# Garage owner in Youtube video suggests 5k oil changes **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [August 18, 2022, 10:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/garage-owner-in-youtube-video-suggests-5k-oil-changes/185882 "2022-08-18T10:56:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/garage-owner-in-youtube-video-suggests-5k-oil-changes/185882/21 "2022-08-19T00:00:44Z")
> [@Robert-Gift](#): > > At 0330, must becareful that I do not pour in the pre-measured oil before screwing on the oil plug My point exactly. High risk of a screw-up. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/garage-owner-in-youtube-video-suggests-5k-oil-changes/185882/22 "2022-08-19T00:02:37Z")
> [@Robert-Gift](#): > > 3 qts in each 5-qt container so no time measuring it. There is no time in measuring 6 individual quart bottles. You are making this messier and more difficult than it needs to be. ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/garage-owner-in-youtube-video-suggests-5k-oil-changes/185882/23 "2022-08-19T00:04:37Z")
> [@Nevada\_545](#): > > > [@Robert-Gift](#): > > > > This one reads **Oil Maintenance Required** when it reaches 5,000 aftereset. > > _There are four different maintenance messages, two of them are;_ > _“Maintenance required” displayed every 5,000 miles_ > _“Oil maintenance required” displayed every 10,000 miles._ Oh. Thank you. Thought oursays OMR at 5k. (Nonetheless I go by my log book.) ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/garage-owner-in-youtube-video-suggests-5k-oil-changes/185882/24 "2022-08-19T00:07:01Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > > [@Robert-Gift](#): > > > > 3 qts in each 5-qt container so no time measuring it. > > _There is no time in measuring 6 individual quart bottles._ > _You are making this messier and more difficult than it needs to be._ Th.is the 12-quart box with spigot from Walmart. No time when an emergency call mid oil change. So everything set to go before I starthe oil change. (They have a habit of calling me in the shower or changing oil.) ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 12:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/garage-owner-in-youtube-video-suggests-5k-oil-changes/185882/25 "2022-08-19T00:13:01Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > > [@Robert-Gift](#): > > > > At 0330, must becareful that I do not pour in the pre-measured oil before screwing on the oil plug > > _My point exactly. High risk of a screw-up._ Ha! That’s why I hyperventilate to wake up and make sure I gothe correct order. Now another blood run. ---
**Author:** ![galant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/77aa72/32.png) [@galant](https://community.cartalk.com/u/galant)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 12:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/garage-owner-in-youtube-video-suggests-5k-oil-changes/185882/26 "2022-08-19T00:29:37Z")
Letting it drain overnight worries me. Someone, including myself might not pay attention and get in the car and start it. ---
**Author:** ![JoeMario](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@JoeMario](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JoeMario)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 12:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/garage-owner-in-youtube-video-suggests-5k-oil-changes/185882/27 "2022-08-19T00:50:34Z")
> [@Nevada\_545](#): > > > [@Robert-Gift](#): > > > > This one reads **Oil Maintenance Required** when it reaches 5,000 aftereset. > > There are four different maintenance messages, two of them are; > > “Maintenance required” displayed every 5,000 miles > > “Oil maintenance required” displayed every 10,000 miles. I agree with Nevada on this one. The factory “Warranty and Services Guide” for your vehicle calls for 10,000 mile oil changes. ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 9:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/garage-owner-in-youtube-video-suggests-5k-oil-changes/185882/28 "2022-08-19T09:28:29Z")
> [@galant](#): > > _Letting it drain overnight worries me. Someone, including myself might not pay attention and get in the car and start it._ Withe SUV still up on the ramps, that reminds me. Forgoto mention I dislike putting cold oil in a hot engine. That’s why I say **OCD** - Oil Compulsive Disorder. ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 9:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/garage-owner-in-youtube-video-suggests-5k-oil-changes/185882/29 "2022-08-19T09:30:14Z")
> [@JoeMario](#): > > > [@Nevada\_545](#): > > > > > [@Robert-Gift](#): > > > > > > This one reads **Oil Maintenance Required** when it reaches 5,000 aftereset. > > > > There are four different maintenance messages, two of them are; > > “Maintenance required” displayed every 5,000 miles > > “Oil maintenance required” displayed every 10,000 miles. > > _I agree with Nevada on this one._ > _The factory “Warranty and Services Guide” for your vehicle calls for 10,000 mile oil changes._ The garage owner in the video shows why 10k can be too long an interval. ---
