Hello,

I change my oil in my 2004 CTS 3 times a month. I drive 167 miles a day. I have done this all my life to all my vehicles. No dirt or grime in my engines. I use Vavoline synthetic.

Three times a MONTH? I think that's a little overboard there, Frank. :D But, :welcome: to the board anyhow.

helluva first post, no?

Hello,

I change my oil in my 2004 CTS 3 times a month. I drive 167 miles a day. I have done this all my life to all my vehicles. No dirt or grime in my engines. I use Vavoline synthetic.
so you do an oil change every 1600 miles, that half of recommended on regular oil, let alone on synthetic. what does your dic tell you? i bet it says you have like 70-60% left.

Thank you for the welcome...My DIC…. don’t use it or the recommended mileage… I change 3 times a month with new filter.

haha wow

do you change your tires every two months, or every three?

That is crazy. In my opinion you are spending good money unnessesarily, but hey, whatever tickles your pickle.:welcome:

Welcome and don't forget to flush the rad fluid every 2 months! J/k ;)

Well he doesn’t have to worry about the oil consumption issue… No time to be consumed between changes. (lol) Would this oil changing frequency (three times a month) really keep your engine cleaner? I also drive a great distance daily to and from work 65 miles one way. I do go buy the OLM to change the oil. And I check it twice a week as I (the vehicle) consumes a quart every 3000-4000 miles.

Different strokes for different folks.

enjoy

dont forget to swap out the tire air as well. thats a daily item

What about the blinker fluid??

damn, I thought I drove alot

if those are all highway miles, you can certainly go at least 6000 miles, if not more. VW is recommending 12000 miles now.

dont forget to swap out the tire air as well. thats a daily item

:histeric: :histeric:

urb, you kill me!

damn, I thought I drove alot

if those are all highway miles, you can certainly go at least 6000 miles, if not more. VW is recommending 12000 miles now.

VW has been having problems with engine sludge too, I've heard...

3 oil changes a month is wasteful,really wastefull if he is using synthetic oil, and not very smart environmentally. This guy either works for Valvoline or he is kooky :)

VW has been having problems with engine sludge too, I've heard...

that's not all their having problems with; but with today's oils, 12000 miles does not seem like a stretch to me if you drive mostly highway. my stepdad just bought an 08 GTI so we'll see.

i change the gas in my tank every 3 days :rolleyes:

i change the gas in my....oh wait nevermind.


time for assimilation maybe?
http://www.cadillacforums.com/forums/cadillac-cts-forum-2003-through-2007/118383-bling-not-bling-everything-between.html

and just how often do you change your bling? :bling:

I change mine hourly.

Oh wait, you said bling. Nevermind.

i change the gas in my tank every 3 days :rolleyes:

I pass gas at least 3 times a day :eek:

When it comes to oil changes you should listen to your DIC.

-GT

Jimmy, I drive about 100-200 miles per day with my car and I changed the oil at 11000miles of life. After an analysis, oil was still good for a couple more miles but I trust my OLM but yes, its a lot of miles on the car and the oil is holding on!

My concern is the plug to flush the oil will say goodbye 3 times sooner so maybe too much is like not enough!

todays oils are very good. I was down to a little less than 2 quarts once on my Maxima, and you couldnt even tell. No overheating, no loss of performance or efficiency. I dont recommend doing that, but it is nice to know that these oils can handle being overworked.

Everybodies thinking it, I'm just saying it: Don't feed the troll.

Everybodies thinking it, I'm just saying it: Don't feed the troll.

i dont know if this is a troll, like the usual N* bashers and whatnot, but it certainly is "something"

how is this a troll? or even spam? a valvoline salesman posting here? yeah, like that is going to work...

Wow really dedicated to vehicle maintenance, I wish we all had the time and money to do that.

I'm to lazy, I'd rather pay someone else to do it.

I'm just saying, first post, obviously doesn't know what he's doing if he is changing oil that much. I'm still thinking an instigator.

i change the gas in my tank every 3 days :rolleyes:

I love it.