2500 miles or 3 months oil change

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personally, I think it’s a waste of time and resources. Like a previous poster mentioned, getting to 500k miles is more dependant on the vehicle itself once you’ve got the basic maintenance covered.
 
IMO that’s excessive. 6 mo 5k will work with most OTS oils. A series of UOA’s would give you the best answer. Of course if off-roading allows water intrusion you’ll need to change all affected oils asap.
 
Guys, I love my Jeep and oil change takes 20 minutes and $35. So I have decided to change the oil every 2500 miles. Oil goes in nice and clean and comes out nice and clean. Am I stupid?
I want to know what your owners manual says for oil change interval. My work goes 7,500 OCI.

As others already said “you are over maintaining it”. And you’re wasting oil IMO. My dads truck has barely 2,500 miles on it and it’s getting dark; illl wait til’ 5k to change it.
 
I do 2500-3000 OCI's on my 01 Suburban 5.3 with 245K miles. But I run it and my crown vic hard!! 75-100 miles a day with 1-2 hours idling which falls into "severe service" category and my burban has a BAD fuel dilution issue!!!

And it helps that I have LOTS of oil!!! I mean LOTS lol
 
Yes I completely concur with your decision. I run in a severe condition of a lot of idling on the freeways and that contributes to a lot of fuel dilution in my oil. I don't need a oil analyzer company to tell me that my oil smells like fuel. So I do my oil changes frequently and never go over 3K. I did go the route of using the high cost boutique oils that emptied my wallet rapidly. And realized that I did not feel a running difference on the engine, and also realized I could do three oil changes for the price of one 5-quart Boutique oil. So my decision was simple. But that is just me in my particular driving conditions. Good job! Changing your oil is cathartic experience and your engine loves it! My old 4Runner when doing a 4K oci, it always perked up afterwards.
 
So what happens if you drive only 500 miles in 6 months, you have to still change that oil after 6 months?
 
So what happens if you drive only 500 miles in 6 months, you have to still change that oil after 6 months?
Here are a few previous threads that may help answer this common question:

 
So what happens if you drive only 500 miles in 6 months, you have to still change that oil after 6 months?
Depends.

I change the oil on the Hyundai every 6 months because it is short tripped constantly. Only averaging 600 miles in 6 months but the oil rarely gets up to operating temp. Other situations could allow you to extend way beyond 6 months.

I think you would benefit from using the search function and doing some reading vs being spoon-fed information. Not meaning to sound too direct. Just pointing it out.
 
Here are a few previous threads that may help answer this common question:

Oh... and this one:

 
There are several things other than oil on the Jeep 3.6. I own Caravan with same engine and did lots of study as I want mine to last. I idle it alot and when I get on interstate I run it hard. My suggestion is questioned alot but after running for 36k in 6 years I noticed idle changed so I started running midgrade to get extra additives. There are reports of failure of valve guides and rockers. I can't find the article where Dodge stated were from to soft valve guides. According to this the use of 87 octane at idle was causing slapping of valve from ping so they hardened valve seat. (Problem still occurs) Whether or not I run midgrade and change oil yearly, I believe that running regular is a overall cost that consumers wanted not what is best. If you stop the inefficient explosion then you stop misfires from valve guides which also causes valve to hit rockers violently. There was a guy on here a couple of years ago that ran super and Amsoil that got over 200k without rocker failure.
 
There are several things other than oil on the Jeep 3.6. I own Caravan with same engine and did lots of study as I want mine to last. I idle it alot and when I get on interstate I run it hard. My suggestion is questioned alot but after running for 36k in 6 years I noticed idle changed so I started running midgrade to get extra additives. There are reports of failure of valve guides and rockers. I can't find the article where Dodge stated were from to soft valve guides. According to this the use of 87 octane at idle was causing slapping of valve from ping so they hardened valve seat. (Problem still occurs) Whether or not I run midgrade and change oil yearly, I believe that running regular is a overall cost that consumers wanted not what is best. If you stop the inefficient explosion then you stop misfires from valve guides which also causes valve to hit rockers violently. There was a guy on here a couple of years ago that ran super and Amsoil that got over 200k without rocker failure.
91 gas you mean?
 
Yes I completely concur with your decision. I run in a severe condition of a lot of idling on the freeways and that contributes to a lot of fuel dilution in my oil. I don't need an oil analyzer company to tell me that my oil smells like fuel. So I do my oil changes frequently and never go over 3K. I did go the route of using the high cost boutique oils that emptied my wallet rapidly. And realized that I did not feel a running difference on the engine, and also realized I could do three oil changes for the price of one 5-quart Boutique oil. So my decision was simple. But that is just me in my particular driving conditions. Good job! Changing your oil is cathartic experience and your engine loves it! My old 4Runner when doing a 4K oci, it always perked up afterwards.
All motors seem to perk up and feel smoother after an oil change
 
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