Oil change intervals
#1
Oil change intervals
What's your opinion?
Every 5k with Motorcraft semi synth
or
Every 10k with Royal Purple, Amsoil, Mobil 1 etc...
Seems to me that fresher oil more often would be better. 2 semi synth changes = 1 Royal Purple change so # isnt an issue. Any hard data out there that backs up either scenario?
Every 5k with Motorcraft semi synth
or
Every 10k with Royal Purple, Amsoil, Mobil 1 etc...
Seems to me that fresher oil more often would be better. 2 semi synth changes = 1 Royal Purple change so # isnt an issue. Any hard data out there that backs up either scenario?
#2
6th Gear Member
It's not THAT black and white since it depends on how you drive, your environmental and road conditions, etc. But here's my rules of thumb after 37 years of doing my own oil changes on numerous vehicles and being involved in industrial facility oil analysis:
My SUV tow vehicle uses M1 EP and M1 filter at 8,000 -10,000 mile intervals.
My '07 GT uses Amsoil 0W20 and Amsoil Ea filter at 8,000-10,000 mile intervals.
My g/f's '06 V6 Pony uses Motorcraft synthetic Blend and Motorcraft filter at 5,000 mile intervals (she does a lot of city style driving)
None of my dozen or more vehicles EVER burned or used oil or had compression issues and ran great up to or beyond 200,000 miles.
- Dino oil: every 3,000-3,500 miles or every 6 months, whichever comes first
- Synthetic Blend: every 5,000-7,500 miles or every 6 months, whichever comes first
- Full Synthetic: every 7,000-10,000+ miles (I could easily consider going to 15,000 miles if I decided to perform oil analysis) or once per year, whichever comes first
My SUV tow vehicle uses M1 EP and M1 filter at 8,000 -10,000 mile intervals.
My '07 GT uses Amsoil 0W20 and Amsoil Ea filter at 8,000-10,000 mile intervals.
My g/f's '06 V6 Pony uses Motorcraft synthetic Blend and Motorcraft filter at 5,000 mile intervals (she does a lot of city style driving)
None of my dozen or more vehicles EVER burned or used oil or had compression issues and ran great up to or beyond 200,000 miles.
Last edited by Nuke; 05-11-2010 at 12:19 PM.
#5
I have 10,700 miles on my car, that I bought the first week of November '09. I am currently using the motorcraft semi-synthetic at 5000 mile intervals, just did my second oil change the other day. But am considering either royal purple or amsoil, but because of the extreem amount of miles and conditions what intervals are safe?
#6
6th Gear Member
I have 10,700 miles on my car, that I bought the first week of November '09. I am currently using the motorcraft semi-synthetic at 5000 mile intervals, just did my second oil change the other day. But am considering either royal purple or amsoil, but because of the extreem amount of miles and conditions what intervals are safe?
#7
My lube bay guys think I'm crazy, my ride gets new Synthetic at least every 1000km.. But I rarely drive the thing anywhere except to track days, so it's not like the oil isn't being abused. I get to monitor the motor condition by the state of the oil.
The oil never gets remotely dirty so that makes it easy for me to notice when something's awry.
The oil never gets remotely dirty so that makes it easy for me to notice when something's awry.
#8
Sorry maybe i I should have been more specific what I meant by EXTREME!
Lets see 10,700 miles in 6 months of ownership
D.C. area traffic [url]http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2008/04/15/top-10-cities-with-the-worst-traffic
Lets see 10,700 miles in 6 months of ownership
D.C. area traffic [url]http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2008/04/15/top-10-cities-with-the-worst-traffic
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