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View Poll Results: How often do you change your oil & filter?
every 5000km 93 52.54%
every 10000km 53 29.94%
every 15000km 15 8.47%
other 16 9.04%
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Old 18-09-2006, 03:39 AM   #1
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I replace oil & oil filter in my cars every 5000km.

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Old 18-09-2006, 07:22 AM   #2
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every 6 months oil & oil filter.
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Old 18-09-2006, 10:20 AM   #3
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Every 5000k's without a doubt.
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Old 18-09-2006, 10:30 AM   #4
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gets done when ford do it. fully maintained lease = no dirty hands
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Old 18-09-2006, 11:07 AM   #5
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5k, religiously, on all my cars. :Reverend:
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Old 18-09-2006, 11:12 AM   #6
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Every 5,000km ... or once a month ... either/or ... they occur at the same time anyway.
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Old 18-09-2006, 11:19 AM   #7
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gets done when ford do it. fully maintained lease = no dirty hands

hahahah do you really think that Ford service your car?..

ah well it is a lease anyways so it doesnt matter what the oil looks like in 3 years when it comes time to upgrade
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Old 18-09-2006, 11:24 AM   #8
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Every 5,000k or 3-4weeks on both of mine and every 5,000k or 3 months on the other halfs lancer.
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Old 18-09-2006, 11:32 AM   #9
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i go every five its better to be safe then sorry but it probably dont hurt if you let it go every ten
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Old 18-09-2006, 11:38 AM   #10
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Bout every 1000 in the XA,
in the hilux well its been 3 times in 10 yrs,
its got about 200,000km on it so work it out,:
still pulling like a train though...
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Old 18-09-2006, 11:41 AM   #11
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Between 5000-7500. Basically whenever I cbf.
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Old 18-09-2006, 12:11 PM   #12
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Usually every 10k.
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Old 18-09-2006, 12:12 PM   #13
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Whatever it says on the service sticker and then some. I think I'm over due by 10,000kms but the oil still looks good. I'm going to organize a service tommorow. I'm up for about $800 apparently dang!
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Old 18-09-2006, 12:37 PM   #14
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Every 10,000 km. I dont drive it hard enough to warrant every 5000.
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Old 18-09-2006, 05:17 PM   #15
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i change my oil every 10k use castrol edge at $17 a litre not going to do it every 5k its good enought oil to go 10k was talking to a taxi owner his ba has done 296000km and he changes his oil every 7500km hasnt had any problems with his taxi yet
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Old 18-09-2006, 05:51 PM   #16
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not nearly as often as i should.
i havent done the Fairlane yet in the 2 years ive had it and its done about 40000km since the last service.
guess i should do it since its getting to nearly 380000km.
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Old 18-09-2006, 06:43 PM   #17
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Every 5k for sure. Cheap insurance
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Old 18-09-2006, 06:47 PM   #18
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1 oil and filter between every Ford Service at about 7500km ( Its wrong going 15k for a service)
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Old 18-09-2006, 06:48 PM   #19
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Every 5000 for sure, keeps her running nice. My folks give me a hard time about it saying they don't need to service theirs until 20k but its simple, i care about my car.....they dont.
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Old 18-09-2006, 06:48 PM   #20
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hahahah do you really think that Ford service your car?..

ah well it is a lease anyways so it doesnt matter what the oil looks like in 3 years when it comes time to upgrade
When ford did my oil changes every 10,000km the new oil was very clean, i think they flushed the engine with something. it used to stay cleaner for a while but now I service it every 5,000km and the oil seems to get dirty quicker.
BTW ford serviced my car from 40-110,000km and I never had any problems, there work was A1.
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Old 18-09-2006, 06:50 PM   #21
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i do every 5000k if i remember, or around abouts. i know someone who let his car go 18000k without a service and since that service it's done over 18000k,
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Old 18-09-2006, 07:24 PM   #22
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4-6 months oil and filter.
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Old 18-09-2006, 07:34 PM   #23
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5,000 K or 6 months...whichever comes first.
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Every 5,000 for me!!
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Old 18-09-2006, 08:51 PM   #25
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!!!!!!what about trans fluids and coolant!!!!!!
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Old 18-09-2006, 08:55 PM   #26
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Do my oil and filter every 5000kms or 6 months.

Change my tranny fluid and engine coolant evrey year around now(sept-oct) so that it has new oil and coolant to withstand the summer tempretures.
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Old 18-09-2006, 09:29 PM   #27
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Change my engine oil and filter every 5,000 k's, since the EF is getting a bit on now, i think it helps to keep things clean and running smooth.
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Old 18-09-2006, 09:31 PM   #28
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!!!!!!what about trans fluids and coolant!!!!!!
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Old 19-09-2006, 12:09 AM   #30
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Every 40,000 Kms, yeh really, Amsoil is synthetic and has 40,000 KM oil change intervals, proven running time, mind you oil change including filter is round $80.00.
Actually works out cheaper.
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