longest u've gone between oil changes?
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longest u've gone between oil changes?
My old Isuzu trooper had an oil leak used about a quart every 600 miles or so. I put 25K on it without an official oil change…
Had 230K onit when I gave it to my brother-inl-law and it still runs now.. Dam POS never dies,I tried!
Doug
Had 230K onit when I gave it to my brother-inl-law and it still runs now.. Dam POS never dies,I tried!
Doug
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From: Coon Rapids, MN
longest u've gone between oil changes?
Wow, 1 qt every 600 miles. Thats like changing your oil 2500. You could go like that and never change the oil. I personally have probably gone 2500 at most. I usually change the oil when I feel its been a long time and I can't remember the last time I did.
But then again, I don't drive around alot.
But then again, I don't drive around alot.
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From: Minneapolis USA
longest u've gone between oil changes?
I had a pan gasket go out in my truck and went through 5 quarts of oil a day, probably put on close to 7 or 8 thousand before replacing the pan gasket and changing the oil, i looked at it like i was getting an oil change every day, oil didnt have long enough to get dirty.
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From: Shawnee , KS
longest u've gone between oil changes?
well, i believe my dad is pushing 10,000 on our poor mini van. we frankly haven't had the money to change the oil so we're praying hehe.
my truck has ohhhhhh 2,500 miles (maybe a lil less) since its last oil change. so i'll probably change it myself or take it somewhere to change it (almost just as cheap to do it that way). anywayz.
my truck has ohhhhhh 2,500 miles (maybe a lil less) since its last oil change. so i'll probably change it myself or take it somewhere to change it (almost just as cheap to do it that way). anywayz.
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longest u've gone between oil changes?
If you don't have $10 for an oil change, you shouldn't be wasting a $4000 vehicle.
Skip a trip to the movies or something and save the engine. 
Skip a trip to the movies or something and save the engine.
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longest u've gone between oil changes?
The record I've seen at the shop I work at is a 302 with 95,000 kms (approx 55,000 miles) with the original oil filter. At the factory the filter is painted gray with the engine so it's easy to tell if it's original. Change the oil? We don't need to change the oil...we have warranty!!!
And yes the oil didn't flow out of the drain hole very well
And no, he didn't get anything covered under warranty
And yes the oil didn't flow out of the drain hole very well
And no, he didn't get anything covered under warranty
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From: SW Michigan
longest u've gone between oil changes?
I put about 800 miles on my truck a week. The oil gets changed 4 times a year. I check it once in a while it never has needed more than a half a guart. I repoed a Jimmy that had 1 1/2 guarts of oil in the motor. The driver had not chanced it in 30,000 miles. I put 10,000 miles on it after that.
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longest u've gone between oil changes?
When I was a parts runner I drove a 2000 gmc seirra. I used to beat that truck so bad youd be surprised the sounds that a tranny and rear end will make and still not break. I started driving the truck when it had 15000 miles on it and I drove it for about 10000 miles and never had the oil changed. It had some nasty piston slap in the morning by the time I got done using it. Nothing like beating on the company vehicle.
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From: SC
longest u've gone between oil changes?
In 1987, my Dad bought a new Nissan pickup. At 15,000 miles, I bought oil and an oil filter and changed it for him. That truck ran to 210,000mi before the motor started knocking. Heck, it made it through three teenage boys learning to drive to boot!!
The longest I've ever let one of my cars/trucks go is probably 6-7000mi or so. I'm pretty **** about oil changes.
Wade
That truck ran to 210,000mi before the motor started knocking. Heck, it made it through three teenage boys learning to drive to boot!!The longest I've ever let one of my cars/trucks go is probably 6-7000mi or so. I'm pretty **** about oil changes.
Wade
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From: Warner Robins, GA
longest u've gone between oil changes?
When I was a kid I worked for a farmer that had a 1968 GMC 1/2 ton pickup...had a 6 cyl in it. I think it already had a jillion miles on it when I started working for him. It never saw a lot of hard, hard useage, just a lot of running around on the farm, errands and such. But the thing burned about as much oil as it did gas. You could always tell where it was by the tell-tale cloud of blue smoke...it was incredible. The oil never got changed in it for the entire 3 years I worked there. In fact, we never added any "new" oil to it...the old guy I worked for insisted we use the old oil we drained form the other equipment. Now this farmer was religious about his preventive maintenance on all his other equipment...just not this old GMC...he could have cared less about that truck. Actually the clutch gave out before the motor did...pulled it over in the weeds and left it.
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