil by ideas or habits driven by fear. R. lol, but if you look at the price for that check vs an oil change, it can be cheaper for the oil change. it is one thing to have a diesel that holds like 20 qt, but 4 to 6 at 35 bucks, or worse if you use conventional at 10 bucks with an analysis running 25- 35, you might as well change it.

Re: Engine Oil Changing - Time vs. Miles? [Re: Andrewh] #1507408 09/26/13 10:04 AM 09/26/13 10:04 AM
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racealittle pro stock Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,263 Southwestern Ontario Canada	On an older muscle car I also do a sniff test. If the oil smells like gas it gets changed. Too many cars, too many parts, too little coin, too little space to work in, too little time left to make it all happen! Update: down to one ride, still too many parts, a little more jingle in the pocket, gaining space, and it's going to happen this year!

Re: Engine Oil Changing - Time vs. Miles? [Re: Andrewh] #1507409 09/26/13 12:18 PM 09/26/13 12:18 PM
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70Cuda383 Too Many Posts Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 21,345 Marysville, O-H-I-O	Quote: Quote: Just for grins, do an oil analysis the next time you change you oil. I'm sure you'll be told it's okay, meets all specifications. We waste a lot of perfectly good oil by ideas or habits driven by fear. R. lol, but if you look at the price for that check vs an oil change, it can be cheaper for the oil change. it is one thing to have a diesel that holds like 20 qt, but 4 to 6 at 35 bucks, or worse if you use conventional at 10 bucks with an analysis running 25- 35, you might as well change it. You do one analysis. If it comes back and says 'oil is good, clean, still meets spec, pH normal, etc, then you bump out your change interval. Do it again. Repeat until analysis finally says 'oil is out of spec' then you know what interval to change, and you don't buy any more analysis. You don't do an analysis every time to determine if its time to change or not Photobucket sucks

Re: Engine Oil Changing - Time vs. Miles? [Re: Plum440] #1507410 09/26/13 02:07 PM 09/26/13 02:07 PM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 30,424 Florida STAYcation dOrk ! The village idiot's idiot
dOrk ! The village idiot's idiot Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 30,424 Florida STAYcation	Quote: If you only put about 25 - 50 miles per month (if that) on your car, how often do you change the oil? Once a year? Every 6 months? SHORT HOPS ... typically referred-to as grocery-store miles ... never actually getting the oil completely warm/HOT ... it needs to be changed BIG TIME often...

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