Oil Change.....every 3000 or 5000 miles

[Jackass-Jeff]

Todays cars are cleaner running, so 5K is a very safe limit for most "usual" driving habits. The more you push your car, the earlier you'd have to change the oil. All Lexus 96+ is on the 5K oil change schedule... so I'm sure your SOlaras would be safe on it too. The older cars (ie 90-95 Lexus) were on a 2500/3000 mile service schedule.

I believe the oils are better too. With synthetic, I'd also definately say 5,000.

Synthetic is supposed to go for 12,000 or so... but our filters aren't designed to do that =P

[pythonjosh]

I don't even pull my engine past 4k rpm after 3k miles. Too scared something bad happening. I change the oil + filter religiously at 3k miles. Don't want to take any chances. My oil changes are only $18-20 too. Much cheaper if you DIY. I have yet to not make a mess too!
Josh

[yanges]

Todays cars are cleaner running, so 5K is a very safe limit for most "usual" driving habits. The more you push your car, the earlier you'd have to change the oil. All Lexus 96+ is on the 5K oil change schedule... so I'm sure your SOlaras would be safe on it too. The older cars (ie 90-95 Lexus) were on a 2500/3000 mile service schedule.

I believe the oils are better too. With synthetic, I'd also definately say 5,000.

Synthetic is supposed to go for 12,000 or so... but our filters aren't designed to do that =P

i have seen various test results of synthetic being run in same engine for 10's of thousands of miles, with only regular filter changes and no engine damage.....

so changing synthetic at 5k seems pretty safe and is what i plan to do

[Blacker]

Todays cars are cleaner running, so 5K is a very safe limit for most "usual" driving habits. The more you push your car, the earlier you'd have to change the oil. All Lexus 96+ is on the 5K oil change schedule... so I'm sure your SOlaras would be safe on it too. The older cars (ie 90-95 Lexus) were on a 2500/3000 mile service schedule.

I believe the oils are better too. With synthetic, I'd also definately say 5,000.

Synthetic is supposed to go for 12,000 or so... but our filters aren't designed to do that =P

i have seen various test results of synthetic being run in same engine for 10's of thousands of miles, with only regular filter changes and no engine damage.....

so changing synthetic at 5k seems pretty safe and is what i plan to do

5-6K on a good synthetic is a good interval. I have checked mine at 6K and the oil was far for being bad in my TA. It still could have been used for 3k more miles. I still use 6K though.