How can you tell if...?

Question:
your oil needs to be changed?

Answers:

Does my 4-cycle Toro snowblower need to be drained of gasoline before summer storage?

It's dark or it's low. You need a paper towel or napkin. Take out the dipstick, wipe it off. Put it in, pull it out. There are circles on the dipstick that if they're filled in, the oil is that high.

Where do I start if I want to service and maintain my car?


If you have doubts, ask your mechanic how to decipher when it's time.

Jeep cherokee power windows?

If it's is dark and/or its been in the engine longer than the recommended service interval in the owners manual.

What is the best GPS for car honda odyssey?

because it runs very thin and is very very black you should change it every 2000 kms or 1000 miles

Car troubleshooting?

3 months or 3,000 miles. If you gotta guess it's probably time.

1988 bretta is overheating need help!!?

if the oil is dark.turning black...but be very careful..if its turning whiter and whiter by the time.and its getting the color of milk.that's mean your there is water running through the head or your cylinder walls are getting worn...i hope your car oil only getting dark.not white

I need to know how to discharge my a/c system to do work on it.?

no matter what any company or person says I change it every 3,000 miles faithfully. i do not go by anything else....i also got 311,000 miles with only tune ups and zero engine repairs so YES I definitely am correct about this !! /

MY 1985 camaro . the AC compressor comes on and off and makes a grinding noise .?

the darker the more crap is in it, obviously crap in the oil hurts the engine parts... think of something else that needs lube, and if ther was sand in it!?.. think you get it... dark color, burnt type smell meens time to change... depends on how you value your car. I had a car that want worth a crap, so I treated it that way and never changed it... just addes when it was low. if you have something nice, read the owners manual and follow those instructions

Heater not working?

Star Hi oil is the life blood of your engine . Dirty oil will kill your engine. It sounds like you need to put your car on a maintenance schedule .. Every 3 months or every 3,000 miles . Make sure you change the filter and do not use re-cycled oil .. The oil type is normally 10 w 30 winter months or 10 w 40 in a very hot climate .. Ask the garage to put a sticker on your windshield it will tell you when to change your oil . Oil is very important . good luck ...

Exhaust H?

they usually recommend every 3000 miles,but you have some idea,by pulling the stick out.if its turning black,then its probably about time to get it changed.do you know what it looks like,when the oil is new,dont you?,then compair it to the color on the dip stick.
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