Jack1986

Hey, fellas. I do mostly city driving, about 95%. I was wondering how often I should change my engine oil. I couldn’t find anything in the manual that gave recommendations, nor did I find anything on this forum. I know it’s every 10K under normal driving conditions, but what about with city driving?

Thanks.

LeX2K

Check under the severe driving section in the owners manual that's what I consider city driving.

ESh

5000/6 months.

E46CT

Yeah personally i'd go with EsH's interval. 7,500 is likely fine too. but no more..

Jack1986

I looked but didn’t see anything like that. Maybe someone can help me out with a page number. I did see online that it said to change the oil every 7,500 to 10K miles. I guess a person like me is supposed to do it every 7,500 miles.

LeX2K

If you use good oil 7,500 is fine*, BUT if you only drive very short trips you'll need to shorten it by a lot.

*any fully synthetic oil is at least acceptable.

Jack1986

My job is less than 2 miles away and most of my trips are about 5 miles or less. I figured I’d ask folks on here since the dealership is only gonna tell you to do what makes them money.

LeX2K

That's awful for any engine even in a hot climate. Run the best oil you can afford and change it every 3000 miles.

Lexusfreak

My work is about a 7 minute drive from my front door so I understand your concern.

I do take the car on longer trips (highway etc); I put on about 5 - 6k miles per year. I change the oil every 6 months regardless of mileage (in April & October as we live in a cold climate during the winter so I kill 2 birds with 1 stone so to speak by getting my winter / all season tires changed over at the same time)....I only have 17,500 km's (11k miles) on my 2020.

I religiously use Amsoil OW 20 'signature series' synthetic oil, along with the Amsoil synthetic oil filter for my ES 350. Been using nothing but Amsoil products in every internal combustion engine I own since 2000.

Link here for what you need... https://www.amsoil.com/lookup/auto-a...lume=us-volume

Don't be afraid once or twice a week to drive the car 20+ miles to keep the battery charged & give er a good run on the highway.

If you are looking for the best engine protection, you won't be disappointed.