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08-14-2014, 02:11 PM | #1 |
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Should I get my first oil/filter change on my way back to TX, or wait until 5k ?
Should I get my first oil and filter change on my way back to Texas (at 1,000 miles on the odometer), or should I do the first oil/filter change at 5,000 miles ?
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08-14-2014, 02:39 PM | #2 |
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1000 is really early for the first one, especially if you don't drive it hard on the way home. I personally would wait until 3000-3500.
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08-14-2014, 04:18 PM | #3 |
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I honestly it's not the first oil change that will determine if you can make it to 300k miles or not as long as you do your maintenance according to your driving style/recommended maintenance.
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08-14-2014, 06:24 PM | #4 |
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Thanks, CTScott and IllusionX! I've sometimes heard 500, 600, 1,000, or 1,250 miles. I've always wondered if that range = a myth or not. With my 2007, I had planned to park it at a relative's house in Alpharetta, GA, travel to California and back with them for Thanksgiving, and then resume my trip from Alpharetta after Thanksgiving. However, when I finally reached someone at the California DMV help line () I was told that I had to do the registration in person. After obtaining this information (which turned out to be wrong ), I high-tailed it back to California...not stopping at a Toyota dealer. I did get the first oil change done at a Toyota dealer in California (soon after I returned), but I'd already put 10,000 miles on my blue Yaris . CTScott, if I do the first change at 3,000-3,500 do I need to to the next one at 5,000, or can I wait until 10,000 miles ? After that, If I followed what many members seem to do , I'd change at 15,000 - 20,000 - 25,000 -30,000 etc.
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08-14-2014, 06:39 PM | #5 |
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In the old days when engines were machined with less precision it was necessary to wear a new engine in. With the precision of machining and the factory break-in that is done on new engines this is really not necessary. The process to do so used to actually documented in the owners manual.
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08-15-2014, 09:46 AM | #6 | |
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08-23-2014, 05:12 PM | #7 |
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08-23-2014, 05:31 PM | #8 | |
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nookandcrannycar, just drive the car like normal. Get the oil changed done when you normally would.
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08-23-2014, 07:39 PM | #9 |
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I think you cant go far wrong following what the owners manual says to do.
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08-23-2014, 08:05 PM | #10 |
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...I'll be the contrarian.
Changing the oil early, won't hurt it. If there IS crud, or solvent, or whatever, in the block...and you run up to the "highway use" long-distance oil-change schedule...that crap is in there. Will it show damage today? This week? Your first 50,000 miles? Probably not. What you do at the beginning, pays you back on the other end, towards the end of the expected service life. You just don't know. I had a Chevette once, that I probably broke in too hard (not intentionally; just me being a kid) and it threw a rod at 40,000 miles. Later, I bought a used Pinto, with the German 2-liter four in it...owned by an older guy who had country-club parking stickers on it. It had 70,000 miles when I bought it and 130,000 when I sold it. And oil pressure was up to factory specs for a NEW engine when I sold it. I had a gauge on the dashboard. So...a better-quality engine, broken in conservatively, lasted what was, for that era, a long-long time. You can do the same. Wuz I U, I'd just change the oil early if it's convenient, rather than run it 5k before the first change. For what it's worth. |
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12-09-2014, 05:57 AM | #12 |
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My guess is they will raise their prices sooner or later. They have to pay for all that stuff.
And when they find out youre driving a Yaris that doesnt need to be fixed they'll charge you accordingly!
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12-09-2014, 07:34 AM | #13 |
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Hey, that's where I live!
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12-09-2014, 09:39 PM | #15 |
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12-09-2014, 10:10 PM | #16 |
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It's, um, and interesting town. Been changing rapidly the last two or so years.
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12-10-2014, 02:07 AM | #17 |
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