how many miles for the 1st oil change?

ffogg

I'll be using Mobil1.

You go with what you know, been using it for a few years now. I change my oil every 7000 miles or so according to my oil life indicator.

In the new Z, not going to stretch it out so long.

dad

What is an "oil life indicator"?

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Crash

LOL! Oil life indicators aren't any sort of sensor.

Oil life is measured by how many miles you put on your oil. Basically it's a tripometer renamed. And they're not accurate to the driver.

Oil life is affected by the distance you drive at any one time, how hard you drive it, the speed you drive at, and the time between driving. There's no way that the "oil life" indicator takes any of that into account. Trust me.

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Robert_Nash

It was my understanding that the engine oil life indicators being put in most vehicles were a bit more sophisticated than just "miles traveled"...that they took into consideration variables such as hours of operation, engine speed, temperatures, etc.

I may be incorrect and/or maybe that the above doesn't apply to the 370Z???

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ffogg

I drive a 2007 Chevy Silverado Z71 (for a few more days). Not sure how its oil life indicator works.

Pushing_Tin

That's whay my Accords owner's manual said. The car calculated temperatures, cold starts, speeds etc and gave you an estimated oil life.

Also it was claimed by the Honda service department that the oil in the car from the factory was "special" and I needed to leave it in there until 4k miles which I did. Not sure if it's the same with the Z or not.