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[VolvoT5]

Vote!

[T5BRICK]

every 3k miles.

[merlin390]

no more than 5000 miles max. I read it on here that after 4000miles the crap in the oil more than doubles. and a customer who brings his car in for service showed me two lab reports on his car '04 Taurus one oil change at 6000 miles and one at 4000 miles the levels of stuff they found had more than trippled

[VolvoT5]

no more than 5000 miles max.  I read it on here that after 4000miles the crap in the oil more than doubles. and a customer who brings his car in for service showed me two lab reports on his car '04 Taurus one oil change at 6000 miles and one at 4000 miles the levels of stuff they found had more than trippled

Dino or synth?

[merlin390]

ford motorcraft 5w20 semi-sythetic

I change mine every 3500-4000 with Motorcraft 5W30 synth-blend (its free I dont complain)

Edited by merlin390, 30 April 2005 - 07:05 PM.

[Che'_Moderator]

ford motorcraft 5w20 semi-sythetic

I change mine every 3500-4000 with Motorcraft  5W30 synth-blend (its free I dont complain)

Motul 300v every 3k miles or 6 months.

[Mesoam]

semi synthetic (high milage) Mobil 3k

[WhiteT5]

Motul 300v every 3k miles or 6 months.

How ya like the Motul Charles? Great stuff if I must say so myself. Whenever I order it though, the cans always come dented. Oil costing $10/quart should not come in dented cans .

Your poll is flawed. What if someone changed their oil at 3500 or 6500 miles?

I change mine usually a bit before 3500 miles with Motul 300V 5w-40 or Voll Synthese 5w-40.

[VolvoT5]

Your poll is flawed.  What if someone changed their oil at 3500 or 6500 miles?

You round up or down. Most people won't change exactly on the mile. Most will say "3000" or "4000", not "3500" !!

I could have done 0 - 2,999, 3,000 - 4,999 etc, but thought that was a bit over the top!

[MrWinkey]

Castrol or Valvoline every 3 or 6mths which ever comes first(my own personal cars that is)

[gatlin]

Castrol GTX High-Mileage 5W-30 every 3,333 miles.

[VolFan]

Mobil 1 10W40
Every 4,000 miles with Mobil 1 Filter
Camshaft lobes show no wear in oil filler neck.

[James A Sousa]

Like gatlin, every 3,333 miles - lines up on the 10,000 mile periods.

[Ceenit]

every 4k-5k, the 5k is easiest to remember. I use dino on the volvo, Castol or Valvoline 10w-30 with the MANN filters

Edited by Ceenit, 03 May 2005 - 05:25 PM.

[bobcat]

6-8k which is about 5 months for me. dont do short drives ever really. use mobil 1 0w-40.

I read a good article on the mobil 1 that says only over 8k does the oil start to suffer with contaminats rising etc.

I also have an oil cooler which reduces the stress on the oil, but with engine oil its the engines nasty by-products that make changing necessary. Thats why atf can go 100k without a change if it stays at operating temps.

[Tom]

Castrol 10-30 every 3K. Or 4K, whichever comes first.

[Asinine]

i change mine with penzoil high milage synth blend between 3 - 5k KMs.