is 5000 miles too long to wait for an oil change?

[MadMax]

Originally Posted by 127.0.0.1

if you use mobil 1 go to 10,000 miles before oil change

This.

Oil is a precious and limited natural resource, and people are pouring it away because of some outdated information. Luckily some of it can be recycled, but it would be better to use it to its maximum extent than to needlessly change it because of ignorance!

[BailOut]

Originally Posted by MadMax

This.

Oil is a precious and limited natural resource, and people are pouring it away because of some outdated information. Luckily some of it can be recycled, but it would be better to use it to its maximum extent than to needlessly change it because of ignorance!

Well said! And there are "extended performance" blends out there that let you go all the way to 15k miles between drain intervals. I've been doing this along with a high performance filter since the first change and things are running fine at 65k miles. I have yet to find any metal on the magnetic drain plug.

[sidewinder]

5000 miles on an oil change, it depends on how much you love your car. Yes todays engines are better built then long ago, I was a mechanic then and still am. I also worked in an oil testing facility in the military. There is more break down of the oil the longer you use it, except synthetic oil. Toyota does not make any money from you by having engines last 500,000 miles. They want the engines to wear out sooner so they make more money. I did my first oil change on my "S" liftback at 1800 miles and my routine oil changes are at 2500 miles. Oil is cheap,engine work is not. Yes, you believe what you want to. Our 1.5 is a small motor that works hard and makes alot of heat. I have tested oil for many engines in a lab environment. Its science, not speculation.

[yarrr]

Originally Posted by sidewinder

5000 miles on an oil change, it depends on how much you love your car. Yes todays engines are better built then long ago, I was a mechanic then and still am. I also worked in an oil testing facility in the military. There is more break down of the oil the longer you use it, except synthetic oil. Toyota does not make any money from you by having engines last 500,000 miles. They want the engines to wear out sooner so they make more money. I did my first oil change on my "S" liftback at 1800 miles and my routine oil changes are at 2500 miles. Oil is cheap,engine work is not. Yes, you believe what you want to. Our 1.5 is a small motor that works hard and makes alot of heat. I have tested oil for many engines in a lab environment. Its science, not speculation.

Well the yaris has been proven to go 400k miles with 5k intervals. 80 extra changes over that period is ~1500-2000 bucks. I could get a salvage engine and install it for half of that. Oil is not cheap, and BP just let the rest of the "cheap" oil flow into the ocean... lol

[ctrj]

Use Amsoil and go 15k miles.

Originally Posted by MadMax

This.

Oil is a precious and limited natural resource, and people are pouring it away because of some outdated information. Luckily some of it can be recycled, but it would be better to use it to its maximum extent than to needlessly change it because of ignorance!