How many miles on first oil change?
How many miles on first oil change? I'm thinking of doing it every 2,500 miles i get free oil change coupons from the dealer i bought my car from...
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Originally Posted by mauricio
(Post 2422533)
How many miles on first oil change? I'm thinking of doing it every 2,500 miles i get free oil change coupons from the dealer i bought my car from...
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Depends on how hard you drive it and where. I check my oil often and mine gets dirty at about 2-2.5k.
Nice job getting the vouchers :) |
i changed my oil within the first few hundred miles when it was brand new.. then about every 1.5 after that.
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thats ridiculous. mazda recommends changing the oil every 7,500 miles.
i change mine ever 3-3.5k. no need for 1.5k. |
I shoot for every 2K, usually run late and do it around 2.5-3K. The longest ever was 4000 miles.
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Originally Posted by kersh4w
(Post 2423453)
thats ridiculous. mazda recommends changing the oil every 7,500 miles.
i change mine ever 3-3.5k. no need for 1.5k. |
Yeah so 2.5k sounds good. maybe after the first 600 break in miles i'll get the first oil change I have about 40 oil change coupons more than i'll need for now...
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Originally Posted by mauricio
(Post 2422533)
How many miles on first oil change? I'm thinking of doing it every 2,500 miles i get free oil change coupons from the dealer i bought my car from...
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1,500 for the first 4-5k after that. Unless its a track only car then probably more.
We do continuely add new fresh oil to the engine so an interval of 3k seems silly. |
3000 miles 3500 at max for me
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what oil do you put in? snythetic...this is a newb question but is it harder to change the oil on an rx-8? havn't done it yet, need to soon, im at 2200 miles
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Regular oil 5w20 I do the car oil changes at the dealer.. No synthetyc.....
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LOL @ listening to a "MAZDA" manual.
7500 miles? LOL I change my oil every 3 months, regardless of mileage. One 3 month period back then, i only put 125 miles on it and i still changed it. Theres no harm nor a rule that states you shouldnt. Its cheap, easy to do and your engine can ALWAYS use fresh oil. |
1st change: 100 mi. ... Don't laugh!
2nd change: 500 mi. 3rd change: 1000 mi. 4th 3000 5th + every 3000 This is only my opinion. I think the first one at 100 miles is the most important because of the break-in. With my new engine I followed this routine. When I removed the oil at 100 mi. it was very dark and had the shimmering content of metal particles. I changed it at 500 and the oil was much clearer but since it was still a fresh engine, I thought it a good idea to keep it as clean as possible. The change at 1000 was probably not really needed but since I wanted to make sure the break-in process was as good as could possibly be, I did it anyway. 3000 is it magic number in my book with regular driving to and from work and road trips. If I track, I change the oil much more frequently and try to change it before and after an event. I know this is over kill but the one thing I want to make sure I do with this engine is to give it every chance to be clean inside. If you change it yourself, it's pretty cheep to do. If I were having someone else do it, I wouldn't do it as frequently. Call me obsessive but I just like clean oil. Also, I'm running 20w50 in the summer and 10w40 in the winter. I'm not comfortable with Mazda's suggested 5w20 or 7500 miles at all. |
Originally Posted by Are-Ex-Eight
(Post 2429355)
what oil do you put in? snythetic...this is a newb question but is it harder to change the oil on an rx-8? havn't done it yet, need to soon, im at 2200 miles
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Originally Posted by kersh4w
(Post 2423453)
thats ridiculous. mazda recommends changing the oil every 7,500 miles.
i change mine ever 3-3.5k. no need for 1.5k. Ken |
^ +1
Originally Posted by Renesis07
(Post 2423457)
Mustve missed that chapter in my owners manual :lol:
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800 miles even less. but that was for piston engines to remove all the left over metal.
We have less moving parts, so......... anything should be fine up to 3k |
Dam SilverEIGHT wow your serious about oil changes. I did mine @ 600 miles next will be every 2.5k miles..
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Yep! I'm very serious about those first three changes. If you had seen what came out after the first 100 mi., you would be too. :)
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1st @ 700 and < 3000 ever since and no plans on changing the schedule. I HAVE changed to 10W40 from 5W20 though. My car has 59K awesome miles on the clock.
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