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Jun 4, 2014 | 04:09 PM

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MichaelD

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Originally Posted by jroback

The AM maintenance specs indicate oil change every 10,000 miles (among other things), but I've seen others on here suggest oil change every 4-5000 miles. I guess it doesn't hurt to change oil more often than specified, but does anyone think that practice would extend engine life or reduce the likelihood of potential problems?

A lot of people haven't recognised that oil technology and engine building have moved on massively over the last couple of decades, so they still change the oil like they had to do years ago. They probably still change spark plugs every year too