How often do you guys change your oil?

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How often do you guys change your oil? - JTaylor2005 - 01-08-2015

Quick question tbf. When using quality oil (Currently have Mobil super 3000) and a good oil filter (OEM Peugeot one)

How often would you change your oil?

Also is a Bosch oil filter from ECP much worse than the OEM Peugeot one? Im thinking the Bosch one would be fine? I can get a Bosch filter, Good oil, and a good air filter from ECP cheaper and easier than having to always check my Peugeot dealer near my has stuff in stock.

Thanks, Jack

RE: How often do you guys change your oil? - Toms306 - 01-08-2015

Yearly on a DW10 (~12k)... 6 monthly on a DV6 (~6k)... Bosch filter will be fine.

Some will say the DW10 needs 6 monthly changes but I've seen inside several neglected DW10s, they aren't at all fussy on oil or change regularity and turbo's don't seem to mind either.

RE: How often do you guys change your oil? - HDIkyle - 01-08-2015

I do mine every 6k ish or so. Or sooner if iv been messing with oil coolers ect. Mainly cos its quick scbd easy to do so do s change if I'm feeling bored and got time to kill on a weekend

RE: How often do you guys change your oil? - bashbarnard - 01-08-2015

I do mine every 3k. But thats excessive. 6 k on an xud will be fine. Not sure on other stuff.

RE: How often do you guys change your oil? - Welshy_Pete - 01-08-2015

(01-08-2015, 08:30 AM)JTaylor2005 Wrote: Quick question tbf. When using quality oil (Currently have Mobil super 3000) and a good oil filter (OEM Peugeot one)

How often would you change your oil?

Also is a Bosch oil filter from ECP much worse than the OEM Peugeot one? Im thinking the Bosch one would be fine? I can get a Bosch filter, Good oil, and a good air filter from ECP cheaper and easier than having to always check my Peugeot dealer near my has stuff in stock.

Thanks, Jack

I change my oil in my 306 hdi every 6,000 miles. The oil clean and when it hits around 6,000 miles it starts to go black. I can see it needs changing just at the colour.

RE: How often do you guys change your oil? - MY95 - 01-08-2015

I change mine on my HDI around every 8k ish, on 143,000 miles now.

RE: How often do you guys change your oil? - Toms306 - 01-08-2015

(01-08-2015, 09:58 AM)Welshy_Pete Wrote:
(01-08-2015, 08:30 AM)JTaylor2005 Wrote: Quick question tbf. When using quality oil (Currently have Mobil super 3000) and a good oil filter (OEM Peugeot one)

How often would you change your oil?

Also is a Bosch oil filter from ECP much worse than the OEM Peugeot one? Im thinking the Bosch one would be fine? I can get a Bosch filter, Good oil, and a good air filter from ECP cheaper and easier than having to always check my Peugeot dealer near my has stuff in stock.

Thanks, Jack

I change my oil in my 306 hdi every 6,000 miles. The oil clean and when it hits around 6,000 miles it starts to go black. I can see it needs changing just at the colour.

You must have the cleanest diesel ever... Diesel oil goes black almost instantly! Confused

RE: How often do you guys change your oil? - Piggy - 01-08-2015

5k on the dot. Mega cheap to do.

RE: How often do you guys change your oil? - Frosty - 01-08-2015

As others have said every 5/6k, prob drop the oil on mine this weekend. Would doing the fuel filter as often as well especially on a hdi as the housing quite often has little filings in there that you dont want getting into your hp pump. For what the filter cost defo worth doing. Thats my thoughts anyway

RE: How often do you guys change your oil? - Piggy - 01-08-2015

I think I manage fuel/oil filter and fully synth oil for all under £20 delivered

Best thing for keeping your engine healthy ThumbsUp

RE: How often do you guys change your oil? - Welshy_Pete - 01-08-2015

(01-08-2015, 10:17 AM)Toms306 Wrote:
(01-08-2015, 09:58 AM)Welshy_Pete Wrote:
(01-08-2015, 08:30 AM)JTaylor2005 Wrote: Quick question tbf. When using quality oil (Currently have Mobil super 3000) and a good oil filter (OEM Peugeot one)

How often would you change your oil?

Also is a Bosch oil filter from ECP much worse than the OEM Peugeot one? Im thinking the Bosch one would be fine? I can get a Bosch filter, Good oil, and a good air filter from ECP cheaper and easier than having to always check my Peugeot dealer near my has stuff in stock.

Thanks, Jack

I change my oil in my 306 hdi every 6,000 miles. The oil clean and when it hits around 6,000 miles it starts to go black. I can see it needs changing just at the colour.

You must have the cleanest diesel ever... Diesel oil goes black almost instantly!

