Anyone Change Too Often?

[HondOtaChOrd]

I got a new old truck a few weeks ago and am trying to figure out what oil it runs best on. It has only been 2 weeks since the first change but I want to try a thinner weight. Every day I convince myself to wait even though changing it now seems like fun.

When you experiment with a new car do you change oil whenever you feel like it? I really don't want to waste perfectly good oil after only a few weeks. At the same time, I don't want to wait a full year to try something else.

 

[TheLawnRanger]

If you put the recommended oil in the truck, let it ride until the next change is due.

 

[Slow Car Sport Mode]

I do.

Fumoto valve lets me do around 1000 before "adjusting" the fill (whenever I want to.)

Let's see if that changes...

 

[joekingcorvette]

I like to run the first oil change for a few hundred miles and change it again.

 

[nomas]

I like to run the first oil change for a few hundred miles and change it again.

But he said it was an old truck . Why would you change the oil in an old vehicle after a few hundred miles ?

 

[PimTac]

Liberace.

 

[SugarMouth]

I got a new old truck a few weeks ago and am trying to figure out what oil it runs best on. It has only been 2 weeks since the first change but I want to try a thinner weight. Every day I convince myself to wait even though changing it now seems like fun.

When you experiment with a new car do you change oil whenever you feel like it? I really don't want to waste perfectly good oil after only a few weeks. At the same time, I don't want to wait a full year to try something else.

You retired by chance?

 

[Dave9]

But he said it was an old truck . Why would you change the oil in an old vehicle after a few hundred miles ?

Because you had doubts how often the prior owner had changed oil, and want to flush it out. I don't mean use a motor flush product, just exhaust the detergents in the oil from some miles or an italian tuneup or two, then only that one short change interval.

Ideally you wouldn't buy a vehicie if you doubted that, but everything has its fair market price.

I would not change to a thinner weight just to see how it runs, if that means dropping below the manufacturer spec.

 

[kschachn]

Just so you know there are likely at least 25 threads on this very topic already. Probably one of the top 5 topics here on Bitog.

Granted you are throwing in the “thinner weight” thing but the early change is definitely a popular discussion.

 

[joekingcorvette]

But he said it was an old truck . Why would you change the oil in an old vehicle after a few hundred miles ?

Just in case it needed a flush. It's just a way of bonding with the vehicle.

 

[cheesepuffs2]

I get how when you're consuming all this content about oil it can be easy to get eager, but changing that early is really just a waste of money.

 

[BlueOvalFitter]

3-5K OCI with a NEW oil filter at EVERY change.

 

[Drifter]

Change it. Put the thinner oil in or you wont stop thinking about it. LOL 25 dollars for peace of mind

 

[andyd]

I just changed the oil in Marina's Camry only 6months/ 6 K mile before OC warning. I used WM 0w20 rated for 10K miles.

 

[twouvakind]

Define too often.

 

[DuckRyder]

~ 60% of BITOG changes too often.

 

[SugarMouth]

Change it. Put the thinner oil in or you wont stop thinking about it. LOL 25 dollars for peace of mind

Then the HTHS bug strikes!

 

[CKN]

This forum-Home of the oil "money flush".

 

[kschachn]

Change it. Put the thinner oil in or you wont stop thinking about it. LOL 25 dollars for peace of mind

Peace of mind for no technical reason however.

 

[Nesterenko]

3-5K OCI with a NEW oil filter at EVERY change.

That's always good for a laugh. Peace of mind and the old cheap insurance drivel in one fell swoop.