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One of the common services for routine car maintenance that we sometime neglected is the oil change.

Oil change frequency is one of the crucial items that we must always follow. If we follow the oil change frequency set by the auto manufacturer it will prevent excessive wear on our car engine key components.

Oil change frequency is depending on the driving condition, for the normal operation conditions the oil change frequency is every 6 months or 5,000 km which ever comes first for diesel engine and once a year or 10,000 km which ever comes first for gasoline engine.

However, it is recommended to shorten the oil change frequency, 1000 km or every 3 months which ever comes first, if you are driving on a severe condition.

Severe condition driving is,

When driving on the dusty area

When you are always driving on a short distances

When you are driving with a towed vehicle

When you are driving with extensive idling

When you are driving on an extremely adverse condition or areas with extremely low or extremely high temperature

Driving on a mountainous area or high humidity area

Driving on an area with salt or corrosive material

Driving on a rough rod, muddy road or desert

Driving with frequent use of braking

Frequent driving in water

Oil change frequency is very important, it is important as, do nothing else in the way of preventive maintenance except oil change.Again, if you do not follow the oil change frequency, you can be guaranteed your car engine life will be shortened.

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