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How many KM do u change your oil? do u follow the owners manual mine says 8000 KM ? this sounds like 3000 more than i would like to go between changes. i drive about 420 KM/ week . I like castrol GTX oils what do u recomend? I change my own oil any tips ???   thanks for the im fo e-mail me at (contour_982001@yahoo.com) Jeff.
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I do mine every 5000KM without fail. Since owing the car I have only once gone over the 5000 by less than 100KM.
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I change every 5000-6000km. I can if I wish extend it a bit with the synthetic, but I do a lot of city driving so that is my upper limit.
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i run synthetic i change the filter at around 3000km then run another2-3000 on the new filter then do a change,i hate castrol,syntec is all i used 2 use until i found out its not real synthetic but they change themolecular structure of regular oil. they take a couple things out and call it synthetic,then charge the same price as real synthetic.use synthetic oil and a good filter
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I change mine every 5k using Mobil 1 5w30 full synth, best stuff going.
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I agree with all the comments...with synt. you might be able to strecth it out a little longer but if you do city type driving I would change it by 5000km.
Mobil 1 is great... Iahave also tried the Penzoil full syth and it was just as good.
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I think 2-3000 km is overkill. I change mine in 5000 MILES. Originally posted by roland stiller:
i run synthetic i change the filter at around 3000km then run another2-3000 on the new filter then do a change,i hate castrol,syntec is all i used 2 use until i found out its not real synthetic but they change themolecular structure of regular oil. they take a couple things out and call it synthetic,then charge the same price as real synthetic.use synthetic oil and a good filter
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Every 5000km with non-synthetic Quaker State from Q-Lube. With the amount of K's I put on my car (about 500k/week) I would never be able to afford synthetic. I feel that my engine has never skipped a beat in it's 117000km life.
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ii said i change the filter at 3'000 then run another 2-3,000 on the oil then do an oil and filter change.not jap quaker state filters r made by fram i'd bring a filter into quickie lube
97 gsxr lotsa good stuff 4 sale
95 talon tsi awd turbo loaded sold
95 se 2.5 mtx loaded (fragile handle with care)2 motors 3 trannies
custom y with hi flo cat,custom dynomax exhaust,upper cat mod
superchip,udp,bat\kkm,proflow maf,ford 9mm wires,svt throttle body,svt intake manifold ,custom kevlar clutch,16 pd. flywheel,svt motor mounts ,svt gauges,eibachs\h&r,omp strut brace,dark chrome 16" rials with 225/50 dunlops,cwazy amounts of audio
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thank u all for the graet replies i will take them into the garage with me when i do my oil change every 5000 Km jeff :p
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