First Oil Change: Mobile 1 or Castrol Syntec?

m4a1mustang · 01-21-2010, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Spartan 1771

Um, I hate rachel ray. Her mindless drivel is like nails on a chalk board to my ears.

Anyway.........................

I don't have ramps, but I do have a good floor jack and a set of jack stands, so I think I'll be good. Any recommendations on when I should do my first change? The car just hit 1,700 miles.

Check to make sure your floor jack is low enough to get under the front of the car. Mine isn't, so my quick fix was to buy ramps instead of spending $200+ for a real nice low profile jack (which I will do eventually).

As far as the first change... do it whenever. I'd check your oil levels now to see what the burn rate is like and also check the condition of the oil. You may want to change it sooner rather than later.

You'll probably have a bit of oil burn for the first several thousand miles. I think I stabilized at little to no burn per 1,000 miles after my second oil change.

vipor · 01-21-2010, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

I'd check your oil levels now to see what the burn rate is like and also check the condition of the oil. You may want to change it sooner rather than later.

You'll probably have a bit of oil burn for the first several thousand miles. I think I stabilized at little to no burn per 1,000 miles after my second oil change.

i think i was 3/4qt low at about 2.5k miles and have been staying at the "H" mark ever since my first change. seems others haven't been as lucky, so definitely keep an eye on it for the first 5-10k. i just check mine every 1-1.5k now, although i'm doing my 2nd change this weekend. should be roughly 7550 miles by then with the first change (to mobil 1) at 3250. adding a cooler though so it's necessary to change.

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