Any thoughts on first oil change interval?

Personal preference.

Toyota Care won't change the oil until 10,000 miles.

I've followed the manual with all of my Toyotas with to no ill effect.

 

What a waste of perfectly good oil.
I suggest your first change at something like 3-5000 and then every 7 to 8 after that.
Not because the interval needs to be that short but just to make you feel better.

That way, you can fudge the mileage to rotate the tires and have it all done at the same time.

With modern fully synthetic oils, there is really NO good reason to short the recommended
intervals......especially not the time part.
Once a year is PLENTY if you don't exceed 10K miles.
Really it IS.

 

I did my initial break-in oil change at just over 1000 miles. I’ll do the next at 5000 and then every 5000 miles after that. I do my own oil changes and sleep better knowing I don’t go 10000 miles between changes.

 

I do my first at 1500 and then at 5000 and every 5000 after that.
Cheap insurance in my mind.

 

I, also, do an initial oil change on new vehicles around 1,000 miles. Then every 5,000 miles or 6-months, whichever comes first.

 

Do what you feel like. These aren't 1940s cars. They're ready for 10k right out of the gate.

...but if it makes you feel better, overmaintenance won't hurt the car.

 

So the hundreds (maybe thousands) of dollars that you are WASTING over the life of the car doesn't give
you nightmares ? If not, maybe it should.

 

If someone changes their oil every month, what's that to you? It's their car and their money....more power to them! Folks who want to save money, and are able, learn to do their own maintenance....it's a win/win situtation.

The only maintenance item I've ever heard of that can actually do harm is to change the transmission fluid too much because of the nature of it actually needing friction to help the gears and such.

 

Oil change cost me about $35. At 5000 mile intervals I'm spending an extra $35 a year compared to the guy who changes every 10000 miles. Walmart sells Mobil 1 for about $28 a jug, and I get oil filters from Toyota for about $6. I'm good with an extra $3 a month in maintenance.

 

Clean oil never hurt an engine! I think 10K is stretching it a little bit! I am the same do my own oil changes w/factory filters, and oil! That sounds like a good plan, I’ll do the the 10 K and 20 K at the dealer!

 

Modern Toyota engines have insanely tight tolerances I really doubt you're gonna find any metal in the filter on these engines from break in unless there was some catastrophic issue present. The additives in good oils are not breaking down at 5k but none the less I will take a sample to get analyzed then and go from there.

 

Oil samples always say u can go longer but the samples never seem to show how many particulates and what size are in the oil

 

+1

The MORE times you open the hood and crawl under the vehicle the greater the chances that you will detect problems in their early stages.

Good Luck!

 

The other side of that coin:

Changing the oil twice as often as it needs to be.......means that there are twice as
many chances to screw something up in the process.

Then.....when the maker of the vehicle AND the maker of the oil both agree on a recommendation,
what exactly qualifies you to disagree with that ??

Serious question. Not really trying to start a fight.

 

The name on the title.
Also a more careful check of the warranty and maintenance guide, which for the OP is found.....
https://assets.sia.toyota.com/publications/23Prius.pdf.
In some places and under some conditions 10K Oil Change Intervals are not advisable in the schedule of maintenance and the engine oil manufacturer has no idea what vehicle the oil is used for nor under what circumstances.
My newer GMC has an OLMS that's based on a 7500 mile OCI but uses the same oil (0 dubbaya 20) that used to be in vogue for G4's - I think, which used a 10,000 mile OCI (sans OLMS.)

Granted,
On ANY new car, its new engine has the same type of oil filter as an older one, and the idea that there are pounds of metal shavings cruising around in your lubrication system isn't very plausible.
Especially after 100 miles unless your oil filtration device REALLY SUCKS.
However (comma!!) replacing the oil at 1000 miles isn't completely insane if only to serve as a training aid on a new vehicle that you're familiarizing yourself with in order that you might do the same thing 50 more times over the next 15 years and/or quarter million miles.

Most of the people that get into the oil-wars wind up keeping their vehicles for less than 5 years.
If that's the case then does it really matter at all?


Your car.
Your call.

 

Your name on the title qualifies you to do whatever you please with your vehicle.

It does NOT, however, indicate that you somehow know more than the people who designed and build it.

And yes, many of the discussions that take place in forums like this don't really matter at all when
you get right down to it.

 

Concur.