Oil changes.... how often?

ufnavy06 · Jan 22, 2008

How often do you guys change your oil and how often does Ford actually say to? I know I'm lazy for not walking out to my car.

bigcat · Jan 22, 2008

the manual says 5000 miles. i change it at 3000.

ARTTII · Jan 22, 2008

Yeah, Ford calls for 5k interval. I do follow exactly that, as I drive a LOT with a lot of those miles being highway. So that works out to an oil change every 3 months (or less) and I'm comfortable with that.

kooldawg6 · Jan 22, 2008

I change mine every 5K with Mobil 1 Synthetic and Motorcraft filter. That happens about every 2 months for me.

The Fang · Jan 22, 2008

every 3k cause you can tell the oil starts to break down at that point and is pretty dirty by that time.

Art161 · Jan 22, 2008

For you low mileage drivers, change the oil at least every 6 months, even if you have not gone 5k miles since the last change.

Mark25 · Jan 23, 2008

Every 3k miles (or 6 months)...whichever comes first.

PUNISHER RACING · Jan 23, 2008

I change mine every 5,000 and use the Motorcraft Semi. w/ the 820 high performance filters

xtweakerx · Jan 23, 2008

i change mine between 4,500 and 5,000 miles.

Holy crap Kool dawg, u change ur oil every 2 months? lots of driving eh.

o0Dan0o · Jan 23, 2008

xtweakerx said:
i change mine between 4,500 and 5,000 miles.

Holy crap Kool dawg, u change ur oil every 2 months? lots of driving eh.

No crap, thats 30k a year! How often do you buy new cars?
Dan

GOLDENPONY · Jan 23, 2008

OIL

I use Mobil 1 5W20, change it @ 5K miles. If I used dino oil, I'd change it @ 3K miles. Oil's cheap, engines aren't.

kooldawg6 · Jan 23, 2008

My '98 Jetta I bought new in '99(has sat since last November)has just over 170K miles. I bought the '06 the very end of last August and have nearly 40K miles on it now It was not intended to be my daily driver, but it is so much more fun than the 90 HP Jetta These are the last two cars I've purchased. I intend on keeping the Stang on the road as long as I can with no concern about racking up the miles

steedman07 · Jan 23, 2008

Im changing mine every 5k..mobil 1 synthetic..Should i go shorter intervals with the Vortech? It uses the oil too obviously..

xtweakerx · Jan 24, 2008

i've had my car for almost a year and i have 8,500 miles.

stang8urimport · Jan 24, 2008

I change mine every 3000 miles... Mobil 1 5w20, motorcraft filter.

PUNISHER RACING · Jan 24, 2008

I had mine from June to Nov. then put it in storage and I put 7,200 miles on it.

red05bullitgt · Jan 24, 2008

Art161 said:
For you low mileage drivers, change the oil at least every 6 months, even if you have not gone 5k miles since the last change.

Art ! I put less than 5K miles, per year on my 05GT. I also use Mobil 1 along with the Mobil 1 extended performance oil filter.

So my question is..Would it be safe to change my oil, every 12 months. Or would you still recommend changing the oil, every 6 months.

walter · Jan 24, 2008

For the First 10K miles I changed it religiously every 3K miles to ensure proper breaking in.

now that i'm approaching that 10K mile mark I'll be changing the oil every 5K miles with my trusty Mobil 1 Supersyn and a Motorcraft filter.

Art161 · Jan 24, 2008

red05bullitgt said:
Art ! I put less than 5K miles, per year on my 05GT. I also use Mobil 1 along with the Mobil 1 extended performance oil filter.

So my question is..Would it be safe to change my oil, every 12 months. Or would you still recommend changing the oil, every 6 months.

If still under warranty, you might not be covered for engine damage if you do not change your engine oil at least every six months.

In any event, if you do not put much mileage on the car, you are probably accumulating water, acid, and other nasty things in the oil. Synthetic oil is no better than dino oil when it comes to oil change intervals for low mileage drivers.

red05bullitgt · Jan 24, 2008

Art161 said:
If still under warranty, you might not be covered for engine damage if you do not change your engine oil at least every six months.

In any event, if you do not put much mileage on the car, you are probably accumulating water, acid, and other nasty things in the oil. Synthetic oil is no better than dino oil when it comes to oil change intervals for low mileage drivers.

I forgot to mention, that I change my oil. just before putting it away for the winter. Once it's in storage, I neither run or start the engine. Until the following spring, usually around mid April.

If I'm not mistaken. Fresh oil normally doesn't accumulate water, acid or become dirty from just sitting in the oil pan. IMHO it's really no different, when compared to oil sitting on the shelf for 6-12 months or longer.

I guess under these circumstances. I assumed, that perhaps it might be safe to change my oil, every 12 months..instead of every 6

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