Lazy

[Gilitar]

Well as the title indicates... I have been feeling lazy. I have really been procrastinating doing an oil change on our 06 Liberty. It has 18,300 on the clock and the last change was done at 13,100. I normally change every 5k miles, but for some reason I'm dreading doing the oil change this time. I'm currently using PP 5w30 with a Napa Gold filter. Should I motivate myself to change it this next weekend or should I drag it out a little longer?

BTW, 70% city driving....

 

[02zx9r]

i would go to 5500-6K then change it out. Do you get it on the highway every once in a while long enough to get to optimun temps and stay there for a little while to burn off condensation/fuel?

 

[njcruiser]

I was feeling lazy too. The weather was way too nice, 45 in febuary with 5200 miles on the oil. Out to garage, 5 qts of PP left, ahh. I'm under warranty so, off to the store I go knowing it will be 10-20 degrees next weekend.
THey didnt have Penzoil Platinum 0w20 in the 5 qt jugs, but did have the 5w20 Mobil 1. I always used mobil 1 for years, so I got that.
CHanged the oil, cursed at the oil filter cartridge design and skid plate design(07 tundra v8 5.7), and mixed 5 qts m1 with 2.5 qts of PP. Never did it before(mixing), I'm sure it will be ok.
I didnt feel so lazy anymore after this.

 

[Steve S]

Synthetic oils of any base stock are supposed to last longer. Why run syn oil the same oil change interval as dino oil ?

 

[glennc]

The oil should have plenty of reserve to cope with your laziness to-date and plenty more. I'd imagine 7500 miles would be plenty conservative and more would probably be fine.

 

[dave1251]

With your Jeep under warrenty I would change it out at 6K. This is the max OCI for your vehical year. After your warrenty expires 7.5K for PP should be no problem.

 

[Panzerman]

Dreading changing the oil, you need therapy. 2500 miles and Iam salivating, even with synthetics, I lay awake at night imagining all that black oil in the crankcase with grunge and diluted fuel waiting to attack and sieze my engine bearings at sunrise. i started running synthetics in both vehicles, but I know Ill never last 5,000/6 months so who am I kidding.