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2010reddevil · 06-10-2018, 01:59 PM

Pretty much every nodern vehicle I've owned has gotten the oil changed at 5500 to 7500 miles. Seems wasteful to me to change it so soon. I've never had a problem with the engines either. I use either Mobil 1 full syn or Valvoline. Both great oils, both will help your engine live a happy life.

lbls1 · 06-11-2018, 08:30 AM

Its fine. I normally change oil at 3,000 miles (4,000 miles for the dd), or no more than one (1) oil change a year for my stored cars. Its good to do at least two changes a year at no more than 3,000 miles per change. This is my opinion, so take it with a grain of salt. My cars, so far, haven't suffered with my regimen.

Monitor your oil level and look for low oil readings and/or sharp changes in the oil level.

CCMADONNA · 06-11-2018, 09:09 AM

I daily drive my L99.
3k - 5k per year.
Mobil1 oil change every October.

06-10-2018, 01:59 PM	#29
2010reddevil Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS Victory Red 6M Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Gulf Coast, TX Posts: 1,424	Pretty much every nodern vehicle I've owned has gotten the oil changed at 5500 to 7500 miles. Seems wasteful to me to change it so soon. I've never had a problem with the engines either. I use either Mobil 1 full syn or Valvoline. Both great oils, both will help your engine live a happy life. __________________ 2011 2SS 6A Red Jewel Metallic, Vararam Tune CAI, Magnaflow 3" Competition c/b, Speed Engineering 1-7/8 LT's, Circle D 5C, M/T 275/40R20 S/S, HPTuners tune by Ryan@GPI 12.3 @ 112 ACM as of 12/22/19 Gone on 12/28/19 R I P 2010 2SS 6M Victory Red/Black (old ride) CAI intake, Speed Engineering 1 7/8" LT's, X4 base tune, Flowmaster Outlaw axle-back. 12.6 @ 115 SAR as of 9/19/15 Gone but never forgotten.

06-11-2018, 08:30 AM	#30
lbls1 Drives: 2002 Camaro SS SOM; 2015 Malibu LTZ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 4,021	Its fine. I normally change oil at 3,000 miles (4,000 miles for the dd), or no more than one (1) oil change a year for my stored cars. Its good to do at least two changes a year at no more than 3,000 miles per change. This is my opinion, so take it with a grain of salt. My cars, so far, haven't suffered with my regimen. Monitor your oil level and look for low oil readings and/or sharp changes in the oil level. __________________ '02 CAMARO SS SOM; 5.7L LS1/FLS6B '08 TBSS AWD Black Granite Metallic '15 Malibu LTZ 2LZ Turbo *'14 CAMARO ZL1 Blue Ray Metallic*

06-11-2018, 09:09 AM	#31
CCMADONNA Drives: 2014 SW 2SS/RS Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: So Cal Posts: 1,681 View My Garage	I daily drive my L99. 3k - 5k per year. Mobil1 oil change every October. __________________ 2014 2SS/RS VERT L99 SUMMIT WHITE AIRAID CAI BORLA ATAK CAT-BACK EXHAUST ELITE ENGINEERING CATCH-CAN RANGE AFM-DELETE MODULE HUPER OPTIK 40 CHROME PEDALS PREMIUM FLOOR MATS PREMIUM CARGO MAT DEDICATED 32GB iPHONE HD[/I][/B][IMG][/IMG]