# 2008 Toyota Camry Hybrid - Oil Change Intervals

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-toyota-camry-hybrid-oil-change-intervals/148891>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [September 16, 2019, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-toyota-camry-hybrid-oil-change-intervals/148891 "2019-09-16T23:33:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tony57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Tony57](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tony57)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-toyota-camry-hybrid-oil-change-intervals/148891/1 "2019-09-16T23:34:00Z")

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I have 2 cars, a 2008 Toyota Camry and a 2017 Mazda 3. The Toyota oil change is either 10K mi or 1 year and the Mazda 7500 mi or 6 months, which ever comes first. I use synthetic oil in both. Why such a difference and if I only drive 4K yr in the Mazda, why wouldn’t the oil last longer than 6 mo? We don’t have much extreme weather in the Bay Area.

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**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 11:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-toyota-camry-hybrid-oil-change-intervals/148891/2 "2019-09-16T23:51:43Z")

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> [@Tony57](#):
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> if I only drive 4K yr in the Mazda, why wouldn’t the oil last longer than 6 mo

After the warranty period is over then you probably can do one year or 6000 miles . But until then your warranty depends on following what Mazda specifies . That simple.

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**Author:** ![tcmichnorth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tcmichnorth/32/25126_2.png) [@tcmichnorth](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tcmichnorth)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-toyota-camry-hybrid-oil-change-intervals/148891/3 "2019-09-16T23:52:45Z")

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Engineers come up with this stuff for lots of reasons I don’t know about. But some cars are designed to run hotter than others and there’s probably many other reasons. Oil changes are cheap compared to engine wear. I always follow the recommendation for that reason.