Oil Change
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Originally Posted by K80
Have my '05 PD for a month now with 1300 miles driven. Question: should I be changing oil and filter now or wait until 3000 miles driven?
If you search this site you can buy oil filters and fuel filters reasonably priced.
Hope this helps,
Cruzer
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Originally Posted by Streetcruzer
K80: Welcome to FTE, you will find a lot of information for your new truck on this site! To answer your question I would wait till 3000 miles to change the oil. That is what was recommended to me, then I sent a sample of oil to get analized to make sure everything was ok in the inner motor.
If you search this site you can buy oil filters and fuel filters reasonably priced.
Hope this helps,
Cruzer
If you search this site you can buy oil filters and fuel filters reasonably priced.
Hope this helps,
Cruzer
Hammer
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Originally Posted by TheHammer69
While I agree with you that changing at 3000 miles will be fine, I really think it's a waste of money doing an analysis on the first oil change. The first drain will show higher wear numbers than average and it's not real indicative of whether something is wrong or not. Furthermore, if there is a problem, there is 97,000 miles of warranty left so the problem will be under warranty for a long time so there is no emergency rush to fix. Just my opinion of course!
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A different outlook,
Cruzer
Last edited by Streetcruzer; Oct 30, 2004 at 09:30 PM.
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From: Kokomo
I like to change the oil soon on a fresh motor, there is a lot of metel being thrown around in the motor, I would change it as soon as you could, 1000 miles sounds good, you can only help it not hurt it....
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Originally Posted by SMiller
I like to change the oil soon on a fresh motor, there is a lot of metel being thrown around in the motor, I would change it as soon as you could, 1000 miles sounds good, you can only help it not hurt it....
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Change it now and then again at 3000. After that go to a regular schedule. There are a lot of break-in wear metals circulated in the oil. If you change your own oil, look at the oil you drain out. You'll see what I mean. It will look like metal flake paint.
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He is very right^^^^^^^ that is what I would do, do it now and at 3300 miles or so and then regular 3000 miles.
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Originally Posted by Streetcruzer
Good point Hammer, But I got the oil analized for free with the purchase of the oil filters. I'm also a stickler on maintenance records, and sometimes you can catch a problem early(say antifreeze in the oil within breakin period)