Do you change oil based on oil life indicator?

[Dippinchick]

Mine gets changed every 3,000 miles which is about 3-4 weeks for me. I'm currently 3,500 miles and not too worried as I'm trading in, in the next couple months.

 

[Cmsharp]

I change my oil, rotate tires every 6k. Mobil one synthetic with fram filter. Computer says i still have 30 percent life but i like keeping everything on the same schedule.

 

[BeanRAM]

I run good Synthetic, change it myself and re-set it myself (no big deal).

To make the most of the good oil (which the computer does not seem to take into account) I simply re-set the meter and change it every-other time it tells me it is due.

I feel that is still leaving plenty of service life left in it when I do change it, as doubling the indicated intervals for me puts it right about 7k miles. Amsoil / Redline and a good filter under normal "civilian" use should still be good for at least 10k miles.

That is my trick.

I run Amsoil's signature series synthetic and change every 9-10k. Still looks good as new. One of these days I'll send some out for analysis and see!



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[RCFiddyOne]

I know I'm in the minority here but I buy quality synthetic oil (Pennzoil Platinum) and do it when the truck says to. No muss, no fuss. Oil can go a lot farther now than it used to. Especially after having my oil analyzed once and discovered that he had tons of life left.