I used to do all my oil changes when I was younger. I am 65 now and my back isn't what it used to be. I will just take it to the dealer and let them do it. It allows me to get out of the house and look around in the showroom. The only thing I will do anymore is change air filters and wiper blades.
Correct, and probably why OP's OilLifeMonitor told him it was nearing time for an oil change. Probably good to get the break-in oil & tiny OEM filter off the truck, regardless.
A little to much probably won't hurt anything but a lot too much is just as bad as not having enough. If you hydrolock that engine you have problems. Too much oil in the crankcase can also cause the seals to start leaking.
TruDat. But it will always remind you right around the 12 month mark, if the other factors haven't triggered the reminder yet.
That is what they say but if you only drive a few hundred or a couple thousand miles a year, a yearly oil change may be overkill. Many classic car owners may go a couple of years between changes. I may drive 4-6k miles a year and I do yearly oil changes. I won't go over 6k miles no matter what the time is.
At first you don't succeed try try again.
If it's physically difficult for someone to do I get it. But anyone arguing about it being a time savings needs to do the math. Every time I'm at the dealer I regret it. Last time I was at the Toyota dealer I spent 30 minutes just waiting for their driver to show up and give me a ride to work. If the oil change wasn't covered I wouldn't have been there.
Unless you're driving all highway miles, your Hybrid's gasoline engine hasn't run nearly 6k miles.
Doesn't matter to me. I am not going over 6000 miles. Oil is cheap. Engines are expensive.
Blackstone's analysis for Hybrid says a much longer interval on the Hybrid w/ full synthetic (not ecoboost) is fine. 12k ODO analysis was mostly non-highway miles. If a Hybrid is driven almost all highway, the OLM will recommend a much shorter interval.
For me, I would guess-timate future oil changes at about 30 minutes. Dropping and replacing that shield takes a little time. This first one with the lack of the proper tool and the stuff that entailed ran me into hours. But that's me and I'm slow...
Blackstone's analysis for Hybrid says a much longer interval on the Hybrid w/ full synthetic (not ecoboost) is fine. 12k ODO analysis was mostly non-highway miles. If a Hybrid is driven almost all highway, the OLM will recommend a much shorter interval.
I trust Blackstone analysis.
It doesn't appeal to me to deal with that skid plate. I wonder how many of them are gone in 5 years?
