I like the question " what's the best oil?" the best oil is clean oil...period ! So, there you go.

Stick to 5k miles oil change. No exceptions. You pay thousands of dollars for your car. That's your hard earned money.

This is the best video on KZfaq that talks about all major topics regarding oil and maintenance intervals. All info is here

I change mine every 5k miles with full synthetic and a oem honda filter. Bought my rsx at 198k and now I’m 283k running smooth. I think I lucked out that the previous owner did a good job with it too.

Thank you for the video - it was very informative. I recently bought a Toyota Venza and am changing the oil every 5,000 miles.

Good video. Oil changes are a lot cheaper than parts changes. The OEM maintenance schedules are based on "normal" driving conditions. Unfortunately, most people's driving conditions fall under "severe" driving conditions which have shorter maintenance intervals.

Excellent video, very informative, thank you!

Biggest issue I see with extended oil change intervals is that most people don’t check their oil level and many new and newer cars/trucks burn oil. So your running your car on low oil and that’s what leads to the most failures

Nice job explaining! Thanks!

Great explaination! Very informative

Interesting to learn about pistons and timing belts. Funny, I never thought about the belt being lubricated by oil and that is another reason to keep the oil clean. Thank you.

I'm a 3000ish type guy with a older car. And I'm staying that way.

Great video. Thank you RS. Canada

Amazing video Thank you 🙏

Here up north Canada we follow the severe conditions maintenance recommended by the manufacturer. I have Mazda 2010 2.3l with 150k miles no oil consumption and the engine is clean. My 2018 ford escape ecoboost titanium every 3000 miles. Those ecoboost are very tough on oil you can see the difference between the two engines how black the oil is with the Ford. Great job!!

2002 Mazda Protege 5, 2.0 engine - I change oil every 5k miles Full Synthetic 10W30 with Lucas Oil Stabilizer added - now with 170K miles on ODO, no issues, no loss of power. no overheating. 🤞 recently did valve cover gasket replacement and the engine inside looked like a new! Keeps going 👍

These pistons look like they came out of my daughters' car. she changed the oil every 10K miles. The engine was basically junk at 175K. If you want the engine to last twice as long change the oil twice as often. It's just common sense.

Concise explanation of this contentious matter, this was very good. Funny how we tend to take notice of the engine manufacturer regarding oil grade when at the same time they are pulling our chain on intervals. We know the OEM engineers are overruled for commercial reasons. Kind of makes me sceptical of everything the manufacturer tells us. I also note you were not anti non-OEM filters. I'm wary of aftermarket filter by-pass valve pressure calibration and if anti-drain valves are fitted (especially on high engine filter locations. Thanks again for the great consumer guidance, very well put.

Great video! I live in a very temperate area in Texas. Summer heat goes up to 110’ and winter down to 25 degrees. My daily ride of 13 years has been to always change the oil right around 3k for the first 5-6 years of ownership but later I got lazy and started to do oil changes every 5k. My 2012 Honda Goldwing has 145k with old change every 5k with regular nonsynthetic Honda oil from Amazon for $30 and call it a day! I have never bought expensive oil in my life. Never used any expensive oil and used mostly nonsynthetic stuff and have no issues.

I have a 2016 Toyota Camry SE (4-Cyl) and started out changing the oil every 10,000 miles and they after 40,000 miles I saw a video here on KZfaq that talked about 5,000 mile intervals were better! "Car Care Nut" showed engines that had issues from 10,000 mile oil changes, I drive 7,800 (city) miles a year, 11 miles one-way to work and I live in Western Pa.

Running a 2015 BMW X535i xdrive, oil change with Castrol Full Syn Euro spec every 5k miles on the dot. Got 200k miles last month and still running like a champ. Lots of oil leaks due to embrittled gaskets and plastic parts, etc. But I do take care of those upon first sight. So far so good. Tuned it to run 400hp and 435tq at the moment, it's strong.

I change the oil and filter in my 1974 GMC C1500 and 1997 Pontiac Bonneville at 3,000 miles with conventional high mileage Pennzoil and quality filters like Wix. My 1998 Ford E150 4.6 gets a Motorcraft filter and full synthetic Pennzoil, it's currently at 212,000 miles.

I just started changing mine every 2,000 with the cheapest synthetic that’s dexos 2 approved ORRR 90 days. I never knew the base oil begins to oxidize so quickly…good info

I purchased my first car about 25 years ago and at that time the recommended oil change frequency was 3000 miles which I followed religiously and that car lasted me 12 years with little to no problems. Since then I’ve noticed manufacturers keep extending the interval from 3k to 5k to now 7k. However I always still change my oil about 4-5k miles based on my experience with my first car.

