# Frequency of oil change

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/frequency-of-oil-change/62495>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** outback, subaru\
**Created:** [March 11, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/frequency-of-oil-change/62495 "2011-03-11T19:30:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![cstupasky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cstupasky](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cstupasky)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/frequency-of-oil-change/62495/1 "2011-03-11T19:30:35Z")

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I have a 2002 Outback with 98000 miles. I am running conventional oil. How many miles between oil changes?

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**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/frequency-of-oil-change/62495/2 "2011-03-11T19:35:56Z")

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What does the owners manual say???

Personally I wouldn’t go more then 5k miles…but that’s just me.

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**Author:** ![jayhawkroy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jayhawkroy/32/33_2.png) [@jayhawkroy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jayhawkroy)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/frequency-of-oil-change/62495/3 "2011-03-11T20:07:33Z")

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My Subaru does well on 5K oil changes, conventional or blend. It has 142K and counting using this choice. If I remember correctly, unless you have a turbo, Subaru recommends 7500 mi if not engaged in severe service applications.

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/frequency-of-oil-change/62495/4 "2011-03-11T21:12:09Z")

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Look in the owner’s manual. The requirements for your specific model and year may be different than others.

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**Author:** ![SteveF](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevef/32/2_2.png) [@SteveF](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveF)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/frequency-of-oil-change/62495/5 "2011-03-11T21:23:10Z")

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The owner’s manual rules! Of course, it will tend to be on the conservative side. You should be able to at least 5000 miles between changes.