Adam490
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Ah yes.. the can't leave s*** alone method 😁 lol
Usually wait till the wrench pops up. I rarely go over 20 and ever time I change the oil it still looks new
Plumber32
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I don't put on a lot of miles, and they are mostly on black-top due to what's available locally for driving. Therefore I follow what the dealer's mechanic advised which was once a year. I do check the oil level in the trans and engine frequently, and had to add to transmission since I think the dealer overlooked it when I had a regular oil change. You do need to make sure what they do and if they do it. P1000-3
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MarkS
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I go by the wrench, mostly doing forest management, firewood hauling, sugaring trail maintenance.
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I go by which ever comes first. During the fall when bird hunting, the hrs come first, during the summer when trail riding the miles come first.
The debate on oil changes reminds me of when I was a young lad in the 70’s working in a full service station. We had a customer named Thirston who was a traveling salesman. He always bought a new Ford Thunderbird every three years after putting around 90,000 miles on it and he NEVER changed the oil! We would always check the oil when he filled up and the oil was black as coal after 10,000 miles. At 20,000 miles, the car started burning oil. We begged him to let us do an oil change but he just told us to top it off with the cheapest oil we had which was a 30wt non detergent oil. He said oil changes were a waste of money since he was trading it in down the road. Finally, when he was ready to trade it in, we did the only oil change the car had ever had in 88,000 miles. It was like sludge. He had us power wash the engine and detail it. The car did look brand new and he got a decent trade in. I’m sure when the next owner bought the car and saw the detailed engine bay and clean oil, he thought someone must have maintained it well. Just like Forrest Gump said, “you never know what you’ll get”. I always change my oil more often than I need to and I always think of that cheap bastard Thirston when I do so.
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Hours for me, I do a lot of dog running, idling while they're sniffing around or marking their territory. I like to go by how long the engine is running because I'm changing the oil in the engine. I'm not changing the oil because of how many times the wheels turned.
Coming from an Aviation and farming background I always go by hours and operating conditions. Most new tractors have a 600 hour oil change interval. I plan on a 100 hour interval for oil and undecided about air filter. The air filtration will probably be my next project.
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The dealer left my key on it had 3 miles and 40 hours on it the day i bought it
I'd argue that the best measure is engine revolutions - about every 10 million might be a good interval. Alas, I do not have a rev counter gauge, so will just go with what the wrench icon tells me.
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How much fuel you burn determines how often you change oil. Do the math and find out the interval. With a good air filter the contamination comes from the fuel and it's additives . Diesel engines have used this for years in determing the change interval. Thanks
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rickoshea
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i still have my original air filter in mine.just over 2600 km.every time i check it, it still looks new.getting tired of undoing all the bolts/clips for no reason.i've only had to clean the pre filter once.
My P500 has low miles and high hours. Left the key on twice, both times for over a week. I change mine seasonal (each spring) then keep my eyes on the miles. So far the seasonal has covered it.
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