I do 4000 miles full synthetic oil changes and have 2 Mazda 6's one is 16 years old and the other is 9 years old both running real good!!!!

I recently got a 22' WRX, the maintenance manual calls for 6k oil change intervals and I will be doing 3k based on this video and other people's experiences I've read online.

Thanks a lot 👍

Great and so so true, Like some people certain cars, makes and models are just designed to fail. It doesn't matter how well you maintain them

Nice job👍👍👍💯

10,000 miles oil change is a joke. It’s only to save the stealership money. If you want to keep your car for a very long time do it at 5,000 miles. But that’s just me. You do what you want because you’re the owner.

4 to 5K intervals for me on oil changes, never more than 5000, my Tacoma has 267k on it & still feels like new to me performance wise. On my pilot the same interval I use penzoil & mobile 1 with oem filters.

I've a 2011 Toyota Camry LE, 59,000 miles. I've owned it for the past 15,000 miles. I do an oil+filter change every 5K, religiously. I've also done a drain/refill on the power steering (Mercon V) and the coolant system (Toyota spec.). I will also drain/refill the tranny oil (Dex VI) tomorrow. Car runs like a champ. I plan on keeping it forever.

As my turbo ages, I went from a 5K interval as the owner's manual states to 4K. It uses a bit of oil, so I check it frequently. The other non turbo car, 5K to 6K. I put Pennz UP in or the turbo and Mobil One for the other car. OEM filters I also buy in bulk. It gets my oil change total cost down to around $32 bucks. Not bad. The Pennz UP, I buy in bulk when it goes on sale, I have five jugs at present at a blended cost of just over $26 bucks each.

5K miles or every 6 months, which ever comes first is a good rule to go by. What I have done for a long time and it seems to fair well. I do use a full synthetic oil.

Great video..

I have 2-1971 Datsun 521 trucks having one for 45 yrs while the other for 27yrs. The owners manual states motor oil change interval at 2000 miles. I generally change at 800-1200 miles where the oil filter size is the same size used on all big block Fords. They run beautiful. The engines 1.6l sohc Datsun L16, were Trans national champions in the day 1971 and 1972 ran in the Datsun 510.

My 2002 Lexus ES300 has 176k miles. 1MZ-FE engine is silky smooth. Bought it 2 years ago from original owner w 160k miles. Been using Pennzoil Full synthetic high mileage 5W-30 oil changes at 5k intervals. I can say it burned about 1 quart after my first oil change when I used the non high mileage full synthetic Pennzoil, but after switching to the high mileage oil it doesn’t burn one drop in 5000 miles

There is a cool and easy tick to improve the oil flow in the out filter.

I have a 13 highlander which i bought new with the same engine as your camry and gets 5k mile oil changes with 0w-20 oil. It has 135k miles and still drives like new. All maintenance done by me.

In that Toyota Engine...I would recommend sticking to the 0W-20 and 5,000 mile oil intervals. I have a Camry with the 2.5L engine that takes 0W-20 with almost 250,000 miles. No oil burning issues at oil. Engines are way more expensive than oil changes. I change mine every 5,000 miles with a good full synthetic oil and the Toyota TRD Oil filter. No problems.

I have a direct-injected Turbo engine... I always change @ 5K miles with Motul 8100 X-Clean... I only use OE or Mann filters and I have a catch can. I have zero issues with oil consumption.

19,000 miles oil change. That is the standard here in the Netherlands!! Every company car is maintained at 19 or 20,000 miles! I change it myself every 9,000 and everyone calls me a freak and a moron!

10,000km (6000m) full synthetic 5/30 + filter every 2nd change seems to work for my vehicles - but the climate is a lot less severe here in NZ than the US i would think.

My 2008 mazda 6 3.0 gets high end synthetic every 7500k as per trh manufacturer and it has 240k and runs like a top. But my 2018 mazda 3 2.5l being direct injection gets changes at 5k as per manufacturer and at 64k it uses no oil and has minimal carbon (so far). All my cars get lots of highway driving and the occasional 'italian tuneup'. Havibg said all that, i agree with you about those 10k + changes. No oil should stay in the engine that long.

No matter what the computer tells about service intervals I do my oil changes every 5.000 miles and cvt transmission every 30.000 2015 accord now with 165.000 miles runs perfect And still counting no thinking to get a new car any time soon

Its all down to your driving requirements. Constant cold start and short journeys add gas to your oil and so dilute it. Generally speaking, a engine needs to get rid of gas from the oil, that means long journeys. Cold engines also stress your oil and dont become hot till about 8miles. If you do lots of short journeys then your oil should be changed at half the recommended, if not more. Use your dipstick to give you a hint, if the oil is dark -change it. DONT GO BY RECOMMENDED MILES, GO BY THE WAY THE CAR IS USED. RECOMMENDED MILES ASSUME LOTS OF LONG JOURNEYS OFTEN. Oil is expensive, but parts and labour far more.

