Vehicle Oil Change Interval ??

shameless dude wrote: my tractors had oil and filter changes every 100 hours, my vehicles get both changed every 2000 miles.

 

it's something i always did, taught to me by my Dad. i've never had to do an engine overhaul on anything. used to drive 50+ miles a day, and never had engine problems. my old Dodge van has just short of 1 million miles on it before i retired it, not from any engine problem, but from rust! when things start falling out the sides, it's time for retirement! when i had my vending company, i'd put on 100,000 (-/+) miles a year. never sat along the road with engine problems. Dad always said: that is the cheapest overhaul you can give to an engine, changing the oil and filter. 

Well, feels like I'm messing with the universe or teasing the gods, but I also have never had engine troubles on a vehicle (well, 'cept that Pontiac, but that wasn't an oil issue in any way) and go by 5000 miles, or the oil life monitor if it has one, or on the turbo gasoline car I had, 3000.  Oil has come a long long way over the years.  Suit yourself and do what you want, just gotta say I don't think I've ever heard of that short of an interval.

Kansas99 wrote: Tbone95 wrote: Well, feels like I'm messing with the universe or teasing the gods, but I also have never had engine troubles on a vehicle (well, 'cept that Pontiac, but that wasn't an oil issue in any way) and go by 5000 miles, or the oil life monitor if it has one, or on the turbo gasoline car I had, 3000.  Oil has come a long long way over the years.  Suit yourself and do what you want, just gotta say I don't think I've ever heard of that short of an interval. To freedguy's comment, I think tractors should and my tractors do get oil changed at least annually.  Most of my tractors reach hours before a year, but the one that gets lower hours still gets annually.  Collectors that get a couple hours a year, well, that's a whole 'nother discussion.  I likely won't ever be a collector. "I likely won't ever be a collector." Oh now don't say that, you know if you farm with them long enough you'll be a collector. My neighbor farmed with a 99 Oliver 3-71 and a 1900 Oliver 4-71 till he retired, then he became a avid Oliver collector and sold his 2 Olivers to a couple other tractor collectors.  He just happened to farm........ oops, I mean collect Olivers that other people wanted.

I change my oil around 5000 miles or in the fall whichever comes later. The newer ones I change when the oil change light comes on. Usually write the mileage down and it comes out around 7000 miles. My corvette and the plow truck haven't had oil changes in 5 years. I had been changing the Corvette yearly but it only gets a couple hundered miles a year. I just don't have time to drive it so it takes up valuable space in my small heated shop.