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Old 06-18-08, 07:57 PM
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So has anyone had their oil low light come on as they were approaching the end of 5000 miles?
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nope.... 6200 miles and no issues..
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6900 and no
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Just had my 5,000 oil change and no light. This was my second oil change as I flushed my oil at 1,000 miles as well...
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while we are talking about oil...what synthetic oil is good for the IS-F? I am going to be changing my oil soon and want to know what is recommended...
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Go with Royal Purple.. It costs about $7.50 per qt, very pricey, but probably one of the best syns on the market.

I did my first oil change at 1000 miles with Mobil 1, no oil light of course!
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Originally Posted by ISFTwins
Go with Royal Purple.. It costs about $7.50 per qt, very pricey, but probably one of the best syns on the market.

I did my first oil change at 1000 miles with Mobil 1, no oil light of course!

It is about $6 a qt at the walmart over here and a 5 qt jug of Mobil 1 is $22, just incase some of you more frugal owners, like me, are looking to save some cash.
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I had done some long distance driving a month ago and my oil low light came on. Perhaps it's the long distance and the heat that had me burning more oil than normal.
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Did you follow the break-in procedure? Seems a little strange to be burning oil this early on..
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yes I did follow the break in procedure. I never drove the car hard during break in and varied my revs. The only thing is when this did happen it was after a long trip. I know the engine gets pretty hot and perhaps made the oil thinner? (not sure of thinner is the right word)
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