Old motor oil OK to use?
03-27-2016, 08:42 PM
#21
Race Director
It'd highly recommended to not go beyond the 500 miles with theach initial oil change. The dealer called me and told me to bring it in at 480 miles. The Z06s are known (at least the earlier ones) to have too much metal shavings in the oil due to engine breakin. Has caused engine failure.
Whether paid for by GM or not, I would have the dealer do the oil changes, especially on, so they can't blame the owner for something going wrong, and use the fact that maintenance work wasn't done by dealer.
Whether paid for by GM or not, I would have the dealer do the oil changes, especially on, so they can't blame the owner for something going wrong, and use the fact that maintenance work wasn't done by dealer.
03-28-2016, 12:22 AM
#23
Le Mans Master
I took my brand new black Silverado LTZ to the dealer for my FREE oil change……… Dented my tailgate and dinged my door. Wanted to do paint work on my 6 week old truck….which I keep like my vette. Told them I traded in a car not to have paint work!!! Needless to say I demanded a new GM tailgate off of a new truck and the ding Dr did a nice job.
Never again!!!!!! GM dealers treat all cars like they are a Sonic or Spark!! Now that GM is charging me 72k for a Denali and 100K for a Zo6 they better step their service game!!
Free oil change cost me ALOT of time and aggravation. Walmart for my oil, Napa gold filter, and 20 minutes to change my oil makes me very happy its done right.
Never again!!!!!! GM dealers treat all cars like they are a Sonic or Spark!! Now that GM is charging me 72k for a Denali and 100K for a Zo6 they better step their service game!!
Free oil change cost me ALOT of time and aggravation. Walmart for my oil, Napa gold filter, and 20 minutes to change my oil makes me very happy its done right.
03-28-2016, 07:38 AM
#24
Race Director
I took my brand new black Silverado LTZ to the dealer for my FREE oil change……… Dented my tailgate and dinged my door. Wanted to do paint work on my 6 week old truck….which I keep like my vette. Told them I traded in a car not to have paint work!!! Needless to say I demanded a new GM tailgate off of a new truck and the ding Dr did a nice job.
Never again!!!!!! GM dealers treat all cars like they are a Sonic or Spark!! Now that GM is charging me 72k for a Denali and 100K for a Zo6 they better step their service game!!
Free oil change cost me ALOT of time and aggravation. Walmart for my oil, Napa gold filter, and 20 minutes to change my oil makes me very happy its done right.
Never again!!!!!! GM dealers treat all cars like they are a Sonic or Spark!! Now that GM is charging me 72k for a Denali and 100K for a Zo6 they better step their service game!!
Free oil change cost me ALOT of time and aggravation. Walmart for my oil, Napa gold filter, and 20 minutes to change my oil makes me very happy its done right.
I would just as soon avoid dealerships or repair shops to perform a task as easy as an engine oil change. Too much time involved and too much potential for a bad result to happen by going to the dealership. Been changing the fluids myself on my vehicles my entire life with consistently great results.
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03-28-2016, 10:27 AM
#27
Drifting
Save receipts and carefully document your oil changes. Otherwise dealer can say you didn't do oil changes per manufacturer recommendation and if you have an engine problems your sol. I would also use ac Delco filters so Gm can't say you didn't use recommended Gm filters.
03-28-2016, 10:36 AM
#28
Race Director
This mistake is common as Silicon Valley is a high tech area in NOCAL and Silicone Valley (Hollywood) is in SOCAL
Last edited by AzDave47; 03-28-2016 at 10:39 AM.
04-03-2016, 02:13 PM
#30
Le Mans Master
Thread Starter
Doing it now at 558 miles. I notice that my approximately 3-year-old bottles of Mobil 1 don't have the Dexos emblem, does that mean I shouldn't use them? The new bottles do have the emblem. Are they chemically different?
Thanks,
Thanks,
04-03-2016, 04:03 PM
#31
Race Director
You will cause no damage using that 3 year old M1 5W-30. Any changes they made in the formula would have been small. There is more of a difference between the 5W-30 and the 0W-40 because of anti-wear additives in the 0W-40.
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