How often do you change your oil?

[breadbox]

I have a friend who says he changes it out once a month and uses synthetic.

He must love spending money but his car always has almost new oil.

I was just wondering what most other people do.

[Razi]

When it shows hint of black yuck.

[Flicktitty]

when i hear a knock i usually add a quart

lol

J/k

on the stock Ka every 3-3.5K miles unless it looked bad early.

2J - every i'd bet 2k i will.

[n240sxfnatic]

Its leaks so I figure if I just keep putting more in it changes itself, not really. I change mine 1000-1200 just because it sits a lot and i dont drive it.

[sommmatt]

Every 1000 kms.

Free oil changes at work ftw.

Every 5000 kms or 3000 miles is the standard though. Anything after that the additives in the oil start to break down.

As well, every time a there is combustion in a cylinder, you're burning a minuscule amount of oil and replacing it with a minuscule amount of fuel, which is the most important reason to change your oil.

[S13Joe]

I figured i wanted to be a little different so i've been using water. Runs like a champ!

[themadscientist]

Are you supposed to put oil in these things? That explains a lot!

[krayzie94]

I figured i wanted to be a little different so i've been using water. Runs like a champ!

Less resistance...MOAR POWA!

GENIUS!

[mattblancarte]

I change my oil after each track day. It's cheap insurance.

[themadscientist]

I do it about every three months, use Mobil 1, kept me spinning for over a decade.

[adrianfromthecastle]

every 3k.

[duffman1278]

[MastaYu]

Every month your friend changes oil on syntec?? Holy crap???? how many miles does he drive in a month??

[NizzmoS13]

Around 2k miles usually on the forty but my dads Focus has almost 80k on the original oil it came with brand new in 06.

[MN240SXDriv3r]

80k on an oil change!?! holy **** my mom's car went 10k and seized the engine because the oil was so crappy. That;s an insane amount of miles

[stutterr]

wow your dad is almost as lazy as my friend that ran his 04 viper with the same oil it came with until 22K.

[stutterr]

ya we were beating the viper on the 401 in Ontario..car started knocking really bad. We checked the oil and the dipstick had almost nothing on it.

[themadscientist]

Your freind is an idiot.

[stutterr]

yup..rich and ignorant...

Owns a ton of MTi outer limits boats as well

[phobs]

Change synthetic oil and filter every 5k for me.

[IanS]

I change the oil on the S13 every month and a half or so. Its odometer is very sketchy, so I have no idea the mileage. I use Wix filters, and the cheapes dyno oil I can get.

The S14 gets an oil change an average of 6 times during the summer. Its usually about 2500 miles between changes. Amsoil full synthetic, and a Nissan filter.

Being a mechanic I am very anal about maintenance. I push my cars hard, especially the S14, Ive put nearly 100,000 miles on its SR20 over the last 5 years. With track days, rally crosses, road trips, and general abuse, it needs all the help it can get. Even when its due for an oil change the oil is clean and gold, which is unheard of for a 20 year old turbo engine with OE internals.

The way I see it, Ive put thousands of dollars into this car. Another $40 is cheap insurance.

[RustspecS13]

3-5K on a 190Kmile NA KA. I get free oil changes at work and its a semi synthetic. When I go boost with this old crappy engine it'll get the same, with changes after drift events/track days.

Once I get my other KA rebuilt/freshened up I'll swap to full syn and 2500-3K intervals

~Alex

[ZOMG.SR20]

Around 2k miles usually on the forty but my dads Focus has almost 80k on the original oil it came with brand new in 06.

haha i have you beat my dads 2002 cavalier 122,975mi on the first oil change

then the other day it broke something and ticks but its still running so we don't really care i mean it is a cavalier

[themadscientist]

I had an FJ with such weapons-grade blowby I didn't have to change the oil, just kept pourin it in! It would suck down close to a quart a week and I would just dump in whatever I had lying around. Thing was runnin like 17W48 semi synthetic.

[Slappy]

Before and after every event, all season long.

[IanS]

haha i have you beat my dads 2002 cavalier 122,975mi on the first oil change

A guy I work with didnt change the oil on his T/A for nearly 100,000 miles. He would have gone longer, but the oil filter rusted out and started leaking everywhere.

[Romeo_rus]

I always use syntetic oil - Castrol! and change it every 4500-5000 miles and use K&N filters!

[95silvia14]

I change my oil after each track day. It's cheap insurance.

ditto

[93240cooool]

every 2500-3k miles

[assassin7420]

Every 3000 miles or 3 months. Which ever comes first.