Re: 1st Oil change, when??

From: Mike Schwall (mschwall@flash.net)
Date: Thu Feb 24 2000 - 17:55:29 EST


At 02:21 AM 2/24/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>I was wondering if there's a consensus on when the oil should be chainged
>for the first time. I'm almost to 1k miles, was thinking of 1500 for the
>first to get the break-in metal particles out of the system.
>
>What about the rest of the fluids? How long should I wait for the diffs and
>transfer case?
>
>Also, I'm going to switch to synthetic, was thinking at the 9k oil change
>should be about right?
>
>Thanks..
>
>-Curt

Depends on how well you think they cleaned the block after it was
machined. I would suggest a first change should be at 500 miles, then
1000, and then every 3000 after that. What ever gives you the warm fuzzies.

9K would be a good time to switch to synthetic, in my opinion.

Mike

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