First Oil Change
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Yes. I have 5,000 miles on mine, still clean and upto the full mark!
Our SES has a little over 5,000 miles on it now, and I'm looking at right around 7500 miles for the first change/tire rotation. Every 10,000 miles for oil changes seems a bit dicey to me, but if the engineers who designed this car are comfortable with it then I guess I can be too. Eventually.
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I think first one should be 1000 miles get all that small metal out just my 2 cents [thumb]
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The manual says "Maximum" for oil change was 10K miles. That means do NOT let it go beyond this. Clearly you want to be below it. I'm shooting for every 3-5K miles. Just my 2 cents. Synthetic Oil too.
So far I went with the idea of getting the first one very early on (as the engine is just breaking in). I got the first at 900 miles and my second at 4200. I'll probably keep it in the 3000-5000 mile range for changes regularly. For some reason 10k just sounds a bit too long.
My dealer suggested I come in for a change before 1000 miles. About to hit 500, so I figure another tank of fuel and then I'll head on in for the free oil change.
10k does sound too long for me too, I'm just going to make sure I'm doing them about every 4 months. That would put me at around 4k going by my current miles per month rate.
10k does sound too long for me too, I'm just going to make sure I'm doing them about every 4 months. That would put me at around 4k going by my current miles per month rate.
I did the first one at 1500 miles at the dealer, they just had to put another filter on and clean up the engine undersides about 2 weeks later. The other morning after coming in from a road trip I noticed a small pool of fresh clean oil and they said it had dropped down about a half a quart because the filter had loosened up. I probably should have just done that first one myself. Check your service contract/extended warranty, if you bought one. Mine says the oil and filter has to be changed every 6K miles to comply with the extended warranty. Oh well, no harm, no foul, just a spot on the parking spot, kinda like having a Harley...[cool]
DIY and keep mileage and parts records. I had heard if they try to dictate either brands or parts requirements or work to be done ONLY by authorized dealer, that they then are obligated under Magnunsen-Moss Act to provide a free maintenance plan.
Probably one like BMW/Mini, change the oil every 20K miles, whether it needs it or not[?|]
Probably one like BMW/Mini, change the oil every 20K miles, whether it needs it or not[?|]
^^ True, but having worked in dealerships...The one thing I can tell you...They are picky about the filters if there is a warranty issue. So the first few changes, just use the factory filter...that way if there is an issue with the motor..They have nothing to say.
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