I would like to see someone do a study where they buy a new car or truck and never change the oil and see how long it will last. I suspect longer than a lot of people think.

helpful, for sure.

So nice to see that in America the oil change is mostly done about 5000 miles. Here in Europe common is between 20.000 km - 30.000 km or 12.000 miles - 18.000 miles. what i see for years as a car mechanic that this is to long with al kinds of issues when cars get older. I recommend the costumer to do a oilchange within 10.000 km or 6000 miles. Nowadays with the small down grade engines here. 3 cilinder turbocharged, 900cc and more are giving issues in the long term.

Me & my wife bought our 1st brand new car in 2021, live in North East, 1st 3 oil changes I changed it at 2000 miles, now between 3000-3500, Honda filter, Mobil 1

Manufactures recommend fluid change intervals are so your vehicle dies outside of warranty. Especially transmission fluid intervals. It should be changed every 30,000 miles or less. I do a trans drain and fill every 10,000 miles and it takes 10 minutes

i do 10 000km (6250 miles) on fully synthetic and better then recommended (low ash and high interval oil) (i have seen the VW507.00 spec oil do fantastic even under abuse) i have seen a friend did not change his oil on his toyota 1.4L diesel and he did close to 60 000 miles on the oil (he topped up with the same high spec oil) and the engine serviced. when i took it out it cam eout just fine "hot" it was like tar when cold and took for ever to get in a empty jug. i open the filter an dit was just fine. no problem no real crap. the modern direct injected petrol engines have BIG problems with micro soot getting in to the oil and eating up the timing chine.. replace oil often on direct injected engines whatever they say in the book!

2005 accord 432.000 miles Chicago stop n go and highway 10,000 mile changes Mobile 1 purolator filter not one problem now walmart oil 5/20 for the last 200,000 miles minimum it uses about 1/2 quart every 10,000

good video with sound advice. 1 Question, what type of Garmin Watch is that? Fenix or Tactic?

84 VW rabbit convertible 1.8 8V 450,000 miles original motor manual was replaced. 89 VW Golf GT 1.8 8V 289,000 miles. Original motor manual was replaced. 98 VW Jetta 2.0 8V 327,000 miles first motor hydrolock bent rod. Used motor didn’t last very long after that. Original manual. 01 VW Jetta 2.0 8V 300,000 miles. Original motor and manual. Car is still seen in my town 6 years later driving. Still in contact with the owner. 2005 Kia spectra. 300,000 miles. Original motor and manual. Sold the car and still running. Currently 06 Rabbit 2.5 5cyl. 195,000. Manual of course. All on 10k oil change intervals. Use good oil and filters. These were all non turbo and no direct injection. If they were I would cut the interval in half.

Toyota had a problem with valve stem seals on the four cylinder engines. It would cause smoke at start up but never bothered anything else. Plugs didn't fowl. Just change your oil every 5,000 miles or at least two times a year. Oil is cheap rebuilding an engine is not.

Good video.

Informative. My only advice is the PCV valve if they have it needs to be changed on regular schedule to avoid oil burning also. I have a 2001 Toyota Sienna with 453,000 miles. Original drivetrain. I monitor all my fluids. Use Castrol full synthetic oil and transmission fluid. Don''t cheap out on oil and air filters. Minimal oil useage. 5,000 mile oil changes until 350,00 miles. Then started every 3000-3500 miles now.

yes change oil. If you have a kia hyundai 1.6, 2.0, 2.4 GDI you can try the KIA TSB for high oil consumption. I did as a last resort. using 1 quart+ per 1000 miles. After the TSB and an added oil flush seem to work. B12 chemtool - we used that to de carbon competitive firearms.

96 Nissan Sentra. Mobil 1 with filter. 15,000 usually highway mile drain intervals. Oil analysis said do another 15,000 before next change. I got rid of that car at 285,000. It still ran beautifully.

I got a 2017 Impala 2 years ago with 34k miles. It currently has 56k miles. I do all the maintenance on it, oil changes every 3k miles. I always check it every 1k miles, and at 2k, it is already dirty. I use a Wix XP filter and Pennzoil Platinum. Still runs smooth. These new engines just run hotter and are dirtier, which for city driving (stop and go), do oil changes more often.

