New truck, first scheduled oil change at 10,000... really?

My buddy at JD Power said 8k Max.

 

Yeah, that's why door-to-door delivery is also sever service. So unless you get in your truck and hit the hwy at 70 for at least 10 miles, you're SOL with the 10k

 

Haha! Oh man, that made me laugh.

 

I wonder If they offered to give free oil changes at 5k, how many would refuse it

 

I would pay for 10k oil changes done by myself over free 5k oil changes at a dealership any day. I find it hilarious you're so worried about your engine but you'd let a dealership do the oil change.

 

Oh but on contraire my friend, I refused the free oil changes at the stealership.
It’s a new truck and I want to keep it that way

 

Many would do it at 2500 miles themselves and let the dealer do it at 5k.

 

True

 

So you don’t want some guy they just promoted from the carwash to service your new truck?

 

What about Slick 50 and Duralube? Can we riff on that for a bit?

I’m thinking with Duralube it’s 18k with drain plug, and maybe 3k with no drain plug. What are you fellas running? Drain plug or no?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lSm1K9JATyU

 

Royal purple.

 

Only in 5W30, for engine life.

 

Do you change your oil more often or less often if the planets all align at the same time that year?

 

I’m pretty sure my truck is a Gemini

 

Personally, I think its a waste of time to even worry about engine oil. At all. Eventually it will tell you when its expired by spraying all over your windshield anyway. At that point just leave the truck where it lies and go get a new one.

 

I am approaching 5k and my service light is on. What do they do if they don’t change the oil? First 20k are free but is there a need to service it every 5k after the free services run out?

 

They reset the light and send you on your way. And yes, every 5k after the freebe but is on you

 

So whats the verdict? Every 5k , 7.5k or 10k?

Or maybe even 15k?

 

The manual says every an oil change 10k, and use a Toyota spec equivalent 0W20 (or 5W20 if not available)

The 'Every 3000k or 5000k oil change is better' might have been true in the old days but those days are long gone. Modern synthetic oils and precision engine build quality and metallurgy/tolerances are so advanced that engine not only last longer, they barely need any maintenance at all.
If fact 0W20 in an engine would have been considered lubricous and not lubricant in back in the day.

It is the same bs scam as 'breakfast is the most important meal', an invention/marketing ploy by manufacturers to sell more product. It is only important for the oil industry and work shops that you insist on replacing your oil as much as possible. And your truck does not care at all. It's a machine.