View Poll Results: How do you determine when it's time to change your oil?
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How often do you change your oil?
07-07-2010, 12:08 PM
#1
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How often do you change your oil?
I know that the HHR has the oil life monitor in the DIC, and that's what I normally go off of, but I was wondering if anyone still changes their oil every 3,000 miles like you normally would on other cars? I seem to be able to go about 8,000-9,000 miles between oil changes, which seems like a lot to me. So, how often do you change your oil? How many miles do you get out of an oil change?
07-07-2010, 12:19 PM
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Sorry if its a duplicate thread. I searched "oil changes" and the search excluded "oil" as a search term, so I didn't really get any good results. I'm not that good at using the search function though.
07-07-2010, 12:22 PM
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Regardless, eventually you will see some members post defending changing every 3,000 miles and others that follow the DIC.
07-07-2010, 01:03 PM
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I change my oil once a year, about 16,000 miles. I change the filter half way through, then top off a little. This is exactly 2 cycles from the DIC, which I re-set at the half-way filter change. Using Amsoil 0W-30, good for 1 year or 35,000 miles.
07-07-2010, 01:47 PM
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Amsoil full syn 5W-30 says every 6 months on the SS cause with the turbo it's a severe duty, that is about what the DIC will tell ya if you average 1k a month.
The standard 2.2 or 2.4 non turbo could do once a year or every 25k for the 5W-30 Ams.
The standard 2.2 or 2.4 non turbo could do once a year or every 25k for the 5W-30 Ams.
