Some replace their oil at 3k, some 5k, etc. How many of you actually use the oil monitor between intervals? I run Pennzoil Platinum synthetic and 5k changes. To each his own.
Been changing oil somewhere between 5,000-10,000 miles depending on conditions for a long time. With modern oils and engines that is enough to ensure 300,000 miles. The key is to just keep oil in the engine. I've never personally known of anyone having an oil related engine failure under 200,000 miles unless they ran it dry.
Funny. There are Many aspects of my Life that I actually manage ALL on my own..... without the help of a Company OR the Government OR an "Expert" who's motivations are Certainly "pure" and accurate.
Just some of them....
Oil Changes
Toilet Paper choices and How many times I now have to Flush
Use of Fossil fuels AND Wood (the kind that grows out back that is)
What I eat and When (sometimes Bacon and sometimes even after 7 p.m.)
I run with scissors and swim Too soon after eating Bacon
Ummm Mom told me to stop some things Too and that didn't "Stick" either.
I bought my jeep preowned and have always used straight synthetic on all my other vehicles. What do you use Mobil 1? 10w30??? I was going to ask if anyone runs synthetic, good to know that others are running that in there rigs. With my other vehicles I was told to not change tranny fluid because it could cause problems. I have never fully understood why that info was given to me but I ran the car to 100k plus miles and never had any problems. So do any other of you guys change the tranny fluid on regular intervals?
My oil and filter get changed every 6,000 miles. No exceptions! I now have almost 31,000 on the Jeep and my oil change indicator has come on a grand total of ONCE! That was about 16,000 miles ago!
In 5 yrs. my oil change light came on 3X. It's not a bad "recommendation", but that's all it is. It was never engineered to be used in lieu of any of the max. oil change recommendations/requirements by Chrysler. Even though it's based upon a computer algorithm if there's severe duty mixed in that has to be taken into account. If I strictly went by the light I would have exceeded all of the Chrysler max specs. for an oil change. At this point I just re-set it.
I'm pretty sure the owners manual say x# of miles or 6 months. I have had my jeep for over a year and just about to hit 5k miles (thx company vehicle). I do get a oil change everything 6 months regardless of miles, not because it needs it, but I'm not gonna get in a pissing contest if something goes wrong and I didn't fulfill my warranty responsibility.
I follow the EVIC and I let my dealership do the oil changes, too. Works like magic: for $30 they change and dispose of the used oil, the service is recorded on my Jeep's online VIN history, and I am in-and-out in 30 mins.
I buy my milk at the supermarket, too. I was able to stop milking my own cow awhile back.
I follow the EVIC and I let my dealership do the oil changes, too. Works like magic: for $30 they change and dispose of the used oil, the service is recorded on my Jeep's online VIN history, and I am in-and-out in 30 mins.
I buy my milk at the supermarket, too. I was able to stop milking my own cow awhile back.
I trust the computer. When it dings, I change the oil. Just did the other day so I'm doing it later today or tomorrow. Modern oils, engines, blah, blah, blah. Nothing wrong with changing oil at 3k or 5k religiously but unnecessary IMHO. Just a left over practice from the old days that science and research generally do not support.
Obviously, extreme duty (not speed bumps at the mall but maybe the Rubicon every weekend) and more often makes sense...maybe.
I have two homes, one in Arizona and the other in Alaska. So my Jeeps are introduced to severe weather conditions. Severe heat and cold, plus a lot of dust in AZ. Also my home in Alaska is about 15 miles back on a dirt road.
Therefore, I have my oil and filter changed every 3000 miles. Air filter every 6000.
Currently using Valvoline synthetic oil. In Alaska 0w20 and in Arizona 5w30. Air and oil filters are Mopar.
So would I trust a computer, to understand my climate environmental conditions, no way!
Now we're getting somewhere. The more interesting part to me is why people chose the intervals they do. Is 5000 too soon or not? Well, it depends.
In the above case, 5000 would probably be waiting too long. For a DD mall crawler in Northern CA (where the weather is pretty moderate) then 5000 may be too soon.
I also think trusting the computer depends on how far you deviate from typical usage. Again, mall crawler DD probably can follow the computer and be fine. Baja racing every weekend and towing a trailer during the week may need to take matters into their own hands.
I follow the computer. I have the lifetime warranty. I also use havoline pro ds synthetic oil. With the way computer technology is nowadays, engines are made with tighter tolerances and oil refining has progressed I figure the 3 or 5k oil change days are pretty much dwindled. Service manager told me to just wait for it to signal is time for a change and since I do it myself just to keep a log and I have engine warranty for life. And if motor goes bad. Just slap in another pentastar
I change the oil and rotate tires every 5k, because I'm lucky if I actually drive 5k miles in a year. I have 6200 miles on my one year old Cherokee. 2500 miles of that was a drive to Florida and back.
I used to put super low miles on my DD back in Chicago as I drove 2 miles to the train station every day. I changed my oil every 4-6 months based on temps more than anything. Sometimes I'd change my oil every 1,500 to 2,000 miles. More piece of mind than anything I suppose.
I plan to go 10K unless the light comes on sooner. That's what the manual and the website says. Reading this forum makes me second guess that. Dealer sticker says 6K but I don't see how they could give me a problem if I'm following the manufacturers recommendations.
It says never to exceed 10,000 miles, not to change it every 10k. While its your money, and you can do what you want, I'd recommend you change every 5k or so and rotate your tires at the same time.
What parameters does the computer use before it signals for an oil change? I've had my light turn on just days after changing the oil and filter. I almost wish I could just disable the oil change indicator.
After you change your oil whether the light is on or not, you have to re-set the system. It has no way of knowing that you changed it. Turn the ignition switch to the ON position (do not start the engine). Fully depress the accelerator pedal slowly three times within 10 seconds. Turn the ignition switch to the OFF/LOCK position.
It's a "duty" based system that triggers due to a computer algorithm. It takes a number of driving factors into consideration such as engine start/stop cycles, run time, mileage, temp. rpm patterns, etc. What it doesn't do is any type of oil analysis.
If you are going to pour it out after 3K miles I sure as hell would not be wasting my money on synthetic. Regular oil would be more than good. I follow the computer which monitors how the motor is being run. If you are doing a bunch of towing and hard wheeling the computer will have you change it at 6000 or shorter. I do get oil is cheap insurance but with modern oils they will last way longer than you think. I had an analysis done once at a 6K mile oil change and it showed the oil still had 90% left and had picked up very little contaminates. The oil companies love short changes as did the dealers when you were paying the bill. Once many brands went to free oil changes you see 10K to 15K service intervals. You do the math.
Next maintenance due at XXXXX seems pretty straight forward. Am I missing something here? If the manual said never to exceed 3000 would you do it sooner? I'm not trolling but like I said I'm coming from a VW and 10K was the interval. So what am I missing?
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