First oil change at 730 miles. My parents think I'm crazy.
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Back in the days when I used to build engines, I've learned that to get everything in the motor to seat properly we use oil with very little or no detergent at all to break-in the motor. Which are most of the time the cheapest oil at the store, around less than a buck a quart. The results are excellent everytime we disassemble the motor again.
However, "IF" manufactors use these kind(detergentless) oil and switching it out early is just delaying the break-in process.
My 01' IS300 at 33k miles still has metal shavings in the oil . I dont if this is normal for Toyota motors but I got scared and traded that car in a while back.I bought it used at 30k miles
However, "IF" manufactors use these kind(detergentless) oil and switching it out early is just delaying the break-in process.
My 01' IS300 at 33k miles still has metal shavings in the oil . I dont if this is normal for Toyota motors but I got scared and traded that car in a while back.I bought it used at 30k miles
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10,000 miles - 15,000 km in Europe.
If I might make one further point about the oil filters containing small metallic particles - that's their job! I'd be more concerned if I opened up the filter and found it clean as a whistle, that would suggest to me that it wasn't catching anything. The very fact that the metal particles are in the filter means that they are aren't in the oil, and once in the filter they aren't going anywhere. Change it by all means but after a few thousand miles a filter with small particles in it is just as effective as a new one.
If I might make one further point about the oil filters containing small metallic particles - that's their job! I'd be more concerned if I opened up the filter and found it clean as a whistle, that would suggest to me that it wasn't catching anything. The very fact that the metal particles are in the filter means that they are aren't in the oil, and once in the filter they aren't going anywhere. Change it by all means but after a few thousand miles a filter with small particles in it is just as effective as a new one.
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Here's the result of not changing the oil in my Jaguar for 3 years... The oil was just fine...
Here's the result of not changing the oil in my Jaguar for 3 years... The oil was just fine...
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Here's the result of not changing the oil in my Jaguar for 3 years... The oil was just fine...
Here's the result of not changing the oil in my Jaguar for 3 years... The oil was just fine...
Since I bought it, I like changing the oil more frequently just to make me feel better and add alittle insurance. I normally keep all my cars near or past the 200k mile mark. So i'll just stick to my od habits.
All this previous talk about sludge issues in some of the past Toyota engines. Sometimes manufactures arent correct with their intervals. Sooner is better in my book, especially since oil is cheap.
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Well.. Some guy in the 3rd Gen GS350 forum changed his oil at 500 miles and posted pictures of his oil filter and it had huge shavings of metal stuck in there and the oil was kinda glittery with metal in there. Here is his thread http://sr1.clublexus.com/forums/showthread.php?t=257889
So that thread got me scared and I changed my oil today on my 07 IS250 at 730 miles.
Plus the factory overfilled the oil by over half an inch above the full mark on the oil dipstick. So I didnt wanna run a new engine with way to much oil then its suppose to be in there.
So those two things prompted me to change my oil alittle early.
I did not find any huge pieces of metal though.
So that thread got me scared and I changed my oil today on my 07 IS250 at 730 miles.
Plus the factory overfilled the oil by over half an inch above the full mark on the oil dipstick. So I didnt wanna run a new engine with way to much oil then its suppose to be in there.
So those two things prompted me to change my oil alittle early.
I did not find any huge pieces of metal though.
i would not worry too much about changing the oil too early as some of the cars has addictives in their oil for break-in purposes (I know honda did add some stuff for new cars and they would not recommend you to change oil anytime sooner than 5000 miles)........
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