New commute, adjust OCI?

[InvalidUserID]

Hi guys,

I'm moving closer to work and am wondering if I need to change my OCI.

Old drive: 30 miles each way, almost all freeway. About 5 miles of stop & go traffic.

New drive: About 5 miles each way, 3 miles on freeway, the rest on 50 mph streets.

I was doing 7K OCIs on my 1999 Civic EX. I'd like to keep it close to that, if possible. I'd also be doing a weekly 80 mile round trip (all freeway) to visit my parents if that helps at all.

 

[JHZR2]

Run some UOAs. Ill bet you are more than fine given the 80 mile trip. My mother does 5-block commutes, and we found that the non-severe service OCI was sufficient using a syn oil and given routine long trips on the weekend.

 

[Jim Allen]

You are likely OK at 7K. 5K would be safer. Like JHZR2 said, if you drive the car regularly on longer trips to your parents, or maybe a trip up to Pt Reyes (I so miss that place!) or Bodega Bay, then you are still good. Your generally warm climate facilitates a rapid warmup. I think you'll be good at 7-7.5K still.

 

[cp3]

What do you normally run, synthetic or conventional?

 

[4x4chevydude]

I would say it should be fine but to be sdafe you could do a 5k change.

 

[someguy]

You might have to look into changing oil by time rather than mileage. Assuming you will end up driving around 200 miles a week then 5K/6months might be a good interval to follow.

 

[InvalidUserID]

Thanks for the replies guys.

I've been running synthetic and I picked up M1 HM for my next change since I've got 170K and it uses a little more than a quart in 7K miles.