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| fixer34 |
 Sep 6 2024, 10:01 AM
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My wife's 2020 Mitsubishi SUV is coming up on 2 years since the last oil change. By the odometer, she has driven a little over 7000 miles. Car gets driven regularly, but short trips. Some 20-30 mins in length every couple weeks so we know the engine gets up to temperature. Oil is full synthetic.
Am I pushing the limits here (or over them), or get to the 2yr/8000 mile mark OK? Just checked and the level is still over the Full line (they must have overfilled a bit..) |
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| emerygt350 |
Sep 6 2024, 06:39 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,554 Joined: 20-July 21 From: Upstate, NY Member No.: 25,740 Region Association: North East States |
My new project, the mini. Has a 16000 mile oil interval. I suspect after not getting the engine nice and toasty for 16k I am going to see milk in the oil cap...
If you have synth and you are not abusing it, I would go as long as you can. You can see when oil is starting to lose its edge. After my rebuild on the 914 i am shocked at how good the oil looks after 5000 miles and that is an air cooled monstrosity. |
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fixer34 SOT: oil change interval Sep 6 2024, 10:01 AM
technicalninja 10-15 k is fine and up to 5 years on "fully... Sep 6 2024, 10:57 AM Superhawk996 I regularly do 7k between oil changes and don’t ... Sep 6 2024, 03:17 PM
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What does it hurt to do an oil... Sep 6 2024, 06:59 PM brant
I’ll just say it
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Your responses have become a bit aggressive and ... Sep 8 2024, 08:00 AM technicalninja I have a strange friend...
Blake is a Fiero nut f... Sep 6 2024, 08:52 PM targa72e Two studies over 20 years ago switched me to synth... Sep 6 2024, 10:41 PM mb911 My sons 24 civic we change at 40% oil life, use Ho... Sep 7 2024, 05:36 AM mlindner Fixer, short trips are harder on the engine then l... Sep 8 2024, 08:07 AM Jack Standz Used to ride a sports bike. The engine shared its ... Sep 8 2024, 11:10 AM |
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