oil change question
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oil change question
I have a 2003 suburban 2500 LT Autoride. the owners manual says to change the oil every 10,000 miles or once a year, whatever comes first. the oil life indicator has been saying 60% for several months now. I have never heard of changing the oil just once a year or the 10,000 miles. every car that I have owned in the past has always said to change the oil every 3,000 miles. should I wait till I reach the 10,000 mark or change it every 3,000 miles. thanks.
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Boy you are opening a can of worms for opinions...
If the vehicle is new to you, I would suggest having it changed now and have the monitor reset to ensure its working correctly....
I typically get mine changed in my 07 two times a year or about every 7-8k miles. I use the oil life monitor and M1
If you want to ignore the monitoring system I would say go with about every 4500... longer if you are using full synthetic.....
If the vehicle is new to you, I would suggest having it changed now and have the monitor reset to ensure its working correctly....
I typically get mine changed in my 07 two times a year or about every 7-8k miles. I use the oil life monitor and M1
If you want to ignore the monitoring system I would say go with about every 4500... longer if you are using full synthetic.....
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I just did my first oil change on my 2010 Tahoe, just over 3,000 miles. But, so far I'm using conventional oil, will read more before deciding on what I will use for the long term. Even if synthetic I doubt I'd go beyond 5,000 given the potential oiling issues with the 5.3 MDS.
10,000 miles??? NO WAY!
10,000 miles??? NO WAY!
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I do believe the literature that GM originally put out about the OLMS showed a potential of 12,000 before an oil change....and 10k is very do-able with synthetic and mostly highway miles as long as the level is kept in check...
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The powertrain warranty is based upon using conventional oil and oil life monitoring system. I go about 7K miles in a year and 0% on the OLMS. I do use Mobil 1 but would do the same w/ conventional oil.
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I should have added that since I have a GM certified vehicle with free oil changes, I'll be letting them put their conventional in unless I do the changes myself. After waiting over an hour for my "quick lube" I'm not so sure it's really free if my time is worth anything!
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ok thanks for the input. when I do the oil changes on my other vehicles I will change this oil and have the system reset and start fresh. didn't know there would be a big difference in responses.