How often should I change my oil?
#16
Good thing I stumbled on this. I use synthetic and change at 3,000-3,500 like clock work, so I can strecth it to 5,000 and i'll be ok? I use penziol synthetic drive about 80% highway and around 300-350 a week. When do you guys do your tranny and coolant? I did my coolant 60,000 and tranny at 50,000 and plan to do at those intervals, I got 91k on her now so tranny is comin up end of summer probably. I think my manual says coolant every 30 but nothing about tranny. Do you really have to do coolant every 30k? I though this was long life stuff like 100,000.
#17
Lexus Champion
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Coolant just check the color of the coolant its suppose to be pinkish color. Plus it doesn't hurt to flush it (since it probably hasn't been flushed before) i believe 3k oilchanges are okay can be extended to 5k. Heard people who do 3k oil change is wasting money, but i do every 3k so yeah.
#19
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7500 miles with full synthetic and a Lexus oil filter. Full synthetics last a long time but filters don't, so with 7500 you'll be on the safe side, but you can go up as high as 10,000. Since you got a lot of miles on the car, I would baby it.
3000 mile oil changes are a waste of money even with regular oil, I heard the myth was created by mechanics to get more profit going. Regular oil can easily last 5000, but I just prefer using Full Synthetic.
The only benefit I heard about Regular Oil is for breaking-in an engine for the first 5000 miles.
3000 mile oil changes are a waste of money even with regular oil, I heard the myth was created by mechanics to get more profit going. Regular oil can easily last 5000, but I just prefer using Full Synthetic.
The only benefit I heard about Regular Oil is for breaking-in an engine for the first 5000 miles.
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