You're just simply wrong. Yes, oil lasts longer these days, but it is about ridding your engine of contamination in the oil with every oil change.

The “Im a Jeep fan” shirt explains a lot.

The question is why push it though when it's an easy, pretty inexpensive process to ensure a good life of the motor?

🤡🤣 people just come online, and suddenly they're experts. If you want your engine to last DO NOT listen to this guy

*Ford 3.5 Ecoboost enters the chat* The longer interval has been linked to the phaser and chain wear issues.

3-6k oil changes make 200k+ mile motors. Seen it myself many times. Bought multiple vehicles that were changes religiously every 5k miles and I’m still driving them at 230,247, and 248k miles

I do mine every 5000 miles just because it give me time to inspect and do maintenance

Changing oil above 5000 miles is a scam from the manufacturers. There is a video on youtube where i guy changed his oil every 10k on his Toyota from the Toyota dealer. It blew up around 130k. He should easily get 200k plus out of a Toyota with proper maintenance. They found because of his lack of maintenance and changing oil so long is what cause the issue. Oil is cheaper then blowing up an engine. They have never figured out how to keep oil from breaking down with very long maintenance intervals. Thats because the oil gets contaminated with fuel over time. Change your oil

Cars with 10,000 mile oil changes will never last to over 200,000 miles engine will end up with alot of blow by

The Car Care Nut has taken countless engines apart I think I’ll take his word for 5k intervals

This BS propaganda and basic misunderstanding of what the job of the oil does is why so many people have *early engine failure.* The first thing that should always be discussed/disclosed is the fact that a "10,000 mi." oil change is based on *ideal driving conditions." If you hardly ever engage in stop and go driving (city driving), only operate your car in moderate climates (40°f - 80°f temps, max), never pull trailers and or don't drive on steep grades (stay out of the mountains) and don't use your car for commercial purposes (taxi, Uber or food delivery) then you can *possibly* get by with 10k mi. changes, as outlined by the oil manufacturers. An oil analysis will confirm the serviceability of the oil. Great, the oil lasts longer and cleans better *but,* the oil still manages to pick up and contain all the contamination, carbon and metal particulate mater... The oil, itself may not break down as fast as old tech oils, lasting longer in service life, etc. *but...* This does not mean that the oil magically dissipates all of the engine contaminates, carbon build up and metal particulate that accumulates in the oil, which inturn creates negative effects in the engine's functions. It's the *wear of the engine,* not the ability of the oil to "keep going without breaking down" that determines when your oil should be changed. Oil breakdown is only *one element* to consider in its function to protect the engine. Regardless of what the oil manufacturers and car manufacturers try to tell you, countless certified, independent automotive technicians, like myself, after years upon years of experience (I started working on cars in 1974) and observing the results of different oils and the milage and type of service the engine is used for, the vast majority of techs will agree that more frequent oil changes (much less than the 8k-10k mi. recommended life) is the *number one thing* that a vehicle owner can do to lengthen the service life of their vehicle, *period.* There is too much imperial evidence to deny this and people keep looking at the wrong thing when trying to figure this all out. Don't look at the predicted life of your oil, look at the wear and tear on friction surfaces and carbon deposit build-up in your engine. With modern oils, great as they are, *5,000 miles* IS the best service cycle for an oil change in modern, combustion engines, 3,000 in older vehicles because the components aren't as durable as modern production parts and design. And if nothing else, why not err to the side of caution and spend a few dollars more to *guarantee* your best engine life rather than try to hope and gamble that the oil will miraculously last 2-3 times longer *without allowing any extra wear* and not allow any wear/damage to your engine. Why save a few bucks just to possibly end up spending *thousands* in premature repair costs?? That makes *no* sense. Just put all the questions and debates and arguments aside, listen to the thousands of experienced (I'm talking decades, not people in the business for a few years who still function on what they are told is right) technicians who have learned from *hard observation* and just change your damned oil!! 😊

As a mechanic in the industry, 10k oil changes are absolutely horrible for your engine, these higher intervals have caused issues for so many manufacturers

U forgot to mention the oil filters, that plays a huge role in oil change intervals.

Turbocharged engines need more often oil changes. Direct injected engines need more often oil changes simply because of the fuel mixing into the oil fairly quickly.

the issue is most cars over 10-12 years old with 150,000+ miles will burn 1 qt of engine oil every 1,500-2,000 miles and if you go 10,000 miles, your engine will be so low on oil, it will blow up....NO ONE CHECKS OIL LEVELS ANY MORE!!! at least at the 3,000 mile oil change-it was only 1-2 quarts low.

A lab tests cost the same as an change. With fuel dilution becoming a bigger problem nowadays I don't think better oil is a solution.

