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What is the correct oil change interval for your car
By David Maillie
Never has something so simple as an oil change become so complex as now. With recent improvements in automotive manufacturing and synthetic and space age lubricants some are advertising claims of up to 15,000 miles between oil changes. Most new car dealer service departments are, however stating that the recommended oil change interval is usually 3,000 miles. Most owners manuals state 5,000 miles is the recommended interval. So who is correct here? There are new, space age products and additives out there that claim their nano sized particles (like ZMax) and super slick engineered properties can greatly improve and even stave off regular engine wear. You’ve seen the commercials, two identical cars next to each other are redlined and the one with the advertisers recommended brand of lubricant is fine, the other suffers engine failure. Or the commercial where one car is drained of its oil and has just one bottle of special lubrication treatment (like Slick 50) added and is then run for hundreds of miles.
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If these special advanced oil treatments worked as stated wouldn’t oil changes become a thing of the past? Wouldn’t we start to see 50,000 mile oil changes and engines that outlast the car body? Some of these products also even claim to increase your fuel economy by as much as 20% or more. Per the FTC (Federal Trade Commision) website claims like these are mostly false or minimally effective at best – more like a 0.5% increase in fuel economy. Also adding these special lubricants to your crank case per the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), whom tests many of these products for effectiveness and claims, will not prolong the oils effectiveness and can increase emissions in some cases. So what is one to believe? Well, no one knows your vehicle better than the manufacturer and what they recommend is stated clearly right in your owners manual and is usually around 5,000 miles. Yes, many owner’s manuals will have 2 recommendations listed – one for normal driving and the other for extreme conditions. Usually the normal driving oil change interval will be around 5,000 and the extreme conditions recommendation will be around 3,500 (be sure to check with your owner’s manual for the exact figures).
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