Maintenance, miles or months?

read the manual. they included this phrase: "whichever comes first"

 

Find someplace that's 600 miles away. Driver there. Come back. Problem solved.

Just kidding, this is almost always "whichever comes first". I drive about 2000 miles a month so I never have to think about it.

 

The way the service manager explained it to me this past Monday(I just bought a new Prius) was the 5000 mile service is to rotate the tires and do the multi point inspection, check fluids etc.
10,000 mile service will include all the above AND replace oil and oil filter.

 

In warranty...do the service about the time your odometer hits the mark.

Out of warranty...you can do some services whenever is best for you. Going 12K or 15K before changing oil isn't that big a deal if you are using quality oil and filters, but you don't need a hassle while the car's in warranty.

 

My question is... Why whichever comes first? The engine doesn't have the hours of a non-hybrid with the same miles. 8 months of usage for 5000 miles doesn't cause any problems. The old "oil goes bad" story is long gone. Sounds like a good way for dealers or whoever to make more money doing service.

 

It's for the water that gets in the oil from combustion leakage past the rings. That water will corrode metal in the engine. Oh, and I'm pretty sure the 5000 mi service includes an oil and filter change. At least it does in Canada at 8000 km, the same distance.

Having said all that, Pearl S now has just over 13,000 km on her and I've done one oil change at 8000 km. In metric the next change is due at 16,000 km, which should happen this fall. But the first oil change didn't happen until just over a year (July 2013), and the one coming up will be just over a year. Max in the manual is 6 months.

So do what I say, not what I do.

 

For all current US models the oil change interval is 10,000 miles or 12 months.

 

San Jose too eh? I'm planning a trip to southern cal this weekend. What you say we swab rides. Promise to bring yours back to you at 4999 Sunday evening

A local Lexus service adviser told me I had up to 18 months to do my complementary 10,000miles/12-months service. Brought my former 13 GS350 in at 8000miles and 15 months.

 

Honda has a system called "Maintenance Minder". It's not just passively counting the odometer; it monitors various factors, and counts down in %, then displays a maintenance code. For owners with extremely low mileage, there's the following proviso in the Owners Manual, might be worth considering:

If the message "SERVICE OIL" does not appear more than 12 months after the display is reset, change the oil every year.

 

I understand the water idea, however, that's why its best to let the ICE get to full temperature each time you use it. Water build up in an engine that runs hot for reasonable periods of time, I don't think so. The change oil every year idea in the previous message seems reasonable.

 

GM uses a Oil Life Monitor on the Corvette LS engines. I think it is based on an algorithm they developed that uses engine RPM to detemine when the oil needs changed. The LS3 in my Corvette will easily go 10,000 miles before the OLM says it is time to change but I have never waited that long. I usually change it around 7,000 miles or so. They also recommend the oil must be changed once a year irregardless of the mileage.
On the other hand.....vehicles set on GM lots for several years sometimes and the oil does not get changed

 

I bought mine a little over a month ago and just did my 5,000 service.
It is recommended to do oil change at 10,000 I went ahead and did it at my 5,000 miles and will continue to do all my oil changed and services every 5,000 miles

The only question is on my service they put Toyota Synthetic oil but the service rider said they use Mobile 1 synthetic


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I don't know about you guys, but when I take mine in for the 5K maintenance, I am going to request a oil and filter change. I have read too many oil burning stories on Gen III's that are using/burning oil before 100K. Sure, they can change the schedule all they want to. And yes, the can run synthetics too. But twelve months is a long time especially if you have short trips. Read the manual. Most drivers will need the oil and filter changed every 5K. Only those who drive highway with long trips in areas that are NOT dusty really will qualify for the 10K OCI. It's all in the manual guys...

 

I agree with you 100% i just gig mine at the first 5,000 miles


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Interesting your service distamce 8000kms, ours is 10,000 in Aus.

 

Oil spec is different in Aus too, is it not? Thicker? Canada is 0W20, year 'round.

 

The Toyota dealer service depts have been told to use 10W-30 but the manual recommends quite a wide range of synthetic grades, depending on the operating environment. 0W-20 would probably be a bit thin in most Aussie environments.