Change your oil every 10,000 miles if you want your car to only last 100,000 to 150,000 miles. Don’t care how much oils have improved in the past 15 years, always change it every 3,000 miles, your car will thank you for it. Same thing with transmission fluid changes, if it’s changed every 2 years, your transmission will last a long, long time. If you go the preventative maintenance route, your car will last a good while. If you go by the maintenance intervals in your owner’s manual, don’t expect the car to last more than 150,000 miles. Reason why they say that is they purposely want you to wear the car out as soon as possible so they can sell as many cars as possible since it’s in their business plan.

Its not the oil breakdown that is the problem. Its the contamination of water and excess fuel accumulating in the oil and never getting burned off because people tend to drive short distances of only a few miles and the engine never gets a chance to heat up and burn off the excess fuel and naturally occurring condensation. The oil itself is fine its the build up of fuel that naturally gets past the rings into the oil and the water tha build up in the oil and contaminates it there by compromising the lubricity of the oil. If you do highway driving and longer distances than 2 miles to the store and back then you can go longer. Easiest way is pull the dipstick and simply smell the oil for excessive smell of fuel!

5000 mile oil changes are the sweet spot between protecting your engine and economy IMHO. Sure you can go longer but there are plenty of people with proof that 10,000 could create more problems long term.

With forced induction and egrs, oil is bound to get dirty

With diesels, maybe otherwise change your oil frequently people!!!! 10-15k km/mile oil intervals are for frequently used highway driving vehicles. Frequent stop&start, city driving, vehicles that sit idle or/and unused extended periods of time will need 3-5k miles/ 7-10k km 6 months-1 year intervals.One last thing even tho oil is way more robust than before it still cannot with stand common contaminants like moisture(cars that sit unused alot are especially at risk), fuel( gasoline is a strong solvent that will breakdown your oil and with direct injection its even worse) and combustion gasses(especially CO2, it will drop your oil's pH and if you keep your interval long, your oil will become acidic and accelarate wear inside the engine)

It's a machine. Change the oil. People who keep their cars and trucks longer than 60000 miles know this.

I change my oil and rotate my tires every 5,000 miles. 3,000 seems a little excessive unless you run your car/truck really hard. Changing oil is not that expensive nor difficult, so even if I can stretch it to 10,000, I would rather be safe and do it every 5,000.

he said" high performance applications ford focus st". 🤣

As heavy equipment mechanic seeing oil samples on a daily basis. Modern oil is pretty garbage. All the good stuff has been removed to lubricate critical parts. The biggest being the additive package burning. Off by 250H or common 5000km mileage. The greatest advance has been aluminum faced bearings. They polish your crank and the embbedability of it is great.

Direct injection is tougher on oil, and higher temperatures may shorten oil life as well. Cant go wrong doing synthetic every 5k. If i was gonna go longer i would run amsoil signature and do oil analysis. Also dont use diesel oil in direct injection gas engines, it can result in preignition. Theres a good video on here somewhere that talks about gas direct injection oil differences.

Some engines can get away with higher mileage intervals. Some engines are prone to sludge, poor oiling, sensors clogging. 5.4 3v - 3.6vvt - 5.3 AFM - ECOTEC 2.4 and many more just don’t put up well with poor maintaince.

Naaaa still going to change my oil every 4000 miles tops

I am in the 3000 mile oil change interval camp. My 2017 Ford Edge 2.0 Ecoboost is driven 90% short trip under 40 mph. If I go 5000 miles between oil change, the oil level will rise above full mark on oil dip stick from fuel dillution.

It's not a myth that you change your oil at 5k. Oil might provide adequate lubrication past that mileage, but it won't provide optimal lubrication. Not to mention things like most filters clogging and going into bypass around that mark as well. No, a 10k oil change won't kill your engine (immediately) but if you want it to last a long time, 200k miles plus, change your oil frequently, around 5k miles depending on your type of driving, highway obviously isnt very hard on anything, so if you're only doing that maybe you can extend it a bit.

Just because the oil can last 10,000 miles- doesn’t mean there will be oil in the engine for that many miles. Got to check them weekly almost hahahaha

Never go 10k between oil changes.

Oh, ok. The higher tolerance motors break down the oils faster. He said "high performance, like the st." This as a great video. 👍

But I still aint pushing it. My vehicles are 33 and 25. 1's just old And was abused before I Owned it It deserves at this point and one has higher mileage.

Just don't change your oil it will be fine also fill your car with the gas nozzle with green handle bc its eco friendly.

My rule of thumb for daily drivers, in other words not exotic performance cars is: 5000 miles on mineral oil, 7500 on semi synthetic, 10000 miles on full synthetic. This is the maximum I would go. No more

I change every 5k just so I can rotate my tires at the same time. I don't care if it's advertised as a 10k life oil. An oil change is cheaper than an engine.

