white film on oil cap
Originally Posted by Bent6
No offense but I'll bs on those oil change intervals. Modern engines stay very clean inside provided they get warm enough to evaporate the water out of the oil. I always go 5000-8000 miles between changes on my 97 and have for at least 150,000 miles. I almost always drive at least 10 miles when I start the truck. You won't hurt anything changing the oil that often, and it may be a good idea if you're only driving 2-3 miles at time.
Therefore I feel that the three month interval is a good rule, because otherwise it would take me 6 months to get to 3000 miles and an entire year to get to 6000 miles. Changing the oil once or twice a year seems like poor maintenance to me. Yeah it's probably overkill, but I prefer to look at it as very cheap insurance.
Originally Posted by tritonpwr
You don't have to believe in gravity either. But if you jump off a building, you'll still go splat on the sidewalk.



