How often should I change my oil?

I have a 2007 Suzuki Reno I bought last November with only 36 miles on it. The paper it came with says oil changes should be done every 7,000 miles. However the dealership sent me a paper saying I might be due for a change and told me that 7,000 may be too many miles. I had it changed at 3,500 miles It now has about 6,500 miles on it. Is it due for another change? I keep getting told different things by different people.How often should I change my oil?
It is recommended that you change your oil every 3000 miles or 3 months. A lot of times owners manuals, etc. will give different maintence schedules for different types of driving (short trips, or mostly highway driving)
There is no easy answer to this so the 3,000 miles is a safe conservative number and the 7,000 is usually safe for normal driving. Since your car is under warranty change at or near the recommended mileage. Save your receipts. People drive differently in different envoronments... heavy traffic at mid to low speeds with lots of idle time is very demanding and should go at 3000 or even less. Driving long distances at high speeds is also demanding but not as bad so you can go past the 3000 mark. Driving at moderate speeds for moderate distances is the best for oil wear you can easily go 7000 or more. The recommended distances are sort of an average. Some oils like pure synthetic oils can double the recommended distance but....if you plan to use synthetic it should have been changed as soon as you purchased the car.How often should I change my oil?
It depends on how long you intend to keep the car. Changing the oil every 3000 miles will extend the life of the engine significantly. If you use high performance oil you won't need to change your oil as often (you will still need to change oil filters at least every 5000 miles). In my opinion you should be changing you oil every 5000 miles if you are going to use regular detergent oil.
While it is underwarranty you must follow the instruction manual's recommendation on length between oil changes. Your warrant will be voided if you cannot prove or produced maintenance records verifing you did the oil changes. After the warranty is up, 7000 miles is fine if most of the driving is on the highway. Change it around 5000 for city but aslong as your not going over 10000 it will be fine.How often should I change my oil?
One sure way to find out if your oil needs to be changed it to pull out the dipstick and smell the oil. If the oil smells burnt up and looks kind of dark you know it should be changed.
oil should be changed on a new engine after the first 1000 mls also the filter, because you get alot of swarf inside the a new engine.there after follow your hand book



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U should change your oil every 3000 mls, with synthetic oil you can wait and do nit every 7000 mls so it depends on the type oil u use
go by what the sever driving condition maintenance schedule says. you can not go wrong that way.
Every 3 thousand miles.
I would check my owners manual but rule of thumb is every 3,000 miles
ever 3000 or 3 months which ever comes first