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When To Do The First Oil Change On A 2010 Sierra

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I'm an old geezer and haven't had a brand new truck since Nixon was in office. Just bought a 2010 Sierra SLE, it's got 136 miles on it right now. In the old days when ya got a new rig, we'd change the oil after about 500 miles to clean out the metal filings from the machine work.

It's got a Vortex 5.3L V8 engine, what they called the Power Pak Plus Package.

 

Now as near as me and the wife can tell from the owners manual, we just wait until the truck or the Onstar, tells us it needs changing, so that would more and likely be atleast 3,000-5,000 miles.

I am gonna ask the saleman when we go back to get the license plates, but just wanted to know what you guys say.

 

Thanks in advance

 

Joe

Stevens03 Senior Enthusiast

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Personally, I've always done a 500 mile oil change, then followed the oil life meter there after unless it was warranted. :thumbs:

Glenn B Enthusiast

Glenn B

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Thanks guys. I sure was thinking it would be a good idea, doing one at 500 miles. Am I going to need the dealer do this, what with the Oil Life System, this is pretty dang funny, well pathetic, what I have been driving was a 1990 Sierra 3/4 ton and my truck before that was a 72 GMC 3/4 ton Sierra Grande with a 402 big block. I still wanna cry when I think about that truck. Anyway these new trucks are like driving a space ship!

txab Senior Enthusiast

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You can change it yourself with no problems. 6 qts. of your favorite oil and 1 filter. You can easily reset the Oil Life Monitor (OLM). Instructions are in your Owners Manual. Enjoy your new truck, Joe. :thumbs:

 

Welcome to the site too.

Z45 Senior Enthusiast

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IMO its foolish to change the oil before the first scheduled oil change UNLESS you want to upgrade to a high end synthetic. Changing every 500 miles will do absolutely nothing to prolong the life of the engine. Its possible the oil you are changing out is of higher quality with 500 to 3,000 miles on it than the oil you are putting in has with 0 miles on it.

Glenn B Enthusiast

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IMO its foolish to change the oil before the first scheduled oil change UNLESS you want to upgrade to a high end synthetic. Changing every 500 miles will do absolutely nothing to prolong the life of the engine. Its possible the oil you are changing out is of higher quality with 500 to 3,000 miles on it than the oil you are putting in has with 0 miles on it.
It's good to hear another opinion. Like I was saying it's been so long since I had a brand spankin new truck. What got me to wondering if things had changed was nobody at the dealership said anything about it and there is nothing in the owners manual about doing it early on.
J-man67 Senior Enthusiast

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I always follow the 500, 1500, 3000, then every 5k with syn. I have used this method on all of my vehicles and bikes. I have a street bike with 48k VERY hard miles and still running stong with great compression. I also ride/drive everything like I stole it right from the gate. I believe that, and frequent-early oil changes have helped seal everything up great. Just MY opinion of course, but I have achieved great results.

Zembonez Senior Enthusiast

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It is perfectly acceptable to drive a new vehicle 5000 miles, and then change the oil every 5K after that. Changing sooner is simply something that makes the owner "feel" better... It is certainly not necessary.

gravitywell Enthusiast

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I purchased my truck in late May, new with 46 miles on it. I changed my oil at 1000 miles. I'm about to change it this week at 2500 miles. I'll do it again at 5000, then every 5000 after that. 

 

My change at 1000 miles was to Mobil 1 5w30 Synthetic with a Mobil 1 filter. I think I'm going to invest in Mobil ... as much money as I intent on spending with this company over the course of this truck's life.

 

But, most importantly, WELCOME!

Dale_K Enthusiast

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Seems like the filter would capture any metal particles. If GM says they will warranty the powertrain for 100k miles if you follow the recommendations of the oil monitoring system that seems good enough for me.

Zembonez Senior Enthusiast

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Seems like the filter would capture any metal particles. If GM says they will warranty the powertrain for 100k miles if you follow the recommendations of the oil monitoring system that seems good enough for me.

You are 100% correct but there are always those who apply VOODOO decision making and convince themselves that they are making superior decisions by following some self created formula. What they do doesn't hurt a thing, but there is no proof that it ever helped either.

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