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[quote=Anonymous]Depends on your driving style. If you drive lots of short trips of less than 30 minutes, you need to change your oil at a maximum of 3,000 miles or every 12 months regardless of mileage on the oil. This is because short trip driving quickly accumulates unburned fuel in the oil, and since the engine never gets hot enough for that fuel contamination to “boil” out of the oil, it stays in the oil, where it can damage and wear plastic and rubber components in your engine (cam chain guides in particular). If you drive more than 30 minutes for most trips, you can probably do a longer oil change interval, up to around 7,500 miles if you’re using synthetic oils. Some oil manufacturers claim you can go much longer (20k miles!) but I’ve never considered that smart or safe for your engine. In the end, always remember this: “Grease is always cheaper than metal”. [/quote]
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