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How many miles between oil changes
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ORIGINAL: HammerZ71
I just answered one of these on a Jeep forum and you wouldn't believe the abuse I took. Every 3000 miles with full synthetics (everywhere except for the rear diff. for that matter). I don't care if it is overkill, I've been doing it that way since I was 16, and 25 years later, I am not about to change...
I just answered one of these on a Jeep forum and you wouldn't believe the abuse I took. Every 3000 miles with full synthetics (everywhere except for the rear diff. for that matter). I don't care if it is overkill, I've been doing it that way since I was 16, and 25 years later, I am not about to change...
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ORIGINAL: HammerZ71
No, I didn't mean I change ALL the fluids at 3k, just the oil. My point was I've always used synthetics everywhere. The only thing on my truck that's not using synthetic is the rear diff. and that's because Auburn Gear is adamant about not using synthetic fluid for their LSD. So I have Dino oil there with the additive, but change it at 10k as opposed to the 30k if I had synthetic in there...
ORIGINAL: RamItOne
Damn hammer youre not driving a ferd. New tranny fluid, powersteering fluid? What about brake fluid? I hope you buy your stuff 55gal drums.
Damn hammer youre not driving a ferd. New tranny fluid, powersteering fluid? What about brake fluid? I hope you buy your stuff 55gal drums.
Synth rocks, dont know why anyone wouldnt use em, we dont put leaches on our feet to cure sickness anymore, why use reg ol oil.
someone posted on here a few weeks ago about a natural oil that you can just drain into your grass when your done. I emailed the company for flash point, ball bearing test etc info and they never replied and its nowhere on their site. its a good concept, but if that craps FP is below 400 (which im guessing it is) then its back to the lab for them.
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man 12 3,000's , yall are killing me. i promise ill post pics of my next oil change and let yall be the judge on how my oil looks at 7500 to what yalls looks like at 3,000. maybe itll make ya switch and save a few bucks.
JD- what happened to the Tea bag'd count? i was trying to catch up to your moms record. haha. jk. did dodge girl make you remove it?
JD- what happened to the Tea bag'd count? i was trying to catch up to your moms record. haha. jk. did dodge girl make you remove it?
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I was changing oil in my last car (a 2000 Monte Carlo SS) every 5,000 miles.... more for the ease of being able to tell when I was due for an oil change than anything else. I bought it used with 68,000 miles on it, just got rid of it 3 years later with 148,000 miles on it, and the motor was still running perfect. No smoking, used about 1/2 quart of oil between oil changes. The cars before that burned more oil, and I was changing oil every 3,333 miles or so (same ease of looking at the odometer and knowing when it was time to change it).
I remember reading the Consumer Reports article years ago where they tested different brands of oil on NYC taxis, and different intervals of oil changes. Here are some interesting facts from it.
"To determine whether frequent oil changes really help, we changed the oil in three cabs every 3,000 miles, using Pennzoil 10W-30. After 60,000 miles, we compared those engines with the engines from our base tests of the same oil, changed every 6,000 miles. We saw no meaningful differences.
The bottom line. Modern motor oils needn't be changed as often as oils did years ago. More frequent oil changes won't hurt your car, but you could be spending money unnecessarily and adding to the nation's energy and oil-disposal problems.
Even in the severe driving conditions that a New York City taxi endures, we noted no benefit from changing the oil every 3,000 miles rather than every 6,000. If your driving falls into the "normal" service category, changing the oil every 7,500 miles (or at the automaker's suggested intervals) should certainly provide adequate protection. (We recommend changing the oil filter with each oil change.)
We don't recommend leaving any oil, synthetic or regular, in an engine for 12,000 miles, because accumulating contaminants - solids, acids, fuel, and water - could eventually harm the engine. What's more, stretching the oil-change interval may void the warranty on most new cars."
As for me... the book for the 2008 Ram with the HEMI says to change the oil every 6,000 miles or every 6 months, whichever comes first. With the Lifetime Powertrain Warranty I have, there is no way I'm gonna go over that. I figure my old 5,000 oil change interval will work for me just fine again.
HEMI owners note; make sure you use the right oil (5W-20 for the ones with MDS). Don't let anyone at an oil-change place tell you that another weight is ok, insist on theproper weightand watch them pour it in! Some places have been known to use a cheaper weightbulk-oil and charge for something else (this is the reason BMW provides free oil changes).
I remember reading the Consumer Reports article years ago where they tested different brands of oil on NYC taxis, and different intervals of oil changes. Here are some interesting facts from it.
"To determine whether frequent oil changes really help, we changed the oil in three cabs every 3,000 miles, using Pennzoil 10W-30. After 60,000 miles, we compared those engines with the engines from our base tests of the same oil, changed every 6,000 miles. We saw no meaningful differences.
The bottom line. Modern motor oils needn't be changed as often as oils did years ago. More frequent oil changes won't hurt your car, but you could be spending money unnecessarily and adding to the nation's energy and oil-disposal problems.
Even in the severe driving conditions that a New York City taxi endures, we noted no benefit from changing the oil every 3,000 miles rather than every 6,000. If your driving falls into the "normal" service category, changing the oil every 7,500 miles (or at the automaker's suggested intervals) should certainly provide adequate protection. (We recommend changing the oil filter with each oil change.)
We don't recommend leaving any oil, synthetic or regular, in an engine for 12,000 miles, because accumulating contaminants - solids, acids, fuel, and water - could eventually harm the engine. What's more, stretching the oil-change interval may void the warranty on most new cars."
As for me... the book for the 2008 Ram with the HEMI says to change the oil every 6,000 miles or every 6 months, whichever comes first. With the Lifetime Powertrain Warranty I have, there is no way I'm gonna go over that. I figure my old 5,000 oil change interval will work for me just fine again.
HEMI owners note; make sure you use the right oil (5W-20 for the ones with MDS). Don't let anyone at an oil-change place tell you that another weight is ok, insist on theproper weightand watch them pour it in! Some places have been known to use a cheaper weightbulk-oil and charge for something else (this is the reason BMW provides free oil changes).
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RE: How many miles between oil changes
I use Amsoil XL 7,500 mile oil and oil analyisis has shown me I can go over 8,000 on it. Ive got 3,000 on it now and going to go untill the samples say to change it. dont know how far that will be. After this test I am going to try the SSO 35,000 mile oil and do the same thing. My sample results are on my site and update when I get new ones.