Thread: My12 Puma oil change every 5K or book 10k?

Well given that the recommended service interval is actually 20,000kms I would have thought 10,000 is adequate unless you are really pushing the vehicle. At least that's what I'm doing.

Bugger 5,000km oil changes, I'd be doing it every 2,500-3000km.....











Only joshing.

With modern oils and low sulphur diesel there's no need for short oil change intervals, even with the dreaded EGR incumbent on modern pollution controlled diesels.
The only time you need short changes IMO is when only doing really short trips consistently, eg. under 20-30km and particularly stop/start short trip city use.

Highway miles and country trips, even when towing and 10,000km and longer oil change intervals are within easy reach of the oil.

Silly me, I did not look at the books to check intervals, I just went by the dealer service sticker, it said next service due 10,000klm, so I just assumed it was every 10K.

Anyways, thats good to know saves me money Thanks guys.

My MY12 110 is 20K servicing. Picked it up last month and it was see you next October or in 20K.

I think that if you do a lot of highway kms then 20k Km service intervals are just fine. But if you do a lot of suburban driving with stop & start, a 10k Km service interval would be better.

Check your service manual - the oil service interval is different if you do a lot of driving in "extreme" conditions. I expect that 12,000 km oil changes is OK if you are doing lots of highway driving.

But if you do a lot of stop start suburban driving, it will be quite likely that you might need to do more frequent oil changes. Don't take any chances - oil is cheap but an engine or turbo isn't.

Confirmed with dealer yesterday the MY12 are every 20k, funny the service sticker from new says due at 10k?

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MY 2011 book says 20,000km to but the dealer insist on 10,000km... more money for them in servicing i guess.