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Old 06-03-2008, 04:15 PM
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Not my daily driver

With gas prices I have to drive my motorcycle alot more (I am sure everyone can relate). Anyway I have only been putting about 300-600 miles a month and was wondering if anyone can help me out with the oil change intervals. I am familiar with the mileage intervals, but do I really need to change the oil every three months if I am only putting about 1500 miles on the engine in that period?
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Old 06-03-2008, 04:21 PM
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yea, every 3 months.
Old 06-03-2008, 05:06 PM
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I usually just change the oil every 3k miles and it runs fine, but I drive 80 miles 4 days a week so thats about 1440 miles a month (80 x 4 x 4)...
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every 3000 miles or every 6 months (whichever comes first) should be fine.
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I will be riding my bike soon.
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Originally Posted by Socket7
every 3000 miles or every 6 months (whichever comes first) should be fine.
agreed
Old 06-03-2008, 05:40 PM
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Oil????

Are you supposed to change the oil in these things?
Mine burns so much I just add a quart about every couple weeks and call it good.

I change the filter about every 5000, but the oil kinda cycles itself out on its own.
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It's all hype.

Your fine at 3k miles.
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Since i hardly do 3k miles in 3 months on any of my cars, i change the oil at 3 months regardless of miles. SOmetimes even less if i check the oil and its dirty.

Its cheap and easy to do insurance.
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I think i changed mine twice last year. only put 2500 miles on the car though
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Rotary engine lovvvveeesss fresh oil........so I change mine at 3K......that's usually about every 4 months for me...:D
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I let the dealer take care of that . I get a notice every 3 months.
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I have mine changed at 3 month intervals, even though the car only has 5300 miles on it and it's 15 months old. They're free, so why not?

BUT- the oil change isn't for the car, it's so you can sleep a little easier at night. And only about half the total oil gets changed each time anyway.

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