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01-23-2008, 08:51 PM | #1 |
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Dealer prescribe oil change interval?
I went to the dealer for my second oil change at about 7250 miles. When i got the car back, the sticker on the windshield said that my next oil change should be in 3months/3000 miles. Now, i know that the manual sugests oil changes every 7500 miles, and i also know about new oil change intervals for 08+ turbo engines which are 3750. So, should i go with dealer's recomendation or just do it every 7500 miles.
Dealer put Valvolind dyno oil in. BTW I got raped on that 7000 mile service because i paid $60 for an oil change and tire rotation. I could have done it at home for less than half the price but it was just too cold outdside. P.S Another question. Can i consider My Subaru.com service records as proof of maintenance?
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01-23-2008, 09:59 PM | #2 |
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The dealer goes off the severe service schedule. Subaru does 7500, but they also have a severe service(depending on where you live and your driving style) which is 3750. Most places put 3,000 miles on it. Then again, most people usually are 1,000 miles overdue.
You raped yourself. Of course you could have done it yourself, but you paid for someone else to do it. You can save your oil change receipts with the date and mileage. |
01-23-2008, 10:02 PM | #3 |
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can i just go with synthetic and 7500 miles in the future?
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01-23-2008, 10:56 PM | #4 |
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its in your manual... how do you drive? i'd only go up to 7500 if you don't have stop and go driving, and your normal commute is AT LEAST 15-20 minutes. Any shorter and you aren't getting the oil up to operating temp and will slowly add condensation to it.
non-synth oil at 3k, vs synth at 7500... i'd take the non-synth, especially in a NA, anyday. |
01-23-2008, 11:21 PM | #5 |
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yeah that's what i was thinking of doing, and my comute to school is about 30 mins with lots of traffic or 15 if i really hurry up
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01-24-2008, 01:37 AM | #6 |
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Lets be fair. You paid for the convenience of them doing your oil and tire rotation. Assuming they did a good enough job I can't see that as being "rape". I have seen prices far higher for such a service.
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01-24-2008, 01:44 AM | #7 |
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01-24-2008, 06:20 AM | #8 |
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01-24-2008, 08:54 AM | #9 |
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even with synthetic I change mine every 3000 miles
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01-24-2008, 09:04 AM | #10 |
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For a turbo car you should do a shorter interval. I do 5000 mile intervals on my NA cars, using synthetics.
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01-24-2008, 10:50 AM | #12 |
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01-24-2008, 11:04 AM | #13 |
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rkramer suggestion on post #4 is very good.
I personally go 5,000 on synthetic oil. My wife's '04 Forester X goes 3,000 on regular oil, but, she does alot more short and stop and go driving than I do. |
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I used to be the webmaster of the MySubaru site so I have a little knowledge of it |
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01-24-2008, 05:25 PM | #16 |
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I entered things myself, it seems that dealers didnt put anything in or it takes too long for it to update.
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01-24-2008, 05:26 PM | #17 |
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01-24-2008, 05:50 PM | #18 |
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I know this. However, anytime you pay someone else do it for your convenience, you really don't have any grounds to say you got raped on them doing something for you especially when that pricing isn't far off. That's all I am saying. Hey I can't do anything where I live.
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01-25-2008, 04:14 PM | #19 |
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Take a good closeup pic of your oil and filter receipts with the mileage and date on it and take a pic of your odometer also. Then burn the jpegs to a CD-R and put it in a fireproof lock box.
Todays modern thermo printed receipts can fade after a few years btw. |
01-26-2008, 04:32 PM | #20 |
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01-26-2008, 05:15 PM | #21 |
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not all dealers upload to your mysubaru site, so you can either enter it yourself or wait and see if they upload.
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01-26-2008, 10:22 PM | #22 |
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with a descent synthetic oil you can do up to 10 000 miles easily. There is Mobil 1 Extended Performance full synthetic oil can go up to 15 000 miles. Dealer recommendation of 3000 miles doesn't apply to synthetic oil.
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01-27-2008, 09:15 AM | #23 | |
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Even still, I change the oil in my Cobra and LS1 every 5k with royal Purple my engines are worth more to me than saving 50-100 bucks a year on oil. Last edited by blackfang; 01-27-2008 at 09:43 AM. |
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01-27-2008, 10:14 AM | #24 |
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If you're going to go that long between changes then definitely have a used oil analysis done. I wouldn't want to go pushing the oil like that without knowing if there's still additives in the oil, it's still maintaining viscosity, etc.
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01-27-2008, 10:30 AM | #25 | |
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try telling SOA that when you want to get warranty coverage. Ive had UOA's, haven't found a synth that will go 10k in a wrx yet, so it isn't exactly 'easy' |
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