oil change every 6,000 miles???

[elykoj]

my light goes off after 6,000 miles. I don't see why I need to do an oil change every 6,000 miles using a full synthetic oil change.. this seems way too much. Thoughts ?

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[icantread]

Aggressive driving can be an influence on the indicator.

 

[elykoj]

Aggressive driving can be an influence on the indicator.

I am not aggressive at all..lol. been told I drive like an old lady

 

[icantread]

I am not aggressive at all..lol. been told I drive like an old lady

Me too haha. My manual says to change every 12 months or via indicator. Maybe you have a leak? Try checking oil level.

 

[360glitch]

I am not aggressive at all..lol. been told I drive like an old lady

Lots of short trips? Idle a lot?

 

[latole]

Lots of short trips? Idle a lot?

+1

 

[Shankmeyster]

These motors are also letting a lot of gas into the oil. From what I am told from other brands, that shouldn't be happening on a DI motor. I'm wondering if this is going to create a lot of issues down the road on the 1.5?

 

[PMMonly4HATCH]

my light goes off after 6,000 miles. I don't see why I need to do an oil change every 6,000 miles using a full synthetic oil change.. this seems way too much. Thoughts ?

The FF wanted changed in like 3500 miles in the dead of summer though so to be expected. The MMS is aggressive so what I did was just reset it and I had to reset twice and I only got to around 5800 miles at 30% for the second reset. Plan on following it pretty much to a T now that it isn't the FF. Keep in mind someone did a UOA on the FF and it showed plenty of additives remaining on a 4800 miles OCI.

 

[Texchappy]

These motors are also letting a lot of gas into the oil. From what I am told from other brands, that shouldn't be happening on a DI motor. I'm wondering if this is going to create a lot of issues down the road on the 1.5?

Though there is evidence of fairly significant dilution, I've yet to see a UOA that shows anything but rock solid wear numbers.

 

[jeb]

These motors are also letting a lot of gas into the oil. From what I am told from other brands, that shouldn't be happening on a DI motor. I'm wondering if this is going to create a lot of issues down the road on the 1.5?

My friends Mazda3 2.0 also has this is issue.

 

[Sman]

My oil was expected to go until 12,000 miles for each oil change. I drive 100 miles a day for work and 95% of that is on an interstate. I went ahead and did at 10,000 miles. Maybe you hit the 1 year mark on the oil?

 

[elykoj]

Still don't understand why the maintainance minder is recommending me do oil changes every 5-6000 miles? seems like a lot for using a full synthetic oil. this will be my 5th oil change and car only has 23,000 miles on it.

 

[charleswrivers]

I don't know. As a data point, I'm at ~4500 miles and the oil life it at 50% in my Si. I'm still waiting to do my first change.

 

[gtman]

It's all how you drive. Stop and go will speed up the oil change interval. Highway miles will increase it. The maintenane minder doesn't care if it's synthetic or dino.

 

[elykoj]

It's all how you drive. Stop and go will speed up the oil change interval. Highway miles will increase it. The maintenane minder doesn't care if it's synthetic or dino.

I do normal driving..lol. a mix of city/highway.. mostly just back and forth to work during the week which is about 10 miles each way... I have never changed oil on any car in my life as much as this car... I know the maintenance minder doesn't know if you are using synthetic or not, but synthetic should last a lot longer than conventional so shoul we not even go off of the reminder then?

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