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Old 04-15-2007, 01:21 PM
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Arrow Oil Change?

When Do You Guys Change It? 3,000, 5,000, 6,000 Miles, Or When The "Oil Change" Light Comes On (Which Comes Out, For Me, At The 5,000)?
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Between 2-3000, or sooner if I'm bored.
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5-6k lol id change like above 2-3 depending on how ur driving the thing haha
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3k ftw
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between 2500-3000 no later than 3000
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Standard vs synthetic oil certainly plays a role in this...

There is no reason to change a good synthetic after 3k miles.

For people who don't put a lot of miles on the car it may be measured in months rather than miles.
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Originally Posted by styoung
between 2500-3000 no later than 3000
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Old 04-15-2007, 07:07 PM
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I go at least 5000. Once i let it go until it was about 8000ish miles old. But i was being real lazy on that one. But normally its around 5k
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Depends on your oil. GC 0w30 has shown better oil analysis after 6000 miles than M1 5w30 does after 3000 miles. I changed my GC about every 6-7000 miles. (which is better than changing M1 5w30 every 3000)

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8k miles??????lol
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When the seasons change. Spring, summer, fall, winter. 4 times per year regardless of mileage. Mobile-1.
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You need to change fluids in these things???
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Every 3K for myself.
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Originally Posted by Camaroz
You need to change fluids in these things???
Nope, never. Its an LS1
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every 3k
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Don't drive it enough anymore to put alot of miles on it, so i just go by months. It all depends on how I drive it. Sometimes I will just change it if I am bored. Even if it has only been a month since the last one and I have only put like 500 miles the car.
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3k even with synthetic for me.
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when the lite comes on, I'm at 101,000 miles
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Originally Posted by jp74
3k even with synthetic for me.

ME 2 or when the light comes on. I use Royal Purple
I'm at 90,000 miles
Get em HIGH
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3k or so. But 3k miles for me usually takes 4-6 months so I change it anyways. M1 synthetic also.



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