Changing your vehicle's oil is one of the most important things you can do to avoid spending loads of money of problems in the future that sprung from not changing your oil.
There are many factors at work that dictate how often you should be changing your oil like how you drive, the condition and age of the engine, the external environment you drive in, and stop-and-go versus highway driving. Owner's manual recommendations for oil and filter changes vary from 3,000 to 10,000 miles.
We recommend that you change your oil and filter every 5,000 miles. That's our best estimate. For the vast majority, 5,000-mile oil changes will help your engine last to a ripe, old age.
You may want to consider changing your oil more frequently if:
- -You drive like a knucklehead: jackrabbit starts, heavy acceleration or high-speed driving
- -You live where the climate is extremely hot or cold
- -You often drive on dirt roads
- -Your engine is old and burns oil
- -You frequently carry heavy loads (several mothers-in-law or other cargo)
Oil undergoes thermal breakdown due to high operating temperature. When this occurs, the oil becomes less effective as a lubricant. And without a good lubricant, parts of the engine rub together and wear each other out. If you don't change your oil frequently, your engine won't last as long as it could. Oil serves many crucial functions, and clean oil performs those functions better than dirty oil. Oil is relatively cheap, and changing your oil every 5,000 miles is a very cheap insurance policy against major repairs down the road.
Grand Prix is your one stop shop for all of your maintenance needs.
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