How long can i go without changing my car oil?

I had my car since June. Last with a light came on and said need oil. So i put 2 things of oil in it. Today another light came on and it said i need to change my oil. I cannot currently afford an oil change, but i do need to use my car. I want to know how much longer can i go without changing the oil. My car is a 2003 Pontiac grand am if anyone needs to know.How long can i go without changing my car oil?
Refer to your owners manual to find the maximum oil change interval recommended by the vehicle manufacturer and then change it before that if you are using a cheap oil filter which will only remove about 35% of particles in the 10 micron range. But if you are using an OEM quality filter which removes about 70% of particles in the 10 micron range you can go to the maximum oil change interval recommended by the vehicle manufacturer. If you are using a premium oil filter such as the Mobil 1 oil filter or the Purolator PureONE oil filter which removes about 95% of particles in the 10 micron range you can go a little beyond the maximum oil change interval recommended by the vehicle manufacturer. The reason you can only go a little beyond the maximum oil change interval recommended by the vehicle manufacturer when using a premium oil filter such as the Mobil 1 oil filter or the Purolator PureONE oil filter is that they will become clogged with filtered particles and begin to restrict oil flow.How long can i go without changing my car oil?
well, how far you CAN go and how far you SHOULD go differ greatly.


I know a woman who went just over twenty thousand miles without changing it.She had to add some every 5k, but never had it changed.


There is absolutely no reason to go this long without changing it. For your car it should be changed a 3k, but has to be changed at 5k. Any driving after that is doing damage.If you can do it yourself it can be done for 14-15 dollars, if you cant do it yourself, learn to do it yourself.


If the light is on, it should have been done already.
General Motors cars today have ';Oil Use Monitors'; on the dash of their cars. Basically it's a computerized time and temperature monitor of the of the engine an motor oil. The absolute maximum mileage under the best conditions is 8,5000 miles. Best conditions would include all fast highway (trip) miles.





Not to be a wise guy but no more liquor, beer or candy till you get it changed within the next couple of weeks.
To change your engine oil it will depend on the type of oil you use for the example





1. Fully synthetic engine oil can go up to 20,000 kilometers


2. Semi-synthetic engine oil can go up to 10,000 kilometers


3. Normal engine oil go up to 5,000 kilometers





I strongly advise you to change your engine oil frequently for every 5000 kilometers for any type of oil.





When the engine car light turn on, basically you have about 70~90 kilometers to go. Some cars more than than that and some cars less than that.





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If you cannot afford $20-30 for oil changes, you cannot afford to drive a car. Oil changes is THE most important maintenance item of an automobile. Failure to change your oil at the very minimum of every 3 months will shorten the life of the engine.






You are over due. Change it now and use a lighter weight for winter..WalMart will do a change for you using Pennzoil at their special price...and they will vacuum out the interior. Keeping up the regular maintenance will result in the car lasting longer..treat it as your friend.
get it done asap its the best 30.00 you will ever spend, in answer to your question you might go 5000 more miles but you need to add oil, this is not good for your car but it has been done, either change the oil soon or you're going to be walking
You change your oil every 3000-5000 miles, failure to do so will thicken the oil until it cannot flow, resulting in a broke engine.





Change the oil SOON, many places can do it for $20-$30.
Oil is the life-blood on a car so this is not something I recommend delaying for any great length of time. Besides, oil changes are cheap ( lots of places advertise oil changes for around 20 bucks ) anyway.