OT Who changes their motor oil at 3000 miles?

My Nissan can go 6K with no usage. The wife's 97 Chevy does seem to lose or burn some before 3K.

Guess what I am buying when I replace the 96 Nissan in 5-8 years.

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Colbyt
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I try to. Recently I haven't succeeded often.

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krw

"Teredo" wrote

Why? My Buick was the same way, except I changed oil at 7500. In the 130,000 miles I had the car that would be 17 oil changes. Following your method, I'd had had the oil changed 43 times and the results are the same. At $30 a pop, I'm $780 ahead.

I imagine I could have kept it longer, but the car had other issues and I gave it away to may grandson. Damned engine ran perfect though.

I've also owned a couple of Sonatas. The dealer (I don't use dealer service in general) recommends fuel injection service every year for $129. If I did that on all my fuel injected cars in the past say, 20 years, I've have spent thousands of needless dollars. I've never had an FI problem. So, 2 cars at $129 for 20 years, the shop would have $5100 of my money and I'd have no gain.

Preventative maintenance is important, but should be done with sensibility.

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Ed Pawlowski

As I said, with severe service you may still need 3000 miles. For many others, a longer interval is just fine. I usually put 150,000 to 200,000 on an engine and never had an oil related problem. I change at 7500. For me to change sooner is a waste of money.

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Ed Pawlowski

Click and Clack call FI cleaning 'wallet cleaning'. Unless the engine is running crappy, the injectors are already clean enough. Yeah, I know, the computer compensates up to a point. Trip odometers are wonderful- reset at every fillup, and if there is a change in MPG, it should jump right out at you. When mine starts drifting down half an mpg or so, I know it is time to dig out the compressor and top off the tires.

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aemeijers

I'd agree with you have a problem - but not necessarily a SERIOUS problem. A car can still pass e-test and not harm the cat with consumption of 1 quart per 1500 miles (which used to be considered "normal")

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clare

Never have had to fix any car exhausts but to keep SWMBO happy I chnge cars often. Now my truck....I need to replace the whole thing again. Everything aft of the muffler stub is gone...as in dropped off somewhere on the road. This is the second time for it and I bought it used. Currently at 150,000

Harry K

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Harry K

It probably varies a lot by vehicle. We've got 206,000mi on the 14 year old Toyota and it's still on the original exhaust (and it looks like it might last a while yet, although I need to fix the mounting points for one of the heat shields as two of the four have rusted through)

cheers

Jules

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Jules Richardson

Good advice. Oil SHOULD be changed every 3000 miles.

Reply to
Steve Barker

That's because your neighbor has a dip stick for a neighbor.

Reply to
Mkj

HI, no need to change your oil until you get 40,000 miles on it. Filter change @ 150,000 miles.

Reply to
Tony Hwang

What is the source of this wisdom?

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ed_h

The amount of money government spends "creating jobs" is just throwing money at the problem. The most effective way our government could create jobs would be to only spend government money on American made products and legal American workers.

Reply to
Metspitzer

No, the most effective way is to NOT SPEND.

Reply to
krw

True from the perspective of a Jiffy Lube franchisee, but not necessary for the vast majority of vehicles using modern oil and built in the last 3 decades or so.

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Larry W

dirt. The basic design of the engine has not changed. Aluminum bearings (basically) aluminum pistons, and cast iron crank and cylinders. Oil gets dirty., doesn't matter how much the oil costs, or how fancy the vehicle is. The oil still gets dirty in about 3000 miles. (given an approximate 5 quart capacity). Larger sumps can go proportionally longer.

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Steve Barker

So the government should not buy paper, pens, furniture?

Reply to
Metspitzer

suit yourself. you're probably right, given most you yuppies won't keep the vehicle long enough to matter. Might just as well not change it at all if you're only gonna keep it 50,000 miles or 2 years. Why bother.?

Reply to
Steve Barker

FYI, my current 1996 Jeep Cherokee has 166,000 miles and uses less than a quart of oil between 6000 mile oil change intervals. My previous 1978 Chevy pickup, which I bought used in 1986 and kept til 2006 when I bought the Jeep, had over 250,000 miles on the original 350 V8, and I was never really conscientous about changing the oil in that truck either. BTW the engine was still running well when I sold the truck. I got rid of it because the bed and cab were pretty much disintegrated from rust.

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Larry W

Yeah, that accounts for the 40% increase in federal spending. What a dumbass.

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krw

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