New Car Oil Change?

r6chiro · 02-15-2007, 09:08 PM

Got a new '06 STi and dealership has to send me the owners manual. They apparently lost it prior to sale.
Do I need to change my oil after the 1000 mile break-in period?

WESTI · 02-15-2007, 09:14 PM

if you want but its not really required. Many say you sould to get the metal shavings out. I did but some dont

r6chiro · 02-15-2007, 09:23 PM

So you should wait until 3000?

yakmasterjack · 02-15-2007, 09:28 PM

Not entirely necessary, but I would just do it regardless as a precaution/peace of mind.

torqueflight · 02-15-2007, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by WESTI

if you want but its not really required. Many say you sould to get the metal shavings out. I did but some dont

What do you mean by this? Do you mean get an oil change right away?

Thanks,
M

cusco · 02-15-2007, 09:48 PM

yes! you do need an oil change every 1000 miles. it do the car good

JustinH · 02-15-2007, 10:47 PM

the dealer says do it at 3K..... screw that.... i did it right around 1K to get all the inital crap out of the oil

torqueflight · 02-16-2007, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by JustinH

the dealer says do it at 3K..... screw that.... i did it right around 1K to get all the inital crap out of the oil

Yea. For sure, I would do the same.

M

torqueflight · 02-16-2007, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by cusco

yes! you do need an oil change every 1000 miles. it do the car good

Are you serious? Every 1k miles. If you are, your just wasting your money. I have seen oil test results (used oil that was tested in a lab) from an STI that had over 5k on its oil and it was still fine to go further. Believe me, I was very surprised too.

There was also another guy with a test sample of his oil. He had an S2000 with a little over 10k miles and they told him he could go another 800m before the oil was all the way bad.

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M

JustinH · 02-16-2007, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by torqueflight

Are you serious? Every 1k miles. If you are, your just wasting your money. I have seen oil test results (used oil that was tested in a lab) from an STI that had over 5k on its oil and it was still fine to go further. Believe me, I was very surprised too.

There was also another guy with a test sample of his oil. He had an S2000 with a little over 10k miles and they told him he could go another 800m before the oil was all the way bad.

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M

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02-15-2007, 09:08 PM	#1
r6chiro STI Driver Car: '06 Subaru WRX STi, Fav Mod: GT30R Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 223 Join Date: Jan 2007 Trader Rating: (1)	New Car Oil Change? Got a new '06 STi and dealership has to send me the owners manual. They apparently lost it prior to sale. Do I need to change my oil after the 1000 mile break-in period? This ad is not endorsed by this member. Please register or login to hide this ad.

02-15-2007, 09:14 PM	#2
WESTI I'm Jim Halpert Car: 06 WRB STI Fav Mod: Ricer Flyby Location: Irvine, Ca Posts: 6,381 Join Date: Apr 2006 Trader Rating: (9)	if you want but its not really required. Many say you sould to get the metal shavings out. I did but some dont

02-15-2007, 09:23 PM	#3
r6chiro STI Driver Car: '06 Subaru WRX STi, Fav Mod: GT30R Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 223 Join Date: Jan 2007 Trader Rating: (1)	So you should wait until 3000?

02-15-2007, 09:28 PM	#4
yakmasterjack Spec C Club Car: 04 WRB STi Fav Mod: JDM STi Recaros Location: ABQ/PDX Posts: 1,178 Join Date: Jun 2006 Trader Rating: (0)	Not entirely necessary, but I would just do it regardless as a precaution/peace of mind.

02-15-2007, 09:48 PM	#6
cusco Professional STI Racer Car: 2006 Aspen White STi Location: Cackramento, CA Posts: 822 Join Date: Jul 2006 Trader Rating: (0)	yes! you do need an oil change every 1000 miles. it do the car good

02-15-2007, 10:47 PM	#7
JustinH Spec C Club Car: 07 STI OBP Fav Mod: we will see soon... Location: southern orange county(la Posts: 1,408 Join Date: Jul 2006 Trader Rating: (1)	the dealer says do it at 3K..... screw that.... i did it right around 1K to get all the inital crap out of the oil