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I did my breakin oil change at 4258 miles, with mobil 1 advanced full synthetic. But I did not reset the oil life at that time. Just curious when it's time to change the oil according to onbaord computer.
Yesterday I changed oil again at 9782 miles. This is my second oil change on this maverick awd 2.0. I still used mobil 1 advanced full synthetic. Was thinking about Pennzoil but since I already used mobil1 in my first oil change, I need to have some consistency.
Still hated that 15 screws. It's a pain to align all the screw holes after you did the oil change.
For oil filter I used Mobil 1 M1-102A. The filter is rated for 20k miles between the change.
I'm driving about 3k miles per month.
I calculate my next oil change will happen a little over 3 months from now. I don't plan to let ECU to remind me for an oil change. This time, at 9782 miles, the ECU is saying there's only 24% oil life remain. Since I already did an oil change without resetting the oil life, 24% isn't as bad as it sounds. I will do my next oil change at about 18k~19k, approximately 9k miles from now. By then the oil life will probably be around 30%.
Since it'll be early Jan when I do the next oil change, I think I'll do it a different way. Instead of jacking up the car in snow and crawl under it in bitter cold wind, I will just suck out the oil from the dipstick. I do have an oil pump which I haven't really used.
That way I don't have to remove that 15 screws again. It'll be a pain in the butt if your fingers are frozen.
But with the pumping method I won't be able to change the filter, which is probably fine. Since the filter is rated 20k miles. The next oil change will happen early Apr of 2024 which I will go jack up the truck, crawl under there, remove that 15 screws, drain oil and change filter.
Plan to do this in this alternate method. Once pumping, next time regular oil and filter change, then pumping again.
I will only be removing those hated screws once every 7 months.
Yesterday I changed oil again at 9782 miles. This is my second oil change on this maverick awd 2.0. I still used mobil 1 advanced full synthetic. Was thinking about Pennzoil but since I already used mobil1 in my first oil change, I need to have some consistency.
Still hated that 15 screws. It's a pain to align all the screw holes after you did the oil change.
For oil filter I used Mobil 1 M1-102A. The filter is rated for 20k miles between the change.
I'm driving about 3k miles per month.
I calculate my next oil change will happen a little over 3 months from now. I don't plan to let ECU to remind me for an oil change. This time, at 9782 miles, the ECU is saying there's only 24% oil life remain. Since I already did an oil change without resetting the oil life, 24% isn't as bad as it sounds. I will do my next oil change at about 18k~19k, approximately 9k miles from now. By then the oil life will probably be around 30%.
Since it'll be early Jan when I do the next oil change, I think I'll do it a different way. Instead of jacking up the car in snow and crawl under it in bitter cold wind, I will just suck out the oil from the dipstick. I do have an oil pump which I haven't really used.
That way I don't have to remove that 15 screws again. It'll be a pain in the butt if your fingers are frozen.
But with the pumping method I won't be able to change the filter, which is probably fine. Since the filter is rated 20k miles. The next oil change will happen early Apr of 2024 which I will go jack up the truck, crawl under there, remove that 15 screws, drain oil and change filter.
Plan to do this in this alternate method. Once pumping, next time regular oil and filter change, then pumping again.
I will only be removing those hated screws once every 7 months.
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