How Often Do You Change Your Engine Oil?

[Shoryuken]

I use Motul 8100 X-Cess on my R33 GTR and I change it every 7000kms / 10 months. What about you guys?

[bish33]

I've been using castrol edge fully synthetic 5w35 little bit thin I think, but change every 5000kms also a 33gtr

Jarad

[Hadouken]

R33 gtr 5000km

as per service manual

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

5000km's + oil filter.

[The Bogan]

Before a track day or every 5000, its never seen more than 2000 though.

[nomnomv8]

As most guys im pretty maticulous on this and do the standard every 5000km service

[Cassbo]

R33 GTS-t

Royal Purple 10W 40

Every 3 months.

Only driven on weekends, texikhanas and track days

[GTRsean]

Oil change??? what's that?....

Every 5000km or less depending on how the car is driven 10w 40, with filter.

[045HOW]

5000km's + oil filter.

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

5000 / trackday

[NISMO]

Given how much i drive my car, its more like every 4-5 months which in k's is less than 1000. Oil and filter

Why??

The car is rarely driven but started often. It probably idles more minutes than it gets driven. I've heard that with excessive idle time, fuel can dillute the oil, so i play it safe by changing it more regularly than some. Its still only around 2-3 changes a year so its not a massive cost.

I should just get my a$$ into gear and do an oil analysis so i know if it is actually diluting - but seems more effort than 2 changes a year

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

Or actually drive the car

[NISMO]

lol, thats my plan for this year

Hasn't worked so far though. I did wash it on Sunday but, so that meant driven out then back in the garage. Does that count ??

[GTR-N1]

A weekly warm up > 15Km run with occasional sprints > decent warm down > tuck her into bed!

That's the way to treat a healthy athlete - of rarity

...eh Bobby?

Lube with something a bit better than KY Jelly???

[NISMO]

lol, spot on - except the jelly bit!!

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

lol, thats my plan for this year

Hasn't worked so far though. I did wash it on Sunday but, so that meant driven out then back in the garage. Does that count ??

Yeah adds to it...

But leaving a car parked for extended amounts of time in some cases is not good.

Just take it out for a good spirited drive on the weekends.

Cars are meant to be driven.

[iseekool]

Yeah adds to it...

But leaving a car parked for extended amounts of time in some cases is not good.

Just take it out for a good spirited drive on the weekends.

Cars are meant to be driven.

I change my oil every 5000km on all my cars.

Very true about not driving the car often. The R34 sits in the garage and only taken out on some sunny days, now the suspension is slighlty noisy, streering sometimes groans. Once I use the car for a few days in a row - no squeeks or groans.

[JDM34]

Every 5000km.

[defari]

Every 7500 for me, stockish r33. New filter + motul turbo lite 4100 or 8200 depends what's cheaper.

[GTR-N1]

Q. When you're checking over a car for yourself or a friend, do many of you...

a) poke your finger under the filler cap to feel for grit and sludge?

b) smell the oil on the dipstick for burnt odour?

c) check the colour for blackness?

d) check for presence of immiscible water present?

e) check the coolant for oil present?

BTW I change oil every 5000Km or 6 months whichever's earlier + before hard driving.