# Oil change

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-change/62168>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** mustang, ford\
**Created:** [March 4, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-change/62168 "2011-03-04T01:42:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Dustem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@Dustem](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dustem)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-change/62168/1 "2011-03-04T01:42:14Z")

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I park my car in the winter and during the summer only put on about 2500 miles. Last year I put in synthetic oil. How often should I change my oil

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**Author:** ![lion9car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lion9car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lion9car)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-change/62168/2 "2011-03-04T03:37:48Z")

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The answer is in your owner’s manual.

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**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:** [March 4, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-change/62168/3 "2011-03-04T03:40:38Z")

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With that kind of use I’d change it once a year, right before you store it.

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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 4, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-change/62168/4 "2011-03-04T04:03:57Z")

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Once a year is fine. I would do it when it comes out of storage, ready to be used again. It may not really matter.

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**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-change/62168/5 "2011-03-04T20:00:42Z")

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Once a year before storage and I wouldn’t bother with synthetic.