AVOID the ONE MISTAKE Almost EVERYONE Makes With A Brand New Car

Do you own a new car? Just changing your motor oil after the first 500 miles makes a huge difference in the amount of wear that occurs during that break-in period, which extends the life of the engine. Not changing the oil early is a mistake almost every one makes.

Not only does this video reveal the steps to take to extend engine life, it also shows the proof. Using oil analysis reports from my own car, I will show you how this simple hack reduces wear in new engines.

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[JTfixitu]

My Dad taught me that oil is cheap but engines are expensive. That advice has always served me well.

[dmh]

No one has ever dressed so classy to change oil. Keep up the great videos!

[eltomas]

If you cange your own oil, one of the most overlooked places for contamination is the new filter threads. Next time you change your oil, take a clean towel and wipe out the threads in the new oil filter. I have found many iron flakes and shards in the threads of all brands of oil filters.

[nicksoutherland]

This made my night, I started my maintenance career as an "oiler" and I got super geeky about it. It is refreshing to see someone that understands and can bring that knowledge to the masses. Thank you very much.

[Kevin]

As a 43 year retired mechanic I can attest to the accuracy of the information in this video. This guy is spot on!

[carls]

I worked as a mechanic for over 40 years and always offered a free oil change after the first 500 miles on all rebuilds. My personal opinion is it is crazy to go 10k miles on break in oil

[theredscourge]

It's really nice to see the impact of the early oil changes quantified for once!

[stevenphillips]

If you have a dealer free oil change every 5 k miles ...Mark your oil filter to VERIFY it was changed, just saying

[davelariviere]

I could not agree more. The same procedure should be performed on all new equipment. Whether it is a ride-on lawn mower, car or truck to all the compartments of an excavator, wheel loader etc.
GREAT ADVICE.

[gregd]

I had a different Toyota dealership perform the last free/complimentary oil change. When I performed the next oil change, I discovered:
- they over tightened the oil filter housing
- they over tightened the drain plug
- They cross threaded 4 skid plate bolts. Two of them broke when I tried removing them.
- I dont usually remove the "secondary" oil filter cap...the little metal cap that allows you to drain oil out of the filter housing so it does not make such a mess when you remove the actual filter housing. So it was two or three oil changes later when I discovered that the dealership didnt re0lace the gaslet for the "secondary" oil filter cap.

Do your own maintenance and make sure you know how to do it properly.

[harrycroker]

My uncle, a lifelong mechanic beginning in World War I, taught me to change the oil in 500-1000 miles. Break-in change was standard 100 years ago. I’ve followed this advice with all of my new cars. I’ve never had an oil related engine problem.

[bmfilmnut]

I completely agree. I'm 75, still do all my work on my vehicles and I always change the oil on new vehicles several times before what the owner's manual says. I ignore the manual recommendations. This same principal applied to the bevel box on my shaft driven motorcycle - sort of like a differential on a four wheel vehicle. At 100 miles, I drained the gear oil. It was black and contained wear in metals. I changed it again after another 200 miles. It was still fairly black and contained some bit less wear in metals. Changed it again after another 500 miles and it was almost like it came fresh out of the bottle. Now I change it at every oil change and it's always like new. Believe it or not, the manual says the first change should be at 40, 000 miles!!! Ridiculous! I do essentially the same with motor oils and my engines seem to last forever. I buy cars new so I know how they've been maintained and I keep them usually for over 20 years. By then, the body is rusted but the engines run like new. Listen to this guy. He knows what he's talking about.

[adambatchelder]

Really good to see you telling people this . I'm a performance engine builder and I will give a motor a oil change right on the test stand or dyno after 30 minutes, than in the car and 100 miles than again at 500. And I would never run any oil in anything for 7 or 10k thats emissions propaganda. I also do trans and rear end oil very often. Often

[kris]

Thank you for this video. Funny enough - 4 years I received a company car which happened to be a corolla - on the day I got it from the Toyota dealership the sales guy told me to show up in 15k km (approx 9300 miles). As it is a company car it has got a lot of km to drive. The very first drive was 900km with a stop to fill up. And already on the second day after receiving the car I was already driving with the speed of more than 150km/h (>90mph). And then I didn't calculate properly the distances and showed up for the very first oil change (after 6 weeks of driving) with almost 20k km on the clock. Within the 3 years I was driving it (C19 made it a bit complicated at that time LOL) I made almost 280k km (170k miles) and nothing ever broke or there were not issues at all with the car. It was sold to one of the company employees and now it is stil driving fine with 300k km. So yes, toyotas are really well put together cars :)

[rosspbarnett]

I purchased a new 2023 Chevy Malibu with a 1.5 liter turbo ! I completed one (1) trip down south from the northeast, and did the initial oil change at 1900 miles. An oil analysis sample reported the engine is breaking in properly. I didn't reset the oil life monitor! The dealer told me bring in the vehicle when the oil life is around 20%, or 6000 miles. I will still go to the dealer for the so-called courtesy free initial oil change and will not tell them I already did (1) oil change. I did this before with other new vehicle purchases. Bottom line, YES, absolutely do an initial break in oil change, if not at 500 miles, sometime around 1500-2000 miles ! If your keeping the vehicle don't wait for the 5000-7000 mile initial oil change. Do one in between !

[legrandechene]

Thanks for bringing clarity to an often debated question. In the past I had always changed my new vehicle oil at 500 miles but had gotten away from the 500 mile and moved to less than 3000. I now have justification for changing the oil in my new Silverado HD 6.6 gas engine at 600 miles instead of waiting. You also validated my practice of filling the new oil filter. I have made this a practice for many years, especially when I was working on the big trucks at work. I appreciate you generosity in sharing your knowledge.

[ZacThomas]

I just bought a 23’ Toyota Crown hybrid and had to haggle with the dealership to change my oil at 5, 000 miles. But I insisted I wanted to do it despite what the owner’s manual said. This is the first car I’ve purchased with my own hard earned money that’s 100% in my name. I want this car to last me awhile, so I’m sticking with the 5, 000 mile oil change interval, no matter how much I have to fight with the dealership lol.

[chrisr.]

10k mile oil change interval so customers can keep buying new cars every 100k miles 😆 🤣 😂 😬.

[richardwallinger]

Great advice and excellent presentation .79 years old EX 1980 UK donnington GT champion . still doing my own car servicing .not as flexible as I used to be .. I still enjoy the mechanicing . a recent 2 post car lift is awaiting the heavy duty concrete slab to be prepared .

[abyssalsoul]

I took delivery of my 2006 Toyota Sienna and by the time it hit 2000 miles It already had three oil changes. At 10k miles it had six oil changes. It now has 221k miles and drives like new. Recently I sent an oil sample for analysis and it came back perfect !