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    New here, need some advice.

    Originally Posted By: BrianR Then again, since I am going to be doing this all myself how would toyota/scion even know? If a warranty issue ever came up involving lubrication failure, you would probably need to provide proof of maintenance. If you're doing the oil changes yourself, your proof...
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    New here, need some advice.

    1. You can leave the factory fill in until your first regularly scheduled oil change or you can change it now. I would do one or the other... There's nothing special about leaving it in until 1000 miles. 2. The consensus here seems to be that an engine will break in slower using synthetic oil...
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    Who's going strictly by their Oil Life Monitor?

    Originally Posted By: sparkplug We run my g/f's Cobalt to 0%. On QS HP it was around 7500 miles and with Valvoline WB is around 5000 miles. Are you indicating that the OLM somehow knows whether you're running synthetic, or what type of oil you have? That isn't the case. I'm not saying you're...
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    Synthetic oil and worn Honda engines

    Originally Posted By: Geonerd
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    New car... should I let the dealer change the oil?

    Originally Posted By: tonycarguy If you don't have ramps or jackstands or just don't trust them, you can always do the old-school way: park half the car on the curb Pretty good idea. With my truck I could park it over a ditch or drive it sideways up a huge dirt pile at my uncle's house. Can't...
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    New car... should I let the dealer change the oil?

    I'm at about 500 miles on the new motor... I'm going to go ahead and do my own oil changes as recommended. And the more I think about it, the more I like the idea of being involved from the start of the vehicle's life. I want to run a good synthetic that will be good throughout the OLM's...
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    New car... should I let the dealer change the oil?

    GM doesn't recommend changing the oil sooner on the break-in oil. I understand a lot of people do, but why wouldn't GM recommend that if it were necessary? Weren't car manufacturers the ones who recommended short first oil changes on older engines anyway? Originally Posted By: 3putter Many GM...
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    New car... should I let the dealer change the oil?

    Originally Posted By: defektes I dont quite trust the OLM's yet. With regular non-syn oil I wouldnt push it farther than 5k miles. I change my oil in all my cars at 3.5-4.5k miles. I wasn't sure about it either until I read up on it when I bought this car. Of what I read, what's important to...
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    New car... should I let the dealer change the oil?

    :) I don't trust Wal-Mart due to what I've read online. I had an oil change performed at the local lube chain because I was on my way out of town one day, and they destroyed the filter cap on my old Ecotec without telling me. Needless to say, I won't be bringing anything else there. I am...
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    New car... should I let the dealer change the oil?

    A week ago I purchased my first brand new vehicle. I am 19 years old, but have been just as obsessive over the maintenance of every vehicle of mine as any other BITOG member. I am quite adequate with a wrench and have personally performed all the maintenance and repairs my driveway will allow...
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    Lower oil pressure with miles on oil....

    tig1, it's a 94 Silverado. Originally Posted By: demarpaint Originally Posted By: Sink glenncof, I would be concerned too if it used any oil. But I checked my oil today and with 2500 miles on this oil and no top-off oil added, I'm still full. My concerns are protection so this motor will last...
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    Lower oil pressure with miles on oil....

    glenncof, I would be concerned too if it used any oil. But I checked my oil today and with 2500 miles on this oil and no top-off oil added, I'm still full. My concerns are protection so this motor will last a lot longer, and cleaning properties to maintain what I assume is an already clean engine.
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    Lower oil pressure with miles on oil....

    I agree with him also, it can't be too bad if it has gotten the truck this far. And I'm not saying my oil pressure numbers are bad, considering my use of synthetic oil and how many miles are on the engine. I'm just a Valvoline guy but I guess I can get over that in this case. I did put Valvoline...
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    Lower oil pressure with miles on oil....

    Originally Posted By: Jaymus If Syntec got it to 240,000 miles, and it still is running good, I wouldn't change anything. Question is, what psi are you getting at idle and running speeds? And what engine are we dealing with, here? When the oil is fully warmed up, like at the end of my 30-40...
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    Lower oil pressure with miles on oil....

    My oil pressure has been reading noticeably lower lately, with about 2500 miles on my Syntec 10w40. I assume this is because of shearing? I'm running this weight of oil because it provides more comforting oil pressure in the first place. This is on an engine with 255,000 miles... Is Syntec...
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