{"id":32507,"date":"2018-04-17T17:10:30","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T17:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=32507"},"modified":"2018-04-17T17:10:30","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T17:10:30","slug":"oil-changes-is-there-a-rule-of-thumb-for-how-often","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/oil-changes-is-there-a-rule-of-thumb-for-how-often\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil changes: is there a rule of thumb for how often?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>More lifestyle self-tutoring: the tutor inquires about oil change frequency.<\/h1>\n<p>I suddenly wondered: Is there a &#8220;rule of thumb&#8221; for mileage between oil changes?<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the manufacturer&#8217;s advice for any specific model should be followed.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, newer cars often have an advisory function so that the onboard computer indicates when the oil needs changing. Obviously that advice would be important to follow.<\/p>\n<p>In the absence of such advice, an oil change every 3000 to 5000 miles (5000 to 8000 km) seems to be the general recommendation. It coincides with the advice I&#8217;ve been given for the van my family drives.<\/p>\n<p>Source:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbb.com\/car-advice\/articles\/when-to-change-your-oil\/\">www.kbb.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2HKqUy9zDO0\">mahalodotcom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\">Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More lifestyle self-tutoring: the tutor inquires about oil change frequency. I suddenly wondered: Is there a &#8220;rule of thumb&#8221; for mileage between oil changes? Of course, the manufacturer&#8217;s advice for any specific model should be followed. Moreover, newer cars often &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/oil-changes-is-there-a-rule-of-thumb-for-how-often\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Oil changes: is there a rule of thumb for how often?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[188,1414,181,1],"tags":[2856,2855],"class_list":["post-32507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-autos","category-driving","category-lifestyle","category-uncategorized","tag-how-long-between-oil-changes","tag-how-often-should-i-change-my-cars-oil"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32507"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32540,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32507\/revisions\/32540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}