Kirk G
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OK, we're not all going to agree, but let's try to calmly discuss the recommendation for changing your auto oil AND filter, every 3000 miles.
When I started driving in the early 1970s, the recommendation was oil change every 5,000 miles and the oil filter every other oil change.
We were already past the winter weight/summer weight days, and my first oils were 10W-40.
Nowadays, in my 2009 Toyota Corolla the oil is 5W-20 and every 3000 miles is recommended, with a filter change every time.
The 2006 Pontiac Vibe calls for 5W-30 and also every 3000 miles.
When I asked a car mechanic in a social setting how they could change the periodic service, and the weight of oil required without changing the internal combusion engine, he laughed.
He said, "It's only because of a stroke of a pen." Meaning, they simply printed a different number in the owners manuals of the newer cars because the government wanted them to...to get higher miles/gallon out of the new cars.
Discuss.....
When I started driving in the early 1970s, the recommendation was oil change every 5,000 miles and the oil filter every other oil change.
We were already past the winter weight/summer weight days, and my first oils were 10W-40.
Nowadays, in my 2009 Toyota Corolla the oil is 5W-20 and every 3000 miles is recommended, with a filter change every time.
The 2006 Pontiac Vibe calls for 5W-30 and also every 3000 miles.
When I asked a car mechanic in a social setting how they could change the periodic service, and the weight of oil required without changing the internal combusion engine, he laughed.
He said, "It's only because of a stroke of a pen." Meaning, they simply printed a different number in the owners manuals of the newer cars because the government wanted them to...to get higher miles/gallon out of the new cars.
Discuss.....