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01-15-2010, 10:24 PM | #1 |
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1st oil change ; At what miles ?
What kind ( synthetic or conventional ) ? What brand ( Pennzoil , Valvoline , etc. ) ? What weight ( 5w-30 , 5w-20 , ... ) . THANKS
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01-15-2010, 10:53 PM | #2 |
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I changed it right when it hit 3000, used Mobil 1 5w30.
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01-15-2010, 11:01 PM | #3 |
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You can safely go up to 5K miles without a change. .02
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01-16-2010, 07:54 AM | #4 |
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5k. and since you need to change every 5k for warranty purposes anyway, spending extra on synthetic is a complete waste of money, IMHO.
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01-16-2010, 08:47 AM | #5 |
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02-03-2010, 04:46 PM | #7 |
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everyone has their own way of taking care of their car. Personally i like synthetic, so do others, and others just stick to regular conventional, look at that guy (forgot his name) who has his yaris sedan at almost 400k miles with jsut regular oil and stuff from wal-mart, car has no problems, i think the biggest thing was replacing the altenator he said I'm not sure on the whole story.
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01-16-2010, 08:56 AM | #8 |
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The manufacturer's reccomendation is 5K. The dealership wants to bring you in every 3K for monetary purposes.
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01-16-2010, 10:53 AM | #9 |
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Have you opened the glove box yet? the owners manual is in there and gives all the answers as to when to change the oil and what weight to use.Its every 8000 kilometers up here,as said before if you are going to change it every 5000k use regular oil.
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01-17-2010, 12:48 AM | #10 |
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01-17-2010, 06:45 PM | #11 |
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You were wanting advice? you got it.
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01-17-2010, 11:07 PM | #12 |
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01-16-2010, 06:45 PM | #13 |
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i deal with three different toyota dealerships. never have any of the service departments pushed for anything other than the 5K interval. my oil is still extremely clean after 5k, even this winter.
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01-16-2010, 08:59 PM | #14 |
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I am on my 7 toyota. I change the oil every 5k miles on 3 i put 200k miles on them and sold them and they where still running strong,I used Wal-Mart brand oil and filters.
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Oil change intervals are designed mainly by marketing. Manufactures want to claim that their cars are more maintainence free than the competition"s The also want to say their cars are more "green" and get more "use" out of oli. This is the main reason for extended oil chang intervals. So, change the oil when dirty when which is still a bout 3k mile or so. Also oil gets diry quicker in winter and can last longer in winter so, a bit of commom sense can go a long way. As far as the first oil chang...... I like to change oil in a new car at abiout 2k to flush out all the microscopic metalic particles from initial break in wear. Hey, it's your car so do not let some marketing executive tell you how to maintain it: Last edited by RedRide; 01-16-2010 at 05:54 PM. |
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01-16-2010, 09:02 PM | #17 |
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we do every 5
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01-16-2010, 09:11 PM | #18 |
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i did my first at 4, and then weened it out closer to 5 for every change after that.
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