Oil change recommendation

I've noticed, in the last several years, car manufactures are recommending oil changes done past the previous standard of 3,000 miles. Every car I've had the oil has been changed at 3,000 even if it had an oil life monitoring system or the maintained book suggested a different interval. I just got a new Legacy (3.6R) and after the first 3,000 mile oil change the next one is at 7,500 miles and then every 7,500 thereafter.

Am I old school with thinking the oil needs to be changed every 3,000 miles?

 

No, I don't think you're being old-school. From the Subaru maintenance schedule...

https://www.subaru.com/my-subaru/maintenance-schedule2009.html

So, stop and go driving, winter, etc, would probably qualify as severe driving conditions and require more frequent oil changes. I change the oil about every 3500 miles in my WRX.

You can also look at getting a used oil analysis done to determine what a good drain interval is for your oil.

 

I change every 3000 miles, especially in the winter. However, I have a turbo engine which is harder on oil. I'd say if you do a lot of highway driving you could go farther - say 5k or so. Nobody is going to yell at you (warranty-wise) if you change your oil TOO often.

My 2 cents: change your oil at 3000 this change, then run full-synthetic and change every 5k. If you haven't seen it already, this thread has a lot of good recommendations and info: http://mnsubaru.com/forums/showthread.php?26092-The-Official-Oil-Thread

How are you liking the H-6 leggy, btw?

 

This thead is closed, we already have an oil thread. please use it.

http://mnsubaru.com/forums/showthread.php?26092-The-Official-Oil-Thread