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Old 11-13-2023, 08:03 AM
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Another tip, change your oil don’t wait on light to come on. That could take couple years if you don’t put enough mile to trip it. If you got turbo charged engine I wouldn’t go over 5000 miles or 6 months. Non turbo engine year maybe, but that’s pushing it. You don’t want VVT or piston rings coking up and sticking. Now if you trade every three years don’t matter it will be the next person’s problems.
I always buy top grade synthetic and change my oil every 10,000 miles. With one car, that's an oil change around every 8-10 months, with my other car, that's an oil change every two years. Never, ever had a problem doing that.
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