PRIUS : 2,500 mis. : change to syn now ?

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now has 2,500 mis. , the owners manual states break in periond at 1,000 , gasoline engine possibly runs 60% of time due to electric motor , compared to 100 % of normal engine , therefore figure 2,500 mis. would actually be about 1,400 mis. , which would be beyond the 1,000 mile break in period stated in the manual . Or ? Wait until the 1st 5,000 mile oil change interval and then go to synthetic ( Pennzoil Platinum 5w30 ) , which would be around 3,000 miles of engine wear .
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Personally, I'd go ahead and change it out, for two reasons. First, though I suspect Toyota manufacturing processes result in a pretty clean engine from the start, I'd still like to remove any debris that might be there (and not filtered). Second, unless you nailed down the build date of your car, you don't know how long it sat with that factory fill oil, and how fresh it may (or may not) be.

Don't sweat the runtime percentages. First off, the Toyota recommended OCI, 5k miles, does not do so. Second, for those short, slow trips in which ICE run time is low, that's probably "compensated" for by the engine not reaching full op temp. I have CAN View installed in my 04, and I find that while the engine coolant does heat quickly (esp with the shot of hot coolant from the thermos), if you're not going at least 5-6 miles the other measured temps (inverters, MG windings, etc) don't fully warm. This strongly suggests that the oil does not either.

Once your car is broken in, I'd recommend a used oil analysis or two, but in any event, at least for the wty period, I'd just do simple 5k OCIs.
 
can't hurt ,If my car I would do one more 2,500 to 3,000 mile oil change to greatly lower the break in crud before the 1 year or recommended synthetic oil mileage interval. Doing low mile syn oil change intervale is a waste of money with out any real advantages . The benefits of syn oil is the longer oil change interval. Does the manufacturer recommends syn oil?. If not recommended there is no reason to use it. Study up the used oil analysis posted.
 
Yes - Use the ENEOS 0w-20 - the break in oil toyota uses is very good!!! Its almost the same recipe as the ENEOS 5w30
Or use the Toyota 0w-20 as it is much metter than most off the shelf synthetics availible.. Also the Toyota 0w-20 as well as the ENEOS 0w-20 both contain a significant amount of organic Moly
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Eneos is sold at a lot of toyota dealers as they manufacture and blend all of the oem fluids
 
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