Changed my Oil- Too soon?

[66Bronc1]

I changed my oil yesterday- my car has only 2785 miles and I owned it 4 months. The reason I changed it is that I am leaving for a long road trip and will put on about 1700 miles on the car over next weekend. I would not get a chance to change it for another 2 weeks if I did not change it now. The meter said it has 67% life left. I always like to do the first oil change on a new sooner than what is recommended. The oil that came out looked clean but my other reason for changing it was that it was down a quart. Did I change it too soon?

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[Zelek]

I would say yes, you did change it too soon especially based on the color of it. There was still a lot of life left in that oil. Your engine is barely broken in.

 

[NoVaGT]

How odd;

Why worry or even think about it now?

 

[Cueball]

I do my first change on all my cars at 3,000 miles so I don't see a big deal. Some folks do the first one even earlier.

 

[Dusten]

I changed my oil yesterday- my car has only 2785 miles and I owned it 4 months. The reason I changed it is that I am leaving for a long road trip and will put on about 1700 miles on the car over next weekend. I would not get a chance to change it for another 2 weeks if I did not change it now. The meter said it has 67% life left. I always like to do the first oil change on a new sooner than what is recommended. The oil that came out looked clean but my other reason for changing it was that it was down a quart. Did I change it too soon?

1) Color means nothing. Change the oil on a diesel, run it a few hours, it'll be tar black.
2) The owners manual recommends what, 7500 miles? I would have personally changed it after the road trip.
3) if its low on oil, add a quart, not 10.

That said, you haven't likely caused any issues. The dealership changed my cars at 400 miles because it was traded in...

 

[Excel]

I did my first oil change at 1K and went to full synth
then 3K,then every 3K.......

 

[Dusten]

I did my first oil change at 1K and went to full synth
then 3K,then every 3K.......

Are you doing oil analysis? Does it need done that often?

 

[302@12psi]

If it isn't ticking like a BBQ igniter then no harm no foul.

 

[sfs550]

I changed my oil yesterday- my car has only 2785 miles and I owned it 4 months. The reason I changed it is that I am leaving for a long road trip and will put on about 1700 miles on the car over next weekend. I would not get a chance to change it for another 2 weeks if I did not change it now. The meter said it has 67% life left. I always like to do the first oil change on a new sooner than what is recommended. The oil that came out looked clean but my other reason for changing it was that it was down a quart. Did I change it too soon?

you didn't need to change your oil, but you didn't do any harm. i changed mine at 1500 miles.

 

[VinnAY]

I changed my oil yesterday- my car has only 2785 miles and I owned it 4 months. The reason I changed it is that I am leaving for a long road trip and will put on about 1700 miles on the car over next weekend. I would not get a chance to change it for another 2 weeks if I did not change it now. The meter said it has 67% life left. I always like to do the first oil change on a new sooner than what is recommended. The oil that came out looked clean but my other reason for changing it was that it was down a quart. Did I change it too soon?

So much angst over an oil change. Besides what you gonna do about now?

 

[Excel]

Are you doing oil analysis? Does it need done that often?

I have not done any analysis's on my GT,I have however in the past on a few motors and maybe I should send this one
in for shits and giggles .

 

[tom_sprecher]

My first oil change was whenever the oil life meter said it was time to change it.

 

[Faceme]

My first oil change was whenever the oil life meter said it was time to change it.

I did that as well my oil looked like gunk. I now change it at 30% left.

 

[tom_sprecher]

Mine looked like new, but I do drive 90% long haul (3-6hr) highway miles. Other than that it sits in the garage.

 

[Dusten]

I did that as well my oil looked like gunk. I now change it at 30% left.

You can't judge oil on appearance

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