Change my Oil on my 2018 accord T every 4 thousand miles for my peace of mind. I live in San Antonio Tx and it’s hot AF most times of the year and traffic driving definitely kills the oil especially when it’s 100 degrees. I also do Uber and Doordash . So oil changes are a must.

I change my oil every 5,000 miles with full synthetic. I do a drain and fill to my transmission (4-1/4 quarts) every 10,000 with Castrol Transmax full synthetic. Cheap and easy, both take 10 minutes.

Regarding the oil viscosity change on the Toyota V6, I also question Toyota's advice as they likely didn't change the engine internals. I have a 2012 ES350 and the oil cap says 5w-30 but the dealer wants to put in 5w-20 since they don't bother stocking the 5w-30. I feel safer with the 5w-30 since I only drive it in the summer.

5k or 6 months is basically the perfect number. If you’re direct injected and boosted I’d even lower that to 3500-4k miles

I have a 2000 Dodge Dakota SLT 3.9L V6 4x4 that my grandma gave me. She bought it new back in 99 right out of the factory and always had the oil and filter changed every 2,000 miles. I change the oil every 3,000 and to this day at 24 years old, the truck still doesn’t burn oil at 187,000 miles

The giant wrench is what makes a better mechanic.

Manufacturer recommends... Ya, the manufacturer wants you to buy another car.

Twice a year Once when it starts to get cold and once when it starts to get warm Easy to remember

I’ve been following the maintenance minder on my various Honda’s for the past 15 years or so. Due to vastly different driving cycles, oil changes have come up anywhere between 3,000 miles and 11,000 miles. I’ll stick with that since it seems to account for usage rather than miles.

If you change your Benz oil to a 10w40, you will stop consuming oil entirely. The lighter molecules in the 0w tend to evaporate with a hotter engine. Thank me later.

I do my first change at 1000-1500 after initial break in. Then every 5000 with Penn. platinum full syn. & Purolator boss filter plus using a mag filter from day one.

Change your oil according to your driving, short trips, highway.

220,000 miles on my 2010 Corolla. Oil change every 3k. 3,6,9,12,15….. easy to remember. Once I hit 100k, every 2k. My engines never failed. Water pump, yep. Brake pads, yep, rust yes. But never the engine. I’ll skip the filter once in the snow or cold if I have to. Great video

Guys, I think the issue is that people are not following the owners manual. in my country KSA I have Camry 2015 the manual requires me to change the oil every 3100miles under severe conditions. the reasons I think are: - extreme hot weather - We can use mineral oil; anything from 0w20 to 20w50

Oil change intervals are not Woke. It's not all about the expressing your personal truth and your authentic self. Change the oil and filter every 3,000 miles and the engine will last a very long time with minimal wear. Also, check your oil level every week. If it's a little low top it off.

The key is have the oil tested on my 2010 accord I changed the oil at 5k Mobil 1 K&N filter from birth at 50k had oil tested the lab suggest 6k but no further I was very confident I was in the normal use bracket I was amazed Honda lists 10k and yes I check the oil at 170k now looking to go 300K

i change my oil every 5 k miles. Bought my Camry 2017 new.. 92 KMILES ON IT still run strong

keep the car videos coming

My 03 CRV was checked by Honda at 211k miles and the technician said that the engine was spotless...It now has 309k miles and still immaculate inside and runs like a Top

Great video - excellent explainer of what the oil is actually getting up to. I didn't know about the little holes!

5000 KM or 3000 miles is the norm here in Colombia, no matter what oil or vehicle you use (obviously exceptions are heavy vehicles)

Ive just been doing my oil at 3000 using regular on my Nissan frontier. I use better synthetic on my ford transt 250 because im no the original owner and i have no idea what the oil change interval was before me. Ill probably do 3000 on that as well but if i set my sights at 3000 i dont beet myself up if i go to 3800 which ive done a few times

Maple syrup! I'm a pleased Corolla owner and completely agree. My 2000 was the year for the piston issue you mention, but my interval of 5000 has helped I think (3 better I'm sure), I switched to synthetic, twice so far which they say 10k but I do 7500, but might stick to 5000. I might also try the high mileage flavor as it does seem to be burning some oil now (requiring a 1/4 qt between change or so), but I'm hoping it's just the synthetic leaking through some old seals. I had a MB and was told the expensive oil change was justified because you 'only have to do it every 10k miles'... I think that was the start of the 'interval inflation' you discuss. My Corolla is at 197k, I was going to go till 200 to change, but I think I'll do it sooner. Regarding going higher viscosity for Toyota, I heard that's a good way to clog your vvt valves.

