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How often do you guys have your oil changed?
Had an older car and went every 3,000 miles.
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i do it at 4500... oil is cheap engine and turbos are not :p
also using 0w30 ot 0w20
 
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What year is your civic?
 

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Started with 3k then 5k and now 10k. Oil analysis was fine after 10k on amsoil. May push to 12k im not sure yet
 

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I do all of my cars at 5k.

using full synthetic oil the 3k interval pushed by oil change shop and some dealers is overkill.

doing it at 5k also makes it easy to keep track of when changes are due, especially with multiple cars.
 


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Doing ~3500. Sure it'll go longer, but my BRZ was supposed to be good for 7500 and spun a bearing so.... Peace of mind is worth a few bucks lol. Prob have oil analyzed and reassess after 10 or 15k miles
 
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Standard oil is ok?
 

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Standard oil is ok?
If you’re sticking with 0w-20... there is no conventional oil at that viscosity.

I change mine around 20%. I’ve been doing more and more idling in all my vehicles waiting for kids to be out of things or on Pokemon spots for my kids... so it more accurately reflects my running hours than miles necessarily do. It is, however, in excess of 3,000 miles. I haven’t done 3,000 miles since I was a teen. Every car I can think of has used a MM equivalent and generally done 6000-10000 or had a maintenance schedule call for 7500 miles.
 

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Between 5%-20%, whenever the timing is convenient.
 


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Great.
Also, is there a way to see my tire pressure displayed on the dash?
 

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Great.
Also, is there a way to see my tire pressure displayed on the dash?
No. There are no sensors, it only detects when one is spinning differently than the rest and tells you there's a pressure problem.
 

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The 3k oil change thing has always been a scam for the most part. It was like DeBeers and the "rule" that you have to spend 2 months salary on a useless rock in order to get married. Friggin' oil change places STILL try and pull that crap on me and almost no cars require that anymore. Porsches can go 10K miles in between. Meanwhile my dingbat gf went 3 years without an oil change because her ex husband never taught her any better and that toyota van still works fine (she sold it to her tenant).
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