**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 9:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/garage-owner-in-youtube-video-suggests-5k-oil-changes/185882/30 "2022-08-19T09:43:17Z")
@Robert-Gift cutesyartificialaffectationoforiginalityaintnowaytocommunicateson especiallyontechnicaltopicssuchasvehiclemaintenance justsaying ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 9:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/garage-owner-in-youtube-video-suggests-5k-oil-changes/185882/31 "2022-08-19T09:50:28Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > _… I find engine is too hot if I start the oil change immediately after arriving home from long drive. I start w/cold engine, and idle a while to warm it up enough oil is thinner, but not so hot engine parts are burning me. …_ As a registered tree-hugger and Greenie, I do not wanto use gasoline and also start an engine which exhausts much pollution before the catalyticonverter gets hot. To avoid getting burned I use a ratchet extension on the 13mm oil plug. Thankfully our Walmart accepts used oil and antifreeze in the same tank. ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 9:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/garage-owner-in-youtube-video-suggests-5k-oil-changes/185882/32 "2022-08-19T09:52:20Z")
**strong text** Incorrect. I only share letters. Not run everything together. You missed “topic **s** uch” ---
**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 9:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/garage-owner-in-youtube-video-suggests-5k-oil-changes/185882/33 "2022-08-19T09:54:13Z")
> [@Robert-Gift](#): > > I only share letters. Not run every thing together. sameeffectofdifficultytoread makesreadingyourpostsdifficult ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 9:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/garage-owner-in-youtube-video-suggests-5k-oil-changes/185882/34 "2022-08-19T09:56:26Z")
> [@Marnet](#): > > > [@Robert-Gift](#): > > > > I only share letters. Not run every thing together. > > _sameeffectofdifficultytoread_ > _makesreadingyourpostsdifficult_ “sam **e** ffect” (In middle school I did this when Tom wanted a sign co$ting as little as possible. I shared expen$ive letters. Everyone laughed.) ---
**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/garage-owner-in-youtube-video-suggests-5k-oil-changes/185882/35 "2022-08-19T16:34:20Z")
> [@Robert-Gift](#): > > sam **e** ffect” > (In middle school I did this when Tom wanted a sign co$ting as little as possible. > I shared expen$ive letters. Everyone laughed.) Funny once as a childish prank. Annoying as a childish habit run rampant as a claimed adult. But hey, your life, your style, your privilege to not outgrow your long stale childhood joke. socarryonrunningonlyletterstogetherlikeamiddleschooler ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/garage-owner-in-youtube-video-suggests-5k-oil-changes/185882/36 "2022-08-19T16:39:00Z")
> [@Marnet](#): > > > [@Robert-Gift](#): > > > > sam **e** ffect” > > (In middle school I did this when Tom wanted a sign co$ting as little as possible. > > I shared expen$ive letters. Everyone laughed.) > > _Funny once as a childish prank._ > _Annoying as a childish habit run rampant as a claimed adult._ > _But hey, your life, your style, your privilege to not outgrow your long stale childhood joke._ > _socarryonrunningonlyletterstogetherlikeamiddleschooler_ Nothat difficulto read. Yours is. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/garage-owner-in-youtube-video-suggests-5k-oil-changes/185882/37 "2022-08-19T16:59:58Z")
> [@Marnet](#): > > Annoying as a childish habit run rampant as a claimed adult. Well said. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/garage-owner-in-youtube-video-suggests-5k-oil-changes/185882/38 "2022-08-19T18:43:46Z")
Your vehicle, your choice. But let me add just one data point, and one data point is not a trend. My daughter has a 2014 Camry 4 cylinder. After the dealer did the two free oil changes at 10k intervals, I did an oil change for her at 25k miles. I found the oil filter canister full of sludge. I cleaned it out and finished the oil change. Been doing oil changes every 7500 since and no sludge in the filter housing. It has around 120k now and runs just fine. ---
**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/garage-owner-in-youtube-video-suggests-5k-oil-changes/185882/39 "2022-08-19T19:08:15Z")
I also have a 2014 4-cyl Camry. My driving falls in the category of extreme use per the owner’s manual. So per the manual I have the oil changed about every five-thousand miles. I also keep in mind that the manual says five-thousand miles or six months, whichever comes first. I figure that the oil change interval is far less expensive than risking sludging the engine. If I get back to averaging non-severe use pattern of driving I can always extend the change interval to more miles. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/garage-owner-in-youtube-video-suggests-5k-oil-changes/185882/40 "2022-08-19T19:33:38Z")
I can’t do cut and paste on this thing but back to overnight draining. I understand odds are prolly 1%, but I always consider if I became incapacitated during the oil change, I eouldnt want the wife to jump in the car with no oil in it. So while the oil Drains, the hood is up, and the measured replacement oil is on the radiator support. How she would get the drain plug in who knows but at least would know the job was not finished until the hood is closed. At 70 ya think about stuff like that. I’ve been thinking maybe I should put put price tickets on some of my tools like my $500 welder and $300 planer, just in case. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/garage-owner-in-youtube-video-suggests-5k-oil-changes/185882.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/garage-owner-in-youtube-video-suggests-5k-oil-changes/185882.md?page=3)