For the people on Facebook, if you like vehicle maintenance stories, check out the “mileage impossible” page. Some really interesting methods people use to get their vehicles to ridiculously high mileage (I think the minimum mileage to post a story is 250,000). There’s some people on there with over 600,000 miles on their cars/trucks. Worth checking out. IMO.

My rule; 5k miles or 6 months full synthetic 0w-20 on all my Toyotas and Lexus. Whichever comes first. Never fails. Thanks for the video.

All our large farm machinery engines have 200 hour oil and filter changes. Never had engine issues..... My car gets 5,000 km oil and filter changes cheaper than repairs 😊

I've been religiously following the 5k, full synthetic regimen with all my cars for years. And I've owned 3 Toyotas in the last 15 years and 2 of 3 are running like a clock with over 200k, and the other, a 98 Corolla, has about 175k and running fine.

Either my bikes or cars, my rule is....FOLLOW the Service manual. You will not have any issues. They even tell you when to change it in a harsh/dusty environment. Its a no brainer. I never had to open an engine ever!!!! My Cherokee clocks my oil change from 100% - 0%. Jeep says, synthetic. I change mine at 5% oil life left and its around 9K. My Goldwing says every 8K or one year. I change it at 6K cause I like higher HWY speeds. Follow that and you are good to go.

I change my oil 6 to 7 k have a E250 374000 . Mobil 1 and Lucas. I'm the original owner. I'm a tile Contractor and she hauls weight. Original tranny too. Complete flush every 60 k and add Lucas conditioner. Edit. She's a 2003 called for 5w20. I'm in FL and have always used 5w30. I put seafoam in the crank around every 75k 400 miles before a change. And seafoam in the gas when I remember

I have a 2009 Ford Escape V6. I change my oil between 4K and 5K, which is every 4 months. The engine still runs great and quiet but has developed a common oil leak at the timing cover and oil pan. I've also battled rust living here in New Hampshire, which I was winning until this year. The rust will be the death of this vehicle before the engine and transmission.

Back in the bad old day, those American full cast iron engines had terrible problems with stuck rings and high oil consumption. It was generally due to not changing the oil soon enough. The people who did change their oil at least every 3000 miles got very high miles out of these engines. I saw the pistons and rings from one engine with oil burning, a 390 Ford. The carbon was so bad, the rings had to be broken out of the lands. It was all kind of fun back then though. Don't get the wrong idea. Back in that era, my landlord knew a noted builder of racing engines. This guy said re street engines, "Either change your oil every 3000 miles or don't change it at all." What I think he meant in saying this is that if you didn't change your oil every 3000 miles, you were going to wreck your engine anyway, so why bother? Today's engines perhaps have different vulnerabilities than did the engines of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. But the basic principle is the same. Err on the side of caution.

7500km or 5000miles for sure

Agreed. The machines need clean oil running them. Its only an extra $250 over 300,000 miles to split your intervals in half. Every 5,000 miles is one simple way to avoid sludge, clogged oil return rings and intake carbon buildup

Had to get rid of a 2002 Volvo S60 finally, and needed a car to get to work and ended up finding a 2010 Toyota Corolla. 95,000 in good shape. Had it 3 years, I put tires on it and just changed the oil, surprisingly quiet for a little economy car and 36 miles per gallon. ... Pennzoil 0w20 full synthetic. I would only go up to 5w20...the small channels in the block can't circulate thicker oils fast enough and it's worst at start up when cold

This is an excellent explanation about lubrication and the sub standard parts inside today's engines. My 25yr old Sienna has 167k on a 3.0 non interference V6 and was losing, using 1qt of best filter vastly increases the engine life. Especially my rebuilt marine engines. I use Hastings, WIX, and NAPA Gold, are the best filters. FRAM, Carquest and PRONTO filters are next to useless.

Bought a new 2002 E450 6.8 V10 Triton. Went 595,000 before engine gave out. Mobil 1 Full Syn 5w30 10,000 mile intervals.

The best oil is new clean oil. Cheap oil often is way better than expensive oil not so often.

I buy Pennzoil and Fram at the home depot and pick what ever in stock. My 2004 Sienna specifies 5W-30. If no stock, I will take 5W-40 or even 10W-40. No problem. I do oil change twice a year, in March and in September. I check oil level every month and add oil if necessary. It's now at 282k.

Not just piston rings ,front and rear main seal doesn't like contamination oils between them and crank shaft and it's not cheap to replace. There's no carguy wants see his car with oils leaks doesn't matter he's wants to keep it for 50.000 miles or 500.000 miles .of course any engine will runs and survive with 10 or 15.000 miles oils change intervals but with others problems come with it. The more late on oil change the more problems it will get