halfpanel08

i already used the search option on here and didnt have much luck
i know im a newbie. lol im trying

BUT where is that how to on changing oil that had step by step and picstures.. thanks to any help

ive got my 08 hhr aa5 , and i just hit 5k miles. time for change even though the oil life says 48%.. i figure 5k is plenty.

ive bought mobil 1 full syn 5-30w and AC Delco filter from dealer for 5$

TomR00

Try this one!

https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/maintenance-upkeep-50/how-change-your-own-oil-10546/

It was over in the "How To" forum section!!!

TomR

Firewatcher

Solman's "How To Change Your Oil" is one of the best "How To's" I've ever seen.

an08HHR

Gm put the monitor in for a reason. Did you see this video
http://videos.howstuffworks.com/medi...stem-video.htm

dbfruth

Why waste money changing your oil before it needs it? The subject of the oil life monitor has been discussed here and elsewhere on the web. I used to be of the opinion that 5000 miles was as far as anyone should let their oil go but the more I have researched the subject the more I was open to trusting the OLM. Engines today are more tightly controlled due to emissions regulations then those of yesteryear. The computer can continuously adjust fuel delivery and maintain a stoichiometric fuel mix at all times. The engine therefore runs cleaner and there is less contamination to the oil as a result. Because of less contamination the oil can be left in the vehicle longer. Older cars equipped with carburetors could only be set to archive a stoichiometric mix under a very narrow set of circumstances and consequently sometimes ran rich and sometimes ran lean depending on load and atmospheric conditions. This lack of fine control caused the oil to become contaminated faster leading to the old recommendation of changing your oil at 3000 miles. You also must consider that the quality of motor oil has vastly improved over the years as well further facilitating the ability to run longer between oil changes. If you still want proof you can send you used oil to a oil analysis lab to verify the extended drain interval is not doing any damage to your engine. If it was not going to be good to use the Oil life monitor GM would not back it up with a 100,000 warranty.

(Ok rant over)


https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/show...highlight=life

http://www.hhrclub.org/forums/gforum.cgi?post=28246

dpoll995

agreed, im not touching mine untill it gets down to 5% or so. my dealer even told me to change it after 5k no matter what the oile life says, but after watchin that vid ill stick with what the cars tell me..

tooter1

I just did my oil change with 28% life left and didn't look very dirty at all.

I got 5,609 miles out of it with Havoline Conventional 5w30. If I went down to 0% life left it would have gotten around 7,800 miles.

I'm happy with that. Still averaging 27 mpg with 70% city driving.

I switched to Pennzoil Platinum Full Synthetic, and going to see what results come out of it.
If it doesn't work like I want it to, I'll switch to Royal Purple for sure.

Last oil change cost me $17.58, this change cost me $27.30.