Jump to content

First Oil Change

Grip72

Recommended Posts

unit731 Senior Enthusiast

unit731

Posted
Posted

Metal What? Ouch !

 

I got 1,000 miles and after reading above, I am going in for an oil change tomorrow !

Black02Silverado Senior Enthusiast

Black02Silverado

Posted
Posted

Everyone will have their own opinion on this but I change the factory oil and filter at 500 miles, run for another 1500 miles, I leave the AMSOIL EaO oil filter on that I put on at 500 and just change the oil. Then I run that for another 3000 miles which is a total of 5000 on the vehicle. Then I change the oil and filter and start my normal oil change interval. Over kill, yes but I feel better about it. I just use regular oil, ie Pennzoil, Castrol..... up to the 5000 mile mark and then switch over to synthetic. Can you switch earlier, yes but I choose not to. To each his own.

07Graystone Enthusiast

07Graystone

Posted
Posted

My dealer's service dept. told me to follow the OLM for the first change, but I changed mine at 3,000 miles. I expectted glittering oil and metallic particles in the oil filter, but the oil looked normal and upon cutting open the filter to see the filtering media, there were maybe 4 or 5 tny metal shavings total, nothing else. I would recommend 3,000 miles for the first change.

RyanZ71 Senior Enthusiast

RyanZ71

Posted
Posted

Had the oil changed yesterday for the first time at the GMC dealership when they fixed my Onstar System. 1000 miles. I'll do the next one at 4,000 then I will start running Mobil-1 Synthetic and changing it every 6000 with a new AC/Delco filter.

Dave_2112 Enthusiast

Dave_2112

Posted
Posted

I had my free oil change at 700mi. Tech said there were metal particulates (shavings then). After that, I just changed it this past Sunday at 4000mi, and switched to Mobil1. From there I'll let it run till the OLM goes to 0%, which hopefully will get me to about Mid March.

Doomsday Enthusiast

Doomsday

Posted
Posted

Your gonna get alot of different responses on this one, my 2 cents, change at any time before 3,000 miles. I don't think doing it any sooner than that is saving you anything but if that's your preference go for it. My first change is at 3k with Royal Purple and will be done at that interval until the truck is owned by someone else or in the scrap heap.

unit731 Senior Enthusiast

unit731

Posted
Posted
Metal What? Ouch !

 

I got 1,000 miles and after reading above, I am going in for an oil change tomorrow !

 

 

Had my first (free at selling dealer) today at 1,120 miles. Got a free truck wash too.

 

New GMT900 2008 GMC Sierra Regular Cab Long Bed 4x4.

redvett Senior Enthusiast

redvett

Posted
Posted

I have 241000 mi on one of my service trucks 2000 and have always used the OLM to change & still uses less than a quart in 4000 mi. The other 3 trucks are doing fine too.

CalixEros Enthusiast

CalixEros

Posted
Posted

I did my first change at 2500 to Mobil1, then again with M1 per the OLM. At the next OLM interval, I will get a UOA to see how it's doing. I'll probably switch from M1 to Pennzoil Platinum since the oil's just as good and a couple bucks cheaper. Another UOA on the PP to see which one my truck likes better...

 

Don't know about metal particulates since my first oil change was free at the dealer...

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing

  • Latest Articles

  • Posts

    • KARNUT
      The Peckish Synapse

      By KARNUT · Posted

      My brother has an Escalade. The warranty has expired so he told his wife to go to the Valvoline quick lube he uses some times. They told her if her car was a 2020 and newer 6.2 engine they wouldn’t touch it. Hers is a 2019, so they did the oil change.
    • Z45
      2026 6.6 L5P oil cooler leaking oil at 4,000 miles

      By Z45 · Posted

      The oil filter has NOTHING To do with oil leak. GM sources parts from 1,000's of vendors and as with anything mass produced, flaws are unavoidable.    Putting a larger oil filter will do nothing but satisfy emotions. The OEM filter is designed for the engine and perfectly capable of handling the demands on the engine. Oversize oil filter could result in reduced flow and overall lower oil pressure.
    • Grumpy Bear
      Joke Thread

      By Grumpy Bear · Posted

    • Grumpy Bear
      The Peckish Synapse

      By Grumpy Bear · Posted

      You're better read than that Atlas. 😏   British science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke formulated three adages that are known as Clarke's three laws, of which the third law – that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" – is the best known and most widely cited.   Stribeck and the pivotable Hersey Number isn't voodoo nor snake oil. That part is physics. It's what marketing and bean counters do with it that is snake oil and voodoo.    Stribeck is the relationship between Hersey and the Coefficient of Friction. Within the Hersey Equation if viscosity and viscosity is 'Dependent' on.......heat.......and.......viscosity index or the temperature to viscosity slope.    Specifically Hersey is the viscosity AT THE TEMPERATURE IN THAT LOCATION FOR THAT SLOPE.   Hydrodynamic lubrication exist when the film thickness in the location is 3X the Ra roughness of the surface. This is irrespective of the hardness of the substrate. To obtain that thickness X viscosity is required for Y velocity at Z load. That's a lot of moving parts. It is also impossible to maintain in an ICE but nearly possible with a turbine under constant load.    What does that mean? Error heavy and operate light. Wear is inevitable but the rate of wear and the milage obtainable are a function of prevailing conditions and HABITS. The only penalty is viscous drag and at fractions so low as to be well worth the effort. Double the life, half the manufacturing carbon foot print. Greed is the only impediment.    The materials generated by SwRI are the RESULT not an estimation or a hypothesis.    Don't delude yourself sir, EV's have as many pitfalls as ICE's. We just don't know what they are yet and it will take longer to sort as MARKETING and GREEDY CEO's have had more time to polish the turd they are selling. 
    • Grumpy Bear
      The Peckish Synapse

      By Grumpy Bear · Posted

      You can always count on greed to prey on ignorance and stupidity.    Friend bought a 2019 Ford Flex and asked me about using Valvoline R&P 5W30 in it. Told him give the miles on it and the fact it wasn't yet using oil that it was a good plan. He uses a Valvoline quick change shop for his oil service.   First they tell him that isn't the oil the OEM recommends. He told them he didn't care what the OEM thought. Then they floated the, "But it will void your warranty"    His reply was it's a 2019, there is no warranty and informed them their knowledge of the law was lacking.    Then they tell him 'But it will ruin your motor"!.    Mine to ruin he says. Finally they give in and charge him 150% the semi-syn price    Point it the brainwash is so embedded that even the service industry is drunk on their swill. The public is right behind them. Echoing the same lies on every forum and media platform. If the end goal is indeed EV then I'd say that ship is about built. 

  • GM-Trucks.com Clubs

  • Popular Contributors

×
×
  • Create New...