# Should I trust my oil life monitor? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** mkz, lincoln\ **Created:** [August 4, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/should-i-trust-my-oil-life-monitor/122276 "2018-08-04T16:10:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 29
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/should-i-trust-my-oil-life-monitor/122276/29 "2018-08-07T14:50:18Z")
5 more years Mike? This topic comes up regularly here over the last DECADE at least. Here’s one example I pulled up within seconds on a search. It goes back to 2009- > [@10K mile oil change](https://community.cartalk.com/t/10k-mile-oil-change/25758): > > I recently purchased a 2008 Winnebago View built on a 2007 Dodge Sprinter Chassis with a Mercedez-Benz 3.5L V6 gas engine. I will be using this vehicles as full time living quarters - I put 34K miles on my last RV in a 10 month period. The maintenance schedule for the Sprinter suggests regular oil changes every 10,000 miles or 12 months whichever comes first. (it also has an ASSYST service indicator system that lets the driver know when services are due). I’ve always used Tom … I appreciate people’s own opinions on this as it is your vehicle, not mine. However, to make this statement- > [@MikeInNH](#): > > But there’s ZERO data to support the 10k oil change interval much past 150k. Zero data?? Really? Pretty sure there are many, many people who have exceeded way more than 150k miles in the last 10-15 years. I know I have on multiple vehicles and I live in the US and family drives both “domestic” and Asian cars. Ihave been doing these “extended” changes since around 1995 --- _[View the full topic](https://community.cartalk.com/t/should-i-trust-my-oil-life-monitor/122276)._