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Old 05-18-08, 03:05 PM
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so they say your suppose to change your oil every 3months or 3k miles.
wells its been 3 months but ive only driven 2k miles. should i change it or is it still good?

Will not changing it affect performance or gas mileage???
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What oil are runing. Do you make frequent short trips?
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even with frequent trips you should be fine to change the oil at or after 3K miles
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and if using synthetic oil do not even worry till 5k miles or so
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3 months or 3,000 miles whichever comes first is the general recommendation for oil changes. What kind of oil are you using?
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im using penzoil high mileage oil and i drive about 10 miles a day
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is there a difference in oil brands for this car?
I always used Mobil 1 synthetic. What does everyone use here?
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penzoil fails really bad dude, it doesnt matter if its synth or not. i worked at jiffy and we did some tests on the oil, and it makes like wax crap inside ur engine and its extremely bad oil. use mobile one!
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Especially if you only drive 10 miles a day. Best change it mang.
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Originally Posted by sc300fives
penzoil fails really bad dude, it doesnt matter if its synth or not. i worked at jiffy and we did some tests on the oil, and it makes like wax crap inside ur engine and its extremely bad oil. use mobile one!

What kind of test did you perform because Pennzoil syn return great results on most engines. Oil analysis results will dictate this.
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either way, a 10 mile drive to work and back plus short drives on the weekends dont allow the car to reach to its full operating temperature for very long periods of time which puts more stress on the engine. Even if its synthetic oil, it should always be changed on a regular 3 months/3,000 miles basis.
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really? penzoil sucks???
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i say go royal purple
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Originally Posted by 818sc400
really? penzoil sucks???
No it doesn't. I've ran most engine oil before but in the end I stick to Pennzoil or mobil 1, whichever one is cheaper. Keep in mind that I also do some serious stop and go driving every day. Oil analysis will show that the pennzoil synthetic will have good wear. Basically any oil that passes federal standard is good enough. After all, your car was built to be ran under those oil.
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what about for us dino oil guys?

is Castrol gtx good?


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