1997 Pontiac Trans Sport Owner's Manual - Page 340

If none of them is true, use the long trip/highway maintenance schedule. Change the oil and filter every 7,500 miles (12 500 k ) 12 months -- whichever m or occurs first. Driving a vehicle with a fully warmed engine under highway conditions causes engine to oil break down slower. Air Cleaner What to Do with Used Oil Did you know that used engine oil contains certain elements that may be unhealthy your skin and could for even cause cancer? Don't used oil stay on your skin let for very long. Clean your skin and nails with soap and water, or a good hand cleaner. Wash or properly throw away clothing or rags containing used engine oil. (See the manufacturer's warnings about the use and disposal of oil products.) Used oil canbe a real threat to the environment. you If change your own oil, be to drain all free-flowing sure oil from the filter before disposal. Don't ever dispose of oil by putting it in the trash, pouring on the ground, it into sewers,or into streams or bodies of water. Instead, recycle it by taking it to a place that collects used If oil. you have a problem properly disposing your used oil, of ask your dealer, a service station a local recycling or center for help. The air cleaneris located at the front of the engine compartment (on the left side the vehicle), under the of engine coolant reservoir. 6-15