First Oil Change?

[Two Dogs]

I do a pretty quick oil change (50-100 miles) just to get all the initial wear-in particles out. They can cause secondary wear, and they can also weld themselves in high pressure areas, changing clearances and causing other problems.

Then I do a 3,000-mile oil change to see how the engine's breaking-in and whether the oil's doing well or not. If things look good, I extend my oil change interval to 5,000 miles, otherwise I keep it at 3,000 miles until I can find an oil that performs well. If things still look good at 5,000 miles, then I'll extend to 7,500 miles (or shorter if the on-board computer recommends less).

I send samples of my used oil to a lab and have a tribologist help interpret the results, so yeah, I geek out a little bit on it.

Which lab?

 

[sobiloff]

Which lab?

Dyson Analysis (Dyson Oil Analysis Reports)

 

[Two Dogs]

Are they better than Blackstone?

 

[sobiloff]

Are they better than Blackstone?

Night and day difference, IMHO, plus you can get a professional tribologist to help interpret the reports. Terry's got an impressive resume in the field, and his advice has helped me avoid some costly damage in other vehicles.

 

[df4801]

I do a pretty quick oil change (50-100 miles) just to get all the initial wear-in particles out. They can cause secondary wear, and they can also weld themselves in high pressure areas, changing clearances and causing other problems.

Then I do a 3,000-mile oil change to see how the engine's breaking-in and whether the oil's doing well or not. If things look good, I extend my oil change interval to 5,000 miles, otherwise I keep it at 3,000 miles until I can find an oil that performs well. If things still look good at 5,000 miles, then I'll extend to 7,500 miles (or shorter if the on-board computer recommends less).

I send samples of my used oil to a lab and have a tribologist help interpret the results, so yeah, I geek out a little bit on it.

Just curious. How long do you plan on keeping your vehicles?

 

[sobiloff]

Just curious. How long do you plan on keeping your vehicles?

As long as I can! I got 13 years out of my SUV, and was hoping to get 20 out of my F-250, but some life changes have me trading that in for a Raptor. I'd love to get 20+ years out of the Raptor.

(Yes, sending your oil to a lab probably isn't cost effective if you're leasing or planning on selling it before the warranty's up.)