Oil change Routine
Hello, I live in a city where the Winters are 5-6 months long with -45C on the coldest months and +35 on the warmest months. I have a 2013 Prius C with 220k km or 135k miles. Its a daily driver with often 10-15 min trips, with an occasional 30-45 min drives. Given on how I drive my car, I wanted to change my oil change routine to accommodate for that situation where I can protect my car at its best. I read somewhere that hybrid cars that have short trips and drive in winters suffer from oil problems like gasoline thinning out the oil because the engine doesn’t often reach operating temp. My old routine was 8,000km or 6 months using Castrol Edge High Mileage. Considering my situation of short trips and living in areas where half of the year there is snow, i am planning on changing it to every 5,000km or 4 months but using Costco oil instead. What are your thoughts?