5K kms or 6 mos change oil, kailangan pa ba ito sa 17 yrs old car?

my car is a 1995 corolla XL, acquired it 4 yrs ago. annually ang change oil ko since then, using shell helix semi-synthetic or castrol magnatec (semi-synthetic). nabasa ko sa thread parang common ang 5000 kms or 6 mos change oil, malaki ba ang epekto sa makina kung annually ang change oil? kasi nag aaverage lng ng 2000 to 3000 kms ang tinatakbo ng auto ko yearly, tsaka luma na rin naman ito.

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Originally Posted by frodo

my car is a 1995 corolla XL, acquired it 4 yrs ago. annually ang change oil ko since then, using shell helix semi-synthetic or castrol magnatec (semi-synthetic). nabasa ko sa thread parang common ang 5000 kms or 6 mos change oil, malaki ba ang epekto sa makina kung annually ang change oil? kasi nag aaverage lng ng 2000 to 3000 kms ang tinatakbo ng auto ko yearly, tsaka luma na rin naman ito.

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Okay lang yan since semi-synthetic naman ginagamit mo. Pero better use a good quality oil filter and a fully-synthetic oil na lang if yearly ang palit mo.

On my point of view sir mas mura bumili ng langis at oil filter and I change oil kaysa abutin ako ng alanganin sa daan at mas malaking sira.

Just my 2 cents ...

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Originally Posted by frodo

my car is a 1995 corolla XL, acquired it 4 yrs ago. annually ang change oil ko since then, using shell helix semi-synthetic or castrol magnatec (semi-synthetic). nabasa ko sa thread parang common ang 5000 kms or 6 mos change oil, malaki ba ang epekto sa makina kung annually ang change oil? kasi nag aaverage lng ng 2000 to 3000 kms ang tinatakbo ng auto ko yearly, tsaka luma na rin naman ito.

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kahit luma yan kailangan pa rin niyan ng TAMANG maintenance schedule, at dahil ng luma na iyan mas maraming maintenance check pa ang kailangan niyan compare sa bago. kaya ng yung sasakyan ko kahit luma hindi ako binibigyan ng sakit ng ulo, kasi nasa tamang maintenance schedule ang ginagawa ko kung kailangan change oil sinusunod ko. kung kailangan palitan ng fuel filter pinapalitan ko, pero kung ang rason ay luma na at di na kailangan alagaan nasa iyo yan, kung di ka naman concern sa reliability ng sasakyan mo, at ok lang sa iyo ang itirik ka niyan kahit saan at kahit anong oras.

The six month interval is not required. It's not even in most owner's manuals. It's only provisionary, in the expectation that you have driven in heavy traffic.

If you want to be sure... if you DO drive in heavy traffic 80% of the time, shorten the interval a bit. Otherwise, follow the mileage interval. Just be sure to check your oil for moisture contamination, especially if it sits in the garage for long periods of time.

If the piston rings already have significant wear, then the more dapat na mas maiksi ang intervals since the blow-by gases from the combustion chamber accelerate your engine oil's breakdown.

We have 19 year old car which is rarely used nowadays (approx 3,000 to 4,000kms per year) but it's still driven on the road once or twice a week. Before, it used to get a change oil every 5,000kms but now we do it yearly. In it's next oil change it's getting Mobil Delvac MX oil and a Baldwin filter as well.

As an engine gets older, it's even more critical to do oil changes IMO.

Guys, please take note of the fact presented by the TS.

3000km yearly (which means the car is rarely driven) --> oil is seldomly in contact with blow by gases.

I also interested because our old Civic Esi registered 1000km only in 10 months hehehe.

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Originally Posted by vinj

We have 19 year old car which is rarely used nowadays (approx 3,000 to 4,000kms per year) but it's still driven on the road once or twice a week. Before, it used to get a change oil every 5,000kms but now we do it yearly. In it's next oil change it's getting Mobil Delvac MX oil and a Baldwin filter as well.

As an engine gets older, it's even more critical to do oil changes IMO.

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bro, anong car yang 19 year old mo?

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Originally Posted by d'flash

bro, anong car yang 19 year old mo?

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1993 Sentra B13. 118,000kms yung mileage niya right now (we got this car brand new).