My daughter purchased a 2012 Kia Sportage EX does it take synthetic oil and how often should it be changed I told her every 5000 miles is that correct

Asked by dagoon7713 Jul 01, 2014 at 03:05 PM about the 2012 Kia Sportage EX

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

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you can use any kind of oil- if you want to keep it a long time, use the synthetic- change regular oil every 3,000 miles- the synthetic can wait for 5,000- but really, engines are expensive, why not just change the oil, no matter what it is, every 3K- if it was me, I wouldn't plan on keeping a Kia for 20 years, so I would use the regular oil-

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You are throwing your money away if you change it at 3,000 miles.follow the guidelines in the book which says 7,500 miles

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