Re: Time for Change Oils & Tune-Ups

**LadyRider** · January 21st, 2008 10:26 AM

Hello po fellow Tsikoteers!

Do you strictly follow the time of change oils and tune-ups for your cars like the first 1000kms and the next 5000kms etc.?

What are the possible pro's and con's if you follow and not follow the time for the change oil and tune-ups?

Dati kase pag brand new ang kotse hindi naman pinababalik for the first 1000kms. Ngayon lagi na inaadvise ng casa ibalik ang car for the first 1000kms.

Mas mabuti ba na ibalik ang kotse for the first 1000kms. rather than for the first 5000kms.?

**Type 100** · January 21st, 2008 10:31 AM

I think it depends on your car. Some cars don't need the initial 1000 km oil change.

Kung delayed ka by a few hundred kilometers okey lang siguro. Pero kung nasa manual mo na kailangan talaga yung initial 1000 km change, sundin mo na to the letter. That's supposed to remove any excess metal bits and pieces from the initial wearing of the engine's internals.

**mark_t** · January 21st, 2008 10:52 AM

Ako d ako masyado particular sa oil change, kung kelan ako hindi busy saka ko ginagawa. Siguro between 5k and 15k kms. That is just the way i do it.

**kotiko** · January 21st, 2008 11:24 AM

Yeah anything between 5k to 10k would be fine. 5k if you're a little bit too precautious, and if you use the car a lot every week and usually travel long distances. The only "con" thing probably is spending for the oil and labor. :D

**XTO** · January 21st, 2008 11:30 AM

I did follow the 1,000 and 5000 kms oil change / PMS for them not to void my warranty. But on the 10,000th I didn’t. why? because the labor cost on the 15,000 kms PMS is no longer free and their policy of "off limits" is not in the best of my interest. (my thought still win that they can do magic on the 10K that could give problems in the next hundred kms sorry

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**Jun aka Pekto** · January 21st, 2008 11:51 AM

I do. The Hyundai dealership I bought my 06 Sonata from wouldn't stop sending me mail saying it's time for an oil change/tuneup until I brought my car in.

**Bogeyman** · January 21st, 2008 12:06 PM

For the first 1,000 and 5,000 km. oil changes, I was prompt. Yung mga later oil changes and PMS, medyo lumalampas ng konti, mga 100-200 kms., depende kasi sa budget at hand.

The most I got delayed was by 700 kms.; kahapon lang ako nakapagpa-oil change at 75,700kms. My last oil change was at 65,530kms. where I used fully synthetic oil. Nagpalit lang ako ng oil filter at 70,500kms. I figured na unahin ko na yung oil change yesterday since wala pang time magpa-tune up.

**vinj** · January 21st, 2008 02:00 PM

I follow the 5K change oil... sometimes i get delayed by around 1,000kms or so (due to time constraints and budget scheduling) but nevertheless, we still make it a point to service our cars regularly. In return, we get many years of reliability, no sludge problems, no timing chain problems/noise/clatter and the comment i get from people is that my engine seems run smoother when compared to similar vehicles (on my Frontier for example, passengers used to think it was gasoline powered).

**Galactus** · January 21st, 2008 03:55 PM

I usually change my oil every 7,500 kms (Castrol Magnatec), or every 9 months, whichever comes first.

I don't race naman kasi, and never abuse the engine, so I think its justified. Also, tipid mode muna, daming gastusin eh.

**Type 100** · January 21st, 2008 04:04 PM

Originally Posted by Jun aka Pekto

I do. The Hyundai dealership I bought my 06 Sonata from wouldn't stop sending me mail saying it's time for an oil change/tuneup until I brought my car in.

Talk about concerned. Hehehe. :p