how often should you change your oil one of my mates chages there oil every 1000 miles and the other one does it every 3000 miles what is the recomended miles to change your oil

3000 miles is what BMC recommended.
I do mine at about 2500 because it is getting old.

I do oil and filter at 1,000 miles because my engine is tired.

I think about 2,000 miles is pretty good for a good cond engine.

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"In two years time your car will be like a lady's clothes, out of date, my car will still be in fashion when I am dead" - Sir Alec speaking to Pininfarina

I do it depending on the cars useage.

My daily deluxe gets done at 3k but my Cooper S that takes longer to get miles put on it and has a good fresh engine gets done at 1k

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1964 998cc Cooper
1971 Mini K x 2
1972 Clubman GT

1k in my Cooper S would be about 3 years
I usually do the daily driver mini's about every 3 - 4 months, not sure on the distance cause it varies around 3k mark
The mini with the oldest engine tends to do it's own oil changes as it needs topping up every 2-300 kms

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1969 Cooper "S"
1967 Mini Deluxe
1973 Clubman Van (the fleet spare)
1978 ex 1275 LS ("Wizard" Eaton Supercharged)
2015 HSV GenF GTS(occasional drive & tow car)
2019 MINI F55 Cooper S

I do mine every 5000km. It's a "dry" daily driver and cops a fair bit of spirited driving.

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Respect mine and I'll respect yours.

No point in me doing oil changes anymore. My engine leaks & burns so much constant topping up always keeps it fresh

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1967 Cooper S - new front bearings to do.
1965 Cooper S shell - Slow progress. No time or money!
1966 Deluxe- next rustoration!
Mk 2 & XJ6 Jags. Less said the better.

I do mine similar to Steve. Depending on usage and the driving I'm doing/ done.

I give mine a service every 6 weeks or so. In saying this though, I do A LOT of driving and a lot of it high speeds. More than most

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Bluey-1973 Clubby - 1330, high lift, big cam, 7 port madness in progress..

Gumby-1978 Minivan, British Racing Green - 1310, high lift, mild cam, enlarged porting and chamber shape with big valve head, supercharged build in ever slow progress!

Mini owners... keeping the oil companies in business?

If your regularly driving the car then 5000klms is fine. A better indication is what the oil in the engine is like but i won't go into that. Don't fret if you do more klm's inbetween changes, just make sure it has oil in it.

And it's always good to give the car a grease when you change the oil.

Every 5000kms or once every 12mths. Good oils and quality filters!

I have had a couple of blood donations and transfusions but never had any oil put in my system ! I use Oil in my car !

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Sad news!
Kmart have changed the packaging of the KMX oil and efectively increased the price.
I purchased some yesterday and it was $14 for 4 Litres. Was $19 for 6 Litres last time.

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1969 Cooper "S"
1967 Mini Deluxe
1973 Clubman Van (the fleet spare)
1978 ex 1275 LS ("Wizard" Eaton Supercharged)
2015 HSV GenF GTS(occasional drive & tow car)
2019 MINI F55 Cooper S

Hmmm still the same price here on the week-end - $19 for six litres still at Tuggeranong K-Mart

I am happy I got in before they changed it...the EB SXR8 loved K-Mart oil...

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Rob Forsyth
Miniot!!