{"id":8,"date":"2026-10-09T15:06:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T14:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-torque\/how-often-should-you-change-your-engine-oil\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T15:06:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T15:06:43","slug":"how-often-should-you-change-your-engine-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-torque\/how-often-should-you-change-your-engine-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"How often should you change your engine oil?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most modern cars using synthetic oil need an oil change every 5,000 to 10,000 miles, or once a year. The right interval for your car is in the owner&#8217;s manual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Change it sooner if you<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Do lots of short trips or stop-and-go city driving<\/li>\n\n<li>Tow a trailer or carry heavy loads<\/li>\n\n<li>Drive in very hot, cold or dusty conditions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not sure what your car needs? Ask us at your next visit and we will set a reminder that matches your driving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The old 3,000-mile rule is out of date for most cars. Here is how to find the right interval for yours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-torque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-torque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-torque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-torque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-torque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-torque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-torque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-torque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-torque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}