That's the correct answer.
Changing the oil every 3000 miles (standard usage) is a waste of time,
money, and oil. My '03 Civic's manual says once every 10k miles -- changing
it every 3000 miles is a waste of 8 quarts of oil every 10,000 miles.
I don't know about you folks, but I am not eager to give the oil companies
and middle Eastern nations more of my money than necessary. I sure don't
want to do anything that maintains our dependence on them any more than
absolutely necessary.
"Bob Burns" <treborburns@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Khee Mao wrote:
> > I've recently moved downtown and am now walking to work (and just
> > about everything else), which has decreased my monthly mileage to
> > somewhere between 100 and 200 miles total. I know the oil companies
> > say 3 months/ 3000 miles (despite my manual saying at least twice
> > that), but changing oil every 600 miles seems kind of ridiculous.
> > does oil go bad from age as well as wear?
>
> Follow the recomendations in your user manual.
>
> Oil companies want to sell more oil.
>
> --
> Bob Burns
> Mill Hall PA
> treborburns@earthlink.net
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