Frequent Off-roaders : Car Service : Every 5k or 10k with regular basic frequent checks ?

[Pavel Pashkovskiy]

If your Jeep is your only car, and you are using it on daily basis and offroad, i think high quality synthetic oil Castrol or Shell safe to use for 10k. For offroading only every 5k. 

[Gaurav]

Totally agree with @Simon D, word by word.

Oil is cheap and the engine rebuild is expensive.

Folks still in doubt, please check your owner's manual as it has two columns. Normal condition: 10K. Adverse: 5K.

In Dubai, many dealers consider road driving is under adverse too due to extreme heat and the presence of sand in the air.

If you drive one off-road drive in a month, then also my highest recommendation is to get your engine oil and oil filter changed early. The reason is with extreme heat, when oil cools down it's no longer as efficient as before. So after 5-10-20 drives engine oil loses its lubrication property and starves engine critical components when you redline on the next drive.

I busted one engine on top of Faya, by listening to the same BS. Must be around 8-9K when that incident happens.

So bottom line, if you like to do 10k service, join NB drives only.