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Friends: 2 |  Changing Oil at 10k mi. intervals? Up until the last oil change at 70k I always got my oil changed at the dealer using regular oil. But they became greedy and raised their prices $10 so I had my garage that takes care of our chevy Venture do the oil change on the Prius. He used Valvoline synthetic and said that I don't have to change the oil for 7500 to 10k mis. I would like to go 10k between changes but was interested in what the experts here think about that. It seems long to me but I put a ton of miles on the car and the oil seems always clean as new when 5k mi. comes around. Thanks for your imput!
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Friends: 3 | Re: Changing Oil at 10k mi. intervals? Check the Valvoline Synthetic oil they used if it is has the European ACEA rating A5/B5, you can easily take it to 10,000 miles with no worries. The biggest thing you want to do is make sure you periodically check your oil level to make sure it stays between the marks with an extended oil change. I looked on the Valvoline website and their brand called Synpower is only rated ACEA A1, I wouldn't take it much past 5000 miles. Valvoline.com > Products > Motor Oil > Full Synthetic Motor Oil > SynPowerŽ Full Synthetic Motor Oil |
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