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Old 07-19-2009, 02:27 PM
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is oil change every 9000km too much...?

i DIY my oil change between the free dealer change. changed once already and i'm at 15,500 kms on the odometer. the first time i changed oil i cut open the oil filter and found tiny thin metal shavings but i guess that's normal from a new engine. i'm somewhat uncomfortable with changing oil once very 20,000+ kms. i used castrol syntec 5w30 and it costs me about $60 per change including a new filter from dealer i guess its fine. what are your views about this?
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Old 07-19-2009, 03:53 PM
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I do mine every 5000 K , but that's just me.
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7500 which is half of what the
MFG recommends and an easy
way to remember the time.
Cost me $99.00 at the dealer.
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I do mine every 5000 K , but that's just me.
with syn oil you can stretch out the oil change interval a bit, right? maybe it's just me but i find DIY oil change on my car "fun". i can do it in 30mins but because I'm really careful and also clean the engine compartment a bit so it takes 1 hr.
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There is rarely a reason to change synthetic oil sooner than recommended. More frequent oil changes are a waste of money. I know the old school rules for non-synthetic changers were every 3k depending on driving conditions, but those rules aren't the same for synthetic oil.

That being said, and yes I know I'm contradicting myself a bit, but while the oil can go 15k miles, I'm not convinced that the filters can go that long. Does anyone have any opinions on filter life? I've never had a filter fail, and my last 4 cars have all had synthetic oil (Mobil 1) in the X5's and Corvettes, so the filters are probably good for that length of time as well. (assuming you don't hit something in the road and tear the thing off the bottom of the car, but hey, who would have done that in the last month or so?
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in the cold winter months, change it every 5K miles is a good idea, get rid of the moisture trapped in the oil that cause oil separator to fail. so if it doesn't cost a lot to do, i dont see why not.
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