My car is almost 19 years on long life oil change - every 30.000 km and never had a problem with the engine.. 1.9 TDI VW

My 07, 250k yukon gets a change every 5k. You have to consider ypur idle time along with it. Are you in 2-3 hours of traffic every day?

Yeah and that's why the manufacturers themselves, the people who made the damn car, say to change roughly every 3k-5k miles. Listen to your manufacturer people and look in your owners manual to see when you should change your oil

I have a 2014 Nissan Altima SL. I change my oil every 10,000 mile intervals with synthetic oil - 40k, 50k, 60k, 70k, etc etc. It make it a lot easier for me to remember when to change the oil. I am almost at 220,000 miles 😮. Hoping to reach 250,000 - 300,000.

5-6k and rotate the tires. An engine has NEVER failed because of good maintenance.

Haha sure, ask the Car Care Nut dude if he likes 10k mile oil changes

I pull my dipstick and from experience can tell when it's time to change it. The oil change intervals are more for warranty.

What's cheaper? Oil change or a new engine?

This is NOT a myth. Ask any mechanic. I used to believe this until I did literally 10s of thousands of oil changes probably.

i had this conversation w a 30-year toyota master tech. i’m team 7500 miles. he’s team 3,000. he said the only reason he recommends it isn’t because the oil can’t take it, but because a lot of people don’t check it.

Says the guy wearing a Jeep T-shirt! You're gonna believe him or spend a little bit of money and make sure you do it more timely. It is good insurance no matter what.

Every 6 months or 4,000-5,000 miles

5k absolutely! 10k NO! It’s not just oil breaking down. It’s DIRTY!

Mechanic of 20+ years here. 10,000 mile OCIs is a complete load of crap. Ive had apart countless engines and whenever i pull a valve cover on an engine thats been serviced every 10k, they usually look like crap with lots of varnish and sludge starting to form in area's. 5k is acceptable and I tell my customers they really shouldn't push it past 6k. I make absolutely no money on oil changes so its not like im setting my self up with some job security by having them come in more frequent for oil changes. In fact, i dont really do just oil changes. I will change somebody's oil for them if their car is in for some kind of repair and they request it or if its a really good loyal customer, but if all they want is just an oil change, i usually tell them to go to one of the countless quick lubes we have in my area. I myself try not to push my own 3 vehicles over 4k mile oil changes and typically do it a little sooner than that even using top shelf full synthetic.

This guy will never help u once your engine is clog up! Oil changes are cheap, cars and engine are expensive,

Oil changes are cheap, a new block is expensive

Man, just change your oil. It takes 15 minutes

This ad has been paid for by all the big auto companies. Thank you for your time and business.

Every 3000 is smart more than that is you’re not gonna have your engine last long time

Oil is cheap, new engines are not.

There are many variables when it comes to Oil Change Intervals.......

Well the saying goes proof is in the pudding!!! Show me 2 of the same engine one that has been changed every 3k-5k miles vs the other one at 7500k+ miles and see which one is better. I for one will not regardless of oil type go past 5k miles on a oil change. I own a diesel and diesels are very picky when it comes to oil change intervals.

Does it smell like gas? Because then it needs changed..

I change mine at 5k with synthetic and have 260k on original Chrysler motor😦. My brother changed his at 10k synthetic on his Toyota, oil burning by 170k. I refuse to believe.

I use the paper towel and sniff tests, if it looks good and smells good I leave it alone a little longer. If it starts getting darker or smells bad I change it.

The scam is thinking you can go 10k miles I'm between oil changes. You shouldn't be driving more than 5k on a full synthetic.

I change oil every 10K , I use fully advanced synthetic, it's barely dirty when I drain it . Recently had my timing chain done ,when the top was took off the motor there was NO sludge build up.. so I believe what he's saying

Bmw says i should change my oil every 30.000km but i change it every 10 anyways

160k on a '14 silverado 5.3... zero leaks and zero oil burn, even with active DOD still going on it. For me, 4 months or 4k miles. Just because it doesn't get driven doesn't mean the oil can't get contaminants from the atmosphere over time. Your crankcase isn't 100% sealed from natural aspiration while parked.

I can’t agree with this guy

My Canadian Honda user's guide says I should not go over 16k km tops. The iMid alerts me to change the oil at 8k km regularly, but laziness and weather (winter) makes me change it normally at 10 or 11k km.

In Yemen they never change that Land Cruiser oil until it dies out 😂

I use full synthetic and change every 8000 kms. Makes the engine last longer 😊

This is absolutely false you run any car past 7k oil change in the long term you will ruin that engine delete this video this is false information.

Not only our newer, higher performance motors, consuming more oil due to higher RPMs and less piston. Ring friction, more combustion fumes are contaminating the oil in new motors for the same reason. These fumes embed sludge, deposits and chemicals in the oil that will more rapidly breakdown, bearings, and seals that are critical to the function of the motor. Change your oil with high quality oil early and often.

