oil

[kab]

How often should you check your oil?

 

[wavinwayne]

Check oil level each time you fill your fuel tank, or more frequently if your vehicle is known for consuming or leaking oil.

 

[Pablo]

Every day if you have issues. When the oil light comes on if you are a standard member of society. I say once every 500-1000 miles.

 

[Triple_Se7en]

I constantly look under the vehicles for leaks. None have been present - so I've grown accustomed to checking the oldest vehicle every three weeks (approx 700 miles). With 170K on the odometer, I usually find it a half-quart low. The rest of my vehicles are younger & driven less miles, but since I'm already outside checking the oldest one, I raise the hood on the other vehicles too. Usually, all that's needed there is a refill of windshield washer fluid.

 

[MC5W20]

On older high mileage vehicles I check every fill up. On newer vehciles I check about every 2,000 miles. If you have oil consumption issues then checking at every gas fill up is a good insurance policy against running low on oil.

 

[Virtuoso]

Totally vechile dependant. After an OCI or two I can tell how much oil my car's burn. I check it dpeending on how fast each particular car burns the stuff. On my Saturn for instance, I'm dumping in a quart every tank and a half of gas :/

 

[Al]

Yea, depends on the vehicle. I check maybe once a week.

 

[marco246]

I do "motor stables" every other Sunday. This involves routine operator maintenance on all vehicles and other engine-powered equipment and includes checking all fluids, tire pressures, and looking for anything out of sorts. Of course, these checks don't take the place of scheduled maintenance. I keep logbooks on some equipment. Sounds a bit obsessive, but I just call it "organized."

 

[Matt89]

I check oil and tire pressures every weekend unless I forget or am out of town. Mostly to get out of the house, but I do like to keep tabs on things. This routine has discovered 2 'slow leak' tires that I was able to repair before they got trashed. Never had 'oil level' issues though thankfully. BTW - Good work in picking a subject title that everyone can agree on!