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When are you doing your first oil change?

I brought my truck in at 2,200 miles to do a "break-in" or early oil change. I don't have a service plan, just coming in for express service and paying for it. I know it's probably early and honestly don't need it, my oil life meter was at 75% still.

The service adviser work very hard to get me not to do an oil change. I've never had a service adviser actually trying to avoid doing services for a fee before. I can only conclude they were rather busy and didn't another truck taking a bay that wasn't needed.
 
SD Rebel said:
I brought my truck in at 2,200 miles to do a "break-in" or early oil change. I don't have a service plan, just coming in for express service and paying for it. I know it's probably early and honestly don't need it, my oil life meter was at 75% still.

The service adviser work very hard to get me not to do an oil change. I've never had a service adviser actually trying to avoid doing services for a fee before. I can only conclude they were rather busy and didn't another truck taking a bay that wasn't needed.
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You might want to double check to see if they actually did it then. Seems odd that they wouldn't want to do that.
 
judsonlimited said:
You might want to double check to see if they actually did it then. Seems odd that they wouldn't want to do that.
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Good advice, yup I always mark the top of my oil filters with a small cut to make sure they changed it instead of wiping it off and leaving it on. I also always check to make sure the oil level is correct which also lets me see that I have fresh oil.
 
Midnite said:
I’m coming up on 1k miles on my Bighorn. Does the manual say first oil change at 1k miles?
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Some people change their oil @ 1000 miles if they are changing to full synthetic, or if they simply want to get that initial oil and metals out of the factory oil.

I think first oil change is due @ 7500 or when indicated by your DIC.
 
Godscountryrider said:
I changed mine at 3000. And oil that drained was BLACK stinky glad I did. Also rotated tires.
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Used to be that break-in factory oil had additional additives which is the reason they don’t tell you to change oil early and just go by the oil change indicator. Could be the reason it was so dark too. Not an expert in any way.

I believe I changed mine at around 5000 the first time. My indicator showed 40% oil life left.

Cheers,
 
Neurobit said:
Used to be that break-in factory oil had additional additives which is the reason they don’t tell you to change oil early and just go by the oil change indicator. Could be the reason it was so dark too. Not an expert in any way.

I believe I changed mine at around 5000 the first time. My indicator showed 40% oil life left.

Cheers,
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Theres no such thing as break in oil anymore from the factory. I always do my first oil change around 1,000 and then follow the oil change indicator.
 
BTW, for those in Houston, my dealer (Helfman on Katy Fwy), only uses Penzoil Platinum full synthetic for the last few years (just had it done las week while they were doing the AC TSB fix).
Cost for this was around $93. Well worth it.

Cheers,
 
Neurobit said:
BTW, for those in Houston, my dealer (Helfman on Katy Fwy), only uses Penzoil Platinum full synthetic for the last few years (just had it done las week while they were doing the AC TSB fix).
Cost for this was around $93. Well worth it.

Cheers,
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For comparison only, I do my own changes with Pennzoil Ultra Platinum and Mobil 1 Extended Performance filters for just under $45. It's only once a year, so I also use this time to poke around under the truck. And my mechanic (yours truly) works around my schedule :)
 
SpeedyV said:
For comparison only, I do my own changes with Pennzoil Ultra Platinum and Mobil 1 Extended Performance filters for just under $45. It's only once a year, so I also use this time to poke around under the truck. And my mechanic (yours truly) works around my schedule :)
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That's great.
$93 for me is well worth it and a bargain.
 
SpeedyV said:
For comparison only, I do my own changes with Pennzoil Ultra Platinum and Mobil 1 Extended Performance filters for just under $45. It's only once a year, so I also use this time to poke around under the truck. And my mechanic (yours truly) works around my schedule :)
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I'm with you SpeedtV, plus I trust no one (dealer included) to do it correctly. I've gone to the dealer with past vehicles, and when I go to change myself, find cheap/non vehicle specific filters. This has happened more than once at two separate dealerships, and don't get me started on lube shops.

I changed mine at 5,500 with full synthetic. As a side note, the oil filter placement is terribly engineered.



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Neurobit said:
Used to be that break-in factory oil had additional additives which is the reason they don’t tell you to change oil early and just go by the oil change indicator. Could be the reason it was so dark too. Not an expert in any way.

I believe I changed mine at around 5000 the first time. My indicator showed 40% oil life left.

Cheers,
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Could be that. But it was 3K of interstate at 75mph LOL or more....... I figured good enough seems ok. No problem so far
 
From what I read on here it seems that the consensus is that the factory does not fill with synthetic oil, as it’s not required in the manual. I have been getting antsy about doing my first oil change as I’m at 3,500 miles ( car was built in jan21) The computer shows 62% oil life remaining. That puts my first oil change called for around 9300 miles if I continue to drive the same way. I don’t trust it and plan to change soon.
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I would just go synthetic and change it every 5,000 miles, matches perfect with tire rotations. That's roughly a year for me. I buy two 1-gallon jugs of Shell Rotella Gas Truck 5W-20 and the Mopar M0-339 filter at Walmart and spend a hour on my driveway.
 
I have A 21 eco diesel first change was done at 7k miles.. Didnt drive agressive just tons of highway miles, most likey gonna do it every 5k now.
 
I dunno... if going by the oil life monitors it sure seems excessive on the miles. I'd love to go close to 10k but not sure I could get myself to do that.

I normally do my own changes but I'm getting older (and knowing what a mess these trucks are to do!) I had a local drive-up with car wash place do you first at 3500 miles and NEVER again. Drips all over the garage floor and driveway, coming from the filter area. I was sure it was old oil and just messy, not a leak, but took it back and asked them to get under to get a good look. I knew better but got impatient but even with dealer service I'd expect a mess as these Lube Techs just bang them out.

Will be doing my own from now on and will do again in another 3-4K with synth then will stick to 6-7k intervals from there on.
 
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