My car is 18 years old and at 209k miles, been through a few owners before me. Oil seems to have been the only thing maintained. I’m not going to deal with an engine blowing while I’m still working out the other issues. I’ll stick to my owners manual and do my changes at every 3k miles.

The only way you should go up to 10k on an oil change is if you are doing a lot of continuous highway driving. Otherwise it should be 5k or 6 month on full synthetic, whichever comes first.

Trump needs to stand behind this guy and say Wrooong

Yes, lubricant development has come a long way. In the good old days of Group I or II base oils, the 3000 mile drain interval was a must. But: the engines were also different with a lot less power output per unit of displacement and overall simpler designs. An older engine would surely run for extended drain intervals with a modern synthetic oil. Then, there's modern engines. Higher specific power output, forced induction, GDI, variable valve timing - you name it. All this new tech adds strain to the oil. In essence, these newer oils are great but they also have to perform on a much higher level. Which means that a 3000 mile drain interval is still a valid approach to an extended engine life. If you want to make sure you're doing the right thing or if you want to find a sensible drain interval, you've got tools like oil analysis at your disposal.

I change when oil life gets to 50%. According to the trip meter, is 3000 miles.

I change mine when the little reminder comes on it's usually around 5k miles so pretty much twice a year I don't want to push it I can even feel the sluggishness at around the 5k mile range and it goes away right after I change it

If its direct injected you need to change it ever 5k max.

Take this with a grain of salt if you care about your engine 5k should be the max interval, 7500 with the best oil such as amsoil.

Tried changing full synth oil at one year/10,000 miles. Never again. Sludge all over the engine internals. Now change every 6 months/ 5000 miles. Even if just extracting oil from dip stick port.

Yaa but newer engines have massive fuel contamination. Oil is cheap, change oil, not engines. Why bother if you don't have to

I found it funny my 1960s cars had 5000-7500 mile oil changes, then the Japanese Cars showed up in the 70s with 3000 mile changes. Poof! Everyone went 3000 miles. Now people are literally brainwashed to believe going over 3000 is bad. 50 years later with better oils & better engines, but that 3000 thing still reigns.

10k oil changes are made for people who lease cars for a few years and don’t wanna service them often. Awful for all engines regardless of “oil types”

My aunt has smoked 3 engines in 3 different vehicles believing this BS. A well functioning, well maintained vehicle perhaps, but if your watching this because you’re freaked out about how much you neglect your own ride, change your fuckin oil

Glad I bought an electric car. Was sick of spending money on oil and filters. 😂😂😂

Modern oil breaks down way faster than the older ones do because it’s mostly synthetic now. What are you talking about my guy.

That poor bastard that gets sludge after surpassing 10,000 miles

6,000 to 7,000 miles oil change interval is ok as long as you are paying for GTL synthetic oil & new filter and are not scammed having mineral oil being put in. 🎉🎉🎉 Also avoid having slow coolant leaking into engine oil which will hasten engine damage.

When he said high performance and ford in the same sentence😂

Oil is cheap engines are not. That being said I agree for regularly driven vehicles. The way I drive my subaru on the other hand I wouldn't ever consider even an 8k mile oil change. That and every single car I own even if it's been changed 500 miles ago gets fresh oil once a year. Oil has both a milage and time lifespan.

"High performance" and "Ford Focus ST" definitely are phrases you should definitely never use together😂😂

3k oil changes haven't been a thing since conventional oil. Synthetic blends/full Synthetic good for 5k plus miles depending on the brand you use. But it's not actually about your oil! Or not entirely. All engines burn oil diffrent such as engines with turbos or gdi motors which do burn oil sometimes (depending on brand)before 3k miles. My advice is check your oil regularly if you have a dip stick that is. Some cars don't. If you begin to burn oil around 3k miles I recommend better oil and changing your oil as soon as it does to prevent slug build up in the engine block.

High performance applications, and Ford Focus don’t ever need to be used in the same sentence…

One time I tried to use my car engine oil to the end of the life, topping it off as needed. I will check my oil and oil was dark.

What if the car only gets 1000 miles a year outside through winters and summers should it be changed once a year

This old Porsche mechanic does not agree with the Youngtimer. If you want the motor to last, change the oil every 3-5k miles.

I do 10k on my Subaru forester 2.5 N/A engine and my car runs like a champ. I’ve used marvel mystery oil and Liqui Moli oil for my car. Best my engine has ever run!

Cut open the oil filter after one of those 10 grand or more oil changes. Bet its like new also

I have a 2001 f150 with 242k. Always did 3 to 4k oil changes. Never even did a transmission or rear end service lol and she will still skirt the tires and pull my boat full of fuel. 5000lb