| gsholz |
I'm the proud owner of a new 2008 MDX with Tech/Ent package. Very pleased so far. I typically change the oil on new cars around 1000 miles and then every 5000 miles thereafter. However, the sales person told me not to change the oil before the standard 1st service around 6000miles. The manual seems to agree with him.
I tend to believe that the "break in additives" story is just an old wife's tale and that the car would greatly benefit from an oil and filter change around 1000 miles especially given the small oil capacity (5 quarts) of the engine. What do you guys think?
PS: I generally think the oil service intervals on new cars are way too long. I just purchased a one owner BMW 325xi for my daughter with 40,000miles and its synthetic oil had only been changed twice under the free service that BMW provides. The bad news was while the engine ran fine, it was clearly sludged up (sticky residue under valve cover etc). I had to change the oil twice within 1000 miles and it almost immediately looked dirty again. If one only keeps the car 4 years and 50k miles, this may not matter but having a mechanical engineering background, treating a car engine this way just bothers me... |
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| shootist |
The oil in a new MDX has a lot of molybdenum, and other slippery stuff. It was confirmed by a few techs that know.
You may want to believe what the manufacturer says. |
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| hammermdx |
| Change it every 5K miles, and rotate the tires. |
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| hondacuraworld |
quote:
Originally posted by shootist
The oil in a new MDX has a lot of molybdenum, and other slippery stuff. It was confirmed by a few techs that know.
You may want to believe what the manufacturer says.
Yep, it's the truth. |
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| gsholz |
| Thanks, I'll hold off till 5k miles. |
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