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11-04-2012, 02:37 PM
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What is more important...time between oil changes or mileage?
Just curious what people think. What affects the oil more? Time passing or mileage?
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11-04-2012, 10:25 PM
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Miles, to a point. GM specifically says in the owner's manual to change the oil once/year regardless of mileage.
However, if a person drives the car the 'average' of 12k miles in a year and goes by the oil life monitor they will change the oil more often than that (and many ppl ignore the monitor and change it even more often).
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11-04-2012, 10:27 PM
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For most people, mileage. However, even on a garage queen, it should be changed every year.
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11-09-2012, 09:52 AM
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I've kept my miles really low and have changed my oil every 6 months. It's been 10 months since my last one and will probably just wait for the full year to do it again. I have been driving it more lately and will probably go back to doing it every 6 months. She's ran great and haven't noticed any problems.
Anybody think I'm wrong for doing so? |
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11-09-2012, 03:20 PM
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It's in black in white for you in the owner's manual. Go by the OLM or once a year. Plain and simple.
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11-27-2012, 10:17 PM
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Quote:
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12-07-2012, 04:41 PM
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1200 miles again this year on my SS Convertible.
8 quarts of Mobile one plus an oil filter with that few miles sure feels like overkill, but it's cheap insurance for the winter lay up. Oil came out incredibly clean. I should save it and use it in the lawnmower and snowblower. |
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