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submitted 1 year ago by inky@lemmy.world to c/cars@lemmy.world

Just a poll to get some interaction in! Everyone has an opinion on this...what's yours?

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[-] tieme@midwest.social 19 points 1 year ago

Sorry to be a dick but this is kind of a terrible poll. The 3 most common intervals are 3k, 5k, and 10k. One is not represented. One is represented by 2 different options and 2 of them are represented by the same option.

[-] shizomou@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

That's kind of a personal question.

[-] inky@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

You're kind of a personal question

[-] shizomou@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] EyesEyesBaby@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yearly, regardless of mileage.

[-] MarkHughes4096@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I have to change annually as I don't do the mileage, If I did a 6k change on my Skyline it would be every 10 years... LOL. I use my T3 a lot more but still can't get anywhere near the distance, So once a year at some point (Usually just after an MOT) I just service them.

[-] Terevos@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I drive an EV now. Where's the 'never' option?

[-] rikonium@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not if you drive a pure EV Kona, Niro or Ioniq! People found out poor reduction gearbox design means it fouls up it's gear oil rapidly (compared to say, a Bolt which does not do that) and periodic changes are necessary - or at least one done early in it's break-in period. (Not to be confused with the hybrid versions of those three or the Ioniq 5 and 6)

[-] inky@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That is fascinating and really shitty for people with those cars

[-] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago

Yearly on my mustang. Never put more than 5k miles a year on it. Gti gets it every 10k, or yearly. Might drop the interval now that it’s mostly city driving.

[-] Cheese@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I work at a shop so an oil change costs me like 6$. The answer is way too often.

[-] rikonium@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Every 3,000-3,750 miles. HyunKia GDI 4-cylinders are dirty little engines and the "severe" schedule of 3,000 (2.0T), 3,750 (2.4L/3.3L) applies in "rare" driving conditions such traffic in hot weather, very cold weather, hills, <5 mile trips, stop/go traffic, etc.

Your intervals are sadly too wide by the way.

[-] Chickenstalker@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Minimum every 6 months during the half yearly service. Otherwise, according to the specified mileage on the bottle.

[-] TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[-] Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Depends on the car. My subaru says every 6,000. I bought it new so I just do it every 5k for easy record keeping.

I have 20k on my trucks built up engine. I religiously change it at or before 3k.

Mobile one synthetic and filter for everything since it parked in my driveway.

[-] scarcer@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Once a year with amsoil or the like. Cars average 5k to 10k miles a year.

[-] alphapuggle@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

I drive a VW, besides the filter it changes it's own oil

[-] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

My truck is mote modern, and I change the oil at 5,000-6,000 miles. I have a sort of project/fun vehicle with a much more primitive SOHC 4-cylinder that runs a it 3,500 rpm on the highway, and I change its oil every 3,000 miles.

[-] poopsmith@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In the car: when the oil change indicator comes on, usually about every 10k. On the bike: when I feel like it.

Pulled the valve covers recently on the car, and it was clean as a whistle.

[-] zeppo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Full synthetic, and 8-10 thousand miles.

[-] jozo 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Every 15000km,

[-] algorithmae@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Whenever my oil goes from "Yeah that's about right" to "eugh yep its time", typically around the 4-5k mark. Yay direct injection!

[-] theoc@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Pretty bad poll. Lots of cars can go longer than the options listed. I change mine every 20,000 km which is Mercedes recommended interval in Canada (when the car tells me to change my oil).

[-] inky@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Didn't know that! Always learning something.

[-] phamanhvu01@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't even own a car to do oil change in the first place, lol.

[-] zeppo@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago
[-] EyesEyesBaby@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Well this is the cars community..

[-] TeckFire@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Or a lawnmower. Personally, I change my push mower’s oil every 3,000 miles /s

Edit: I did the math for this, actually. For one acre of land, assuming you had a 4ft wide push mower, it would take about 2.05 miles of walking per acre of land, for complete coverage, with no overlap. I prefer to do a 25% overlap though, so let’s increase that to 3 miles per acre at most.

This means you would need to do 1,000 acres of push mowing before changing the oil in a push mower at this rate. This is about 757 American football fields, 1.56 square miles, or about yay big: https://i.postimg.cc/qRrfdqdn/IMG-1199.jpg

[-] zeppo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Good to know!

The mowers I’ve had have use that fucked up and horrifying system where you’re supposed to mix the gasoline with motor oil.

[-] TeckFire@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

So two stroke engines? Yeah, those have a bit of maintenance for sure

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