My diesel oil stays clean it don't go black till it hits roughly 6,000miles.

Want me to take pictures of the mileage and oil. I last changed the oil 1,000 miles ago another 5,000 miles left. The places I go to dont see many diesel cars with clean oil like mine.

I know what you mean about diesel oil going black.

RE: How often do you guys change your oil? - Toms306 - 01-08-2015

Lol, no need for pics, I believe you, just never seen diesel oil do more than about a tank of fuel before its solid black again!

RE: How often do you guys change your oil? - WiNgNuTz - 01-08-2015

Mine leaks so much it effectively gets fresh oil every couple of thousand miles anyway! lol

Just need to get round to changing the filter. Wink

RE: How often do you guys change your oil? - Piggy - 01-08-2015

Theres no way your diesel engine oil is still clean 1000miles later!!

RE: How often do you guys change your oil? - HDi--Power - 01-08-2015

If its still clean it means its crap oil that has no detergents in it Big Grin

should be black after less than 100 miles

RE: How often do you guys change your oil? - powerandtorque - 01-08-2015

I do mine as per Peugeot's schedule of every 12k miles (roughly every 6 months with my mileage) using a decent quality oil and filter.

Given that my last 306 HDi had the same servicing regime and was still going strong with over 250k miles on it and didn't use any oil, I'm happy to do that on my current one too.

RE: How often do you guys change your oil? - cully - 01-08-2015

hdi gets done every 12months which is around 10kmiles

RE: How often do you guys change your oil? - Paul_13 - 01-08-2015

Around 8k for me

RE: How often do you guys change your oil? - highwayman306 - 01-08-2015

Once a year, they're pretty ballsy/hardy engines. If its done every year you know its all good Wink

As for the colour...Its gonna be black pretty quick, i was checking my oil, after a change, on the regs (due to paranoia of leaks) and was watching it go black over a few days Confused

I thought that was pretty normal...

RE: How often do you guys change your oil? - Seb_Ryan - 01-08-2015

Yeah oil in diesels go black within days..

RE: How often do you guys change your oil? - Magenta Sunset - 01-08-2015

once a year, before annual holiday

RE: How often do you guys change your oil? - Redordead89 - 01-08-2015

Anyone getting a brand new diesel car or van anytime soon???
Would like to see how long it takes to go black in a new 0 mile engine!?!?
Maybe no difference though but interesting to see if there was/is!

RE: How often do you guys change your oil? - JTaylor2005 - 01-08-2015

My dads got a volvo diesel with not many miles on can have a quick look tomorow because that's a good point tbf haha.

RE: How often do you guys change your oil? - Welshy_Pete - 02-08-2015

These are the pictures the oil still clean I changed the oil at 175,300 miles now its on 176,375 miles. Just look how still clean that oil is just over 1000 miles.

The oil not that full I'm parked on a hill.

RE: How often do you guys change your oil? - Jonny81191 - 02-08-2015

Interesting.. Might wanna check your levels though, that looks a bit full lol

RE: How often do you guys change your oil? - Poodle - 02-08-2015

(02-08-2015, 02:29 PM)Welshy_Pete Wrote: The oil not that full I'm parked on a hill.

I change mine every 8-10k, but drive pretty hard. These are pretty unfussy engines tbh, i've seen them properly mistreated and still running fine at 150k+.

RE: How often do you guys change your oil? - C2K - 02-08-2015

(01-08-2015, 04:49 PM)powerandtorque Wrote: I do mine as per Peugeot's schedule of every 12k miles (roughly every 6 months with my mileage) using a decent quality oil and filter.

Given that my last 306 HDi had the same servicing regime and was still going strong with over 250k miles on it and didn't use any oil, I'm happy to do that on my current one too.

This.

Took mine from 70 to 274K with 12K oil and filter intervals using Peugeot filter and Quartz 7000.

I did 95% motorway miles though, but changing it at 3K you're just wasting your money.

RE: How often do you guys change your oil? - MY95 - 02-08-2015

As above, changing it before 6k is overkill on these engines.

RE: How often do you guys change your oil? - pug306driver - 03-08-2015

welshy pete, could you take a pic of inside the camshaft area please?

do you use an oil flush at oil change time??

and has the sump been of since you got this car?

RE: How often do you guys change your oil? - JTaylor2005 - 03-08-2015

To be honest when I did my first change after buying the car I bought 5l of flushing oil which is dirt cheap oil basically. I put that in and idled it for 30 minutes. When I then changed to my proper new oil it stayed pretty clean for a fair few weeks really. Flushing definitly makes a difference and does remove all the muck and dirt from the previous oil. I doubt I will do it again though. I only did it as I had just bought the car.