<\/span><\/h2>\nIt’s a good idea to check your engine oil about as often as you fill up your gas tank. Some vehicles burn oil over time, and it’s not uncommon for manufacturers to find it acceptable for their engines to burn an entire quart every 1,000 miles.<\/p>\n
Some vehicles that use synthetic oils call for 6,000 or even 10,000 mile oil change intervals. If you burn a quart every 1,000 miles and go 10,000 miles without changing your oil, your engine will definitely be starved of oil if you don’t top off before your next service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Engine oil is one of the most important fluids in your vehicle. It keeps the engine lubricated and even helps a bit with cooling. What Does Engine Oil Do? Combustion engines are made up of hundreds of metal parts. Many of these parts belong to the rotating assembly, which consists of pistons, connecting rods, and … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[19,18],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drivehomesafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drivehomesafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drivehomesafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drivehomesafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drivehomesafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/drivehomesafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":690,"href":"https:\/\/drivehomesafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions\/690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drivehomesafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drivehomesafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drivehomesafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}