A good article about the frequency of changing your oil.

[AdamEL]

http://www.edmunds.com/car-care/stop...fb_ref=article

[AiRDawG]

Even before my Camaro, I've always peeled off those "next change" stickers as I'm rolling away from the dealer or the Lube place. If you're paying attention to your car and your driving frequency, you just know when it needs a change or when it's been too long in between.

But I will say that with the Camaro, I always mark the filter and mention "Synthetic ONLY, please" at least twice :P

[One-Bad-ZL1]

I've read this before...most people miss the other component, the filter, and while the oil may be able to go the distance, by not changing it regularly, you're circulating contaminated and dirty oil around your engine, just grinding away at it's internals and destroying it. Our camaro engines generate oil temps anywhere from 200 to 220 and that's where it needs to be for thier build tolerances. When filter technology catches up with oil tech, I will think about extending my oil changes.

[The_Blur]

This is something most people should read. A lot of guys won't accept that their engine can handle longer intervals between oil changes, but the reality is that our cars use less lubrication now than they used to use dues to improved machining. We can build our engines with tighter clearances that require less lubrication between surfaces. Also, advanced oils have been lab-proven to last longer than the same brands of oil years ago. Keep this in mind the next time you're spending unnecessarily on an oil change, especially if you're putting the good stuff under your hood.

[SSBlack]

Interesting article. Probably going to be debated by some, but that was the point of the article.

[Grey Ghost]

Good article.

[HardrockSS]

Originally Posted by One-Bad-SS

I've read this before...most people miss the other component, the filter, and while the oil may be able to go the distance, by not changing it regularly, you're circulating contaminated and dirty oil around your engine, just grinding away at it's internals and destroying it. Our camaro engines generate oil temps anywhere from 200 to 220 and that's where it needs to be for thier build tolerances. When filter technology catches up with oil tech, I will think about extending my oil changes.

I use AMSOIL they say you can go 15,000 miles with their filter. I go about 8,000 still cause I drive hard

[MBS]

What type of oil does everyone use? I use a syn-blend,.

[paul84043]

The problem as I see it is that I have to maintain my warranty. So until that's either voided or expires, I'm stuck with the coprporate definition of proper oil change interval...

[HardrockSS]

I use synthetic Amsoil
and i'm going with the attitude of Fu$% the warranty I just passed 10,000 miles and everything seems good. so I'm getting a tune

[ss04flores]

how often do yall change it?

[tonyko1]

Originally Posted by ss04flores

how often do yall change it?

Change the oil at every gas fill-up, never can be too careful.

[Mr_Draco]

Originally Posted by ss04flores

how often do yall change it?

Once a year. I don't drive mine much so once a year is fine for mine.

[One-Bad-ZL1]

Originally Posted by HardrockSS

I use AMSOIL they say you can go 15,000 miles with their filter. I go about 8,000 still cause I drive hard

Hey bud...how black is the old oil, and at 8K what kind of oil pressure drop are you seeing. Our filters are soooo small, I just don't see the filter material not getting clogged up or I see it allowing the passage of particles and that is why it doesn't, which just circulates the trash through the motor. I've taken my share of valve covers and intake manifolds off of engines that didn't get thier oil changed often enough and the black slug all over the place is what you see and in some cases it starts to reduce and even plug the oiling orifaces in the heads and block. That's why I go for the standard. If I ever go to change the oil and it comes out golden brown like when I poured it in, I will be a believer in this new filter tech and will pour the oil right back in, but so far that hasn't happened.

By the way, you going to the Fort Adams show?