MJMZ28Cvt

iTrader: (2)

I changed my oil in Oct. '02 at 630 miles. It's been a while but i only have about 1800 miles on the car now. Should the oil be changed even though I haven't been putting miles on it?

Danny2tek

iTrader: (1)

you haven't changed your oil in a year and a half? regardless of the mileage I would change it out.

Patman

I agree, a year and a half is about the absolute maximum you want to go on a car that is driven infrequently. Once per year is probably the best way to do it.

LukeyTA

It is recommended to change your oil every 3,000 mile OR EVERY THREE MONTHS

5POINT7

Yeah, now hurry up and change it. Be sure to only use the ridiculously expensive stuff, too!

MJMZ28Cvt

iTrader: (2)

ok ok i messed up. It has Mobile 1 synthetic in there now so hopefully that held up well.

BlueSix

There have been a few studies done on the synthetics, you can go a lot longer than 3 months/3000 miles.

Patman

Jiffy Lube is the main one who keeps this old wives tale alive. With an engine in good shape, and a quality synthetic oil, changing it every 6000 miles or one year is totally reasonable. I just went 6200 miles on my last oil change, and ran the oil from October 11 to March 13, and will have my oil analysis results this afternoon or tomorrow, and I'm fully confident the report will show I could've gone longer on that oil if I wanted to. In fact I plan on doing two more 6200 mile intervals (10,000km) and then will be most likely switching to 9300 mile intervals (15,000km)