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How often you change your automobile oil? Other car questions?
I have a 2000 Mazda Protege ES. I am unemployed and
currently adult college student so cost is an issue with me! I HAVE my oil changed....don't do it myself as live in apartment with no place to do it. having said all that... I change my oil and filter every 5k miles and rotate tires every other oil change or 1ok miles Lately I've been wondering if it would be safe to change oil at 7.5k miles or even more? This is NOT synthetic oil..... just whatever house brand is at Walmart or local quick lube. What do you do? Also..... I went to local Autozone to get some wiper blade inserts for my Bosch wipers. Seems as if you cant just get "inserts" anymore and now have to buy the whole new "arm"! What gives with that?! Should I bite the bullet and just replace the arm or anywhere online to buy inserts? And.... what's everyone's opinion of Duralast brand parts from Autozone? Such as Duralast wiper arms, etc? |
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How often you change your automobile oil? Other car questions?
> wrote in message ... I dont exceed 3500-5000 miles between changes, no matter who says what. Even if I used synthetics, I wouldnt do that. I havent seen inserts at a FLAPS in a long long time. Maybe they make them but the FLAPS dont seem to stock them anymore, so I have to buy the assembly. Dont expect any of them to last more than 6 months or a year. Now, I havent tried the expensive silicone jobs, or the Michelins, etc but am pretty much forced to buy the standard stuff and change more often. Not everything Autozone sells is crap, but some of the things are. |
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How often you change your automobile oil? Other car questions?
> wrote:
>I have a 2000 Mazda Protege ES. I am unemployed and >currently adult college student so cost is an issue >with me! > >I HAVE my oil changed....don't do it myself as live in >apartment with no place to do it. Learn to do it yourself. You can do it in the apartment parking lot, or in a vacant lot nearby. All you need to buy are a pair of ramps and the right size wrench. > >having said all that... I change my oil and filter >every 5k miles and rotate tires every other oil change >or 1ok miles > >Lately I've been wondering if it would be safe to >change oil at 7.5k miles or even more? This is NOT >synthetic oil..... just whatever house brand is at >Walmart or local quick lube. > >What do you do? I change my oil at 3,000 miles. The thing about changing your oil yourself is that you KNOW it was really done. I don't trust any of the quick oil change places, and to take it to a mechanic I do trust winds up costing me $40 for an oil change. I am reluctant to stretch it out any longer than 3,000 miles. Maybe it's fine, maybe it's not. Without doing constant oil analysis you never really know. Oil and filters are cheap enough. >Also..... I went to local Autozone to get some wiper >blade inserts for my Bosch wipers. Seems as if you >cant just get "inserts" anymore and now have to buy the >whole new "arm"! What gives with that?! Should I bite >the bullet and just replace the arm or anywhere online >to buy inserts? Any decent auto parts stores will have the inserts. Autozone is not a decent auto parts store. Look for a small store that is locally owned. Ask the guys at your local gas station who they recommend. >And.... what's everyone's opinion of Duralast brand >parts from Autozone? Such as Duralast wiper arms, etc? For parts that are blown, step into the Zone! --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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How often you change your automobile oil? Other car questions?
"Scott Dorsey" > wrote in message
... > > wrote: 3,000 miles is very short. My car's service / oil change intervals are 12,000 miles. |
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How often you change your automobile oil? Other car questions?
> wrote:
(Scott Dorsey) wrote: > >>Any decent auto parts stores will have the inserts. Autozone is not a >>decent auto parts store. Look for a small store that is locally owned. >>Ask the guys at your local gas station who they recommend. > >Agree.. you never really know if the oil has been >changed if having it done. But no way I can do it >myself where I'm at now I did it in college while living in a dormitory. And I have done long road trips during which I changed my oil by the side of the highway. You can do it yourself, no matter where you are. >>For parts that are blown, step into the Zone! > >Huh? can you explain? AutoZone is not really known for quality products. They do sell some decent stuff, but they also sell some total crap, and they don't seem to know the differences. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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Mortimer > wrote:
>"Scott Dorsey" > wrote in message ... >> > wrote: > >3,000 miles is very short. My car's service / oil change intervals are >12,000 miles. Yes, it certainly is very short. It's the recommendation in the "severe service" schedule in the owner's manual for my car, though. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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"Mortimer" > wrote:
>"Scott Dorsey" > wrote in message ... >> > wrote: > >3,000 miles is very short. My car's service / oil change intervals are >12,000 miles. > Is that reg dino oil? Or synthetic? |
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How often you change your automobile oil? Other car questions?
> wrote:
>"Mortimer" > wrote: > >>"Scott Dorsey" > wrote in message ... >>> > wrote: >> >>3,000 miles is very short. My car's service / oil change intervals are >>12,000 miles. >> > Is that reg dino oil? > >Or synthetic? Most of the time I use the Castrol synthetic, although the better flow characteristics of the synthetic can accelerate leak problems on older cars. I currently have 460,000 on one car, and 270,000 on the other, both original engines. Last year I sold my old Chrysler Laser with 480,000 miles on the engine. Almost all highway miles. It's entirely possible that I could get away with longer oil change intervals, but I figure that oil is cheap and the effort is minimal, and engines are expensive. So I'd rather err on the safe side. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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