Question about oil change frequency in a car you plan to drive to 250,000 miles (gasket, fuel)

[veritasveritas]

Originally Posted by dkf747

That is not true for every vehicle. Some need to be changed that often, most don't.

Im curious which car needs to be changed at 3k?

[MMM05]

Originally Posted by veritasveritas

Im curious which car needs to be changed at 3k?

All Lincoln Town Cars, Grand Marquis's, and tons more !!

Man, anyone who takes these screwball, error-riden posts as fact....is absent of Auto sense/knowledge. GUARANTEE you.

[lkmax]

Leave it synthetic, and change it every 7,500 to 8,000 miles.

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by MMM05

All Lincoln Town Cars, Grand Marquis's, and tons more !!

Man, anyone who takes these screwball, error-riden posts as fact....is absent of Auto sense/knowledge. GUARANTEE you.

Oh.

When to Change Your Oil | Maintenance | Official Lincoln Owner Site

http://www.royalelimo.com/attachment...aint-Guide.pdf

Both are official Ford sites.


At least you're correct in the second half of your post.

[southernnaturelover]

Another thing to consider is the difference between normal and "severe" usage according to the manual. Unless you drive nearly all highway you're likely in the "severe usage" category.

[North Beach Person]

General definition of "severe":

http://www.hastingsfilter.com/Literature/TSB/94-1R1.pdf

Determining Proper Oil and Filter Change Intervals: Can Onboard Automotive Sensors Help?

https://www.amsoil.com/lit/g1490.pdf

[Professor Griff]

I change my wife and my cars' oil at 5K miles. Change my tranny's gear oil every 50K. Tranny rows through gears smooth as butter, and the last time I had my valve cover off the engine looked pretty good. That was at 150K.

[MMM05]

Originally Posted by southernnaturelover

Another thing to consider is the difference between normal and "severe" usage according to the manual. Unless you drive nearly all highway you're likely in the "severe usage" category.

Exactly !! And that's why I Change Oil, and filter at 3000 miles, to protect a top quality running Lincoln 4.6 Litre engine with 116,000 miles on it.

I don't need advice from ANYONE here....I KNOW my mechanic is a World Class authority on my vehicle and it's Service.

[dkf747]

Originally Posted by veritasveritas

Im curious which car needs to be changed at 3k?

My car does.

[43north87west]

The oil life monitors are pretty good though. If you drive 5000 miles a month the oil will last a lot longer than if you drive 1 mile each way to work and back every day. The length of time that the oil can be used depends on factors unique to the use case. Nobody here can tell you exactly...