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Post by Mfitz804 on Jul 26, 2020 0:02:20 GMT -5
The question is, will the dealer charge you for an oil change since it is so close to being due? If so the cheap Valvoline type place will save you some bucks. I would not use anything but the cheapest oil they offer. It all meets spec. I have never seen an engine blow up due to having oil in it. I have never had a dealer ask for a maintenance log at turn in, nor ask me to pay for an oil change. I’ll be taking another car in return, so they are typically lenient anyway. But I don’t think they will charge me. I’m not even sure we have a truly cheap place for oil changes near me. I guess I could look.
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Post by K4 on Jul 26, 2020 0:51:32 GMT -5
If you are changing one car for another I would let it slide, they want to keep a customer. Just follow the maintenance schedule for the car and you are covered.
IE,
If it is 200 miles before it is due for a change, tell them. If it is 200 miles over, tell them. Most want maintenance records for the next buyer.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Jul 26, 2020 7:00:51 GMT -5
Have you looked at the label on Johnson's Baby Oil?
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jul 26, 2020 11:12:43 GMT -5
If you are changing one car for another I would let it slide, they want to keep a customer. Just follow the maintenance schedule for the car and you are covered.
IE,
If it is 200 miles before it is due for a change, tell them. If it is 200 miles over, tell them. Most want maintenance records for the next buyer.
Not in my experience. Between my wife and I, we have probably turned in about eight leased cars, nobody has ever asked us for maintenance records.
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Post by K4 on Jul 26, 2020 12:32:49 GMT -5
I've never leased a car but I assumed doing all required maintenance would be a condition of said lease.
My mother just leased a Lexus and part of the lease is the dealer does all maintenance at no charge to her. I'm sure it is built into the payments.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jul 26, 2020 12:45:41 GMT -5
I've never leased a car but I assumed doing all required maintenance would be a condition of said lease. My mother just leased a Lexus and part of the lease is the dealer does all maintenance at no charge to her. I'm sure it is built into the payments. It can void the warranty if you don’t do the maintenance. But as I said, they never ask if it has been done.
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Post by stratcowboy on Jul 26, 2020 12:47:00 GMT -5
It can void the warranty if you don’t do the maintenance. But as I said, they never ask if it has been done. That's kind of a weird twist. And certainly why I could then understand the maintenance being required at the dealer. Takes the guesswork out of it for them.
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Post by funkykikuchiyo on Jul 26, 2020 12:50:20 GMT -5
The manufacturer recommendation on my car (Hyundai) is 7500 miles. I would have to trust that since the manufacturer has an incentive to play it extra safe with those recommendations. I never actually go that long, partly because I live in a very hot climate and the heat is known to be very hard on car fluids.
I think there was at one point some old wisdom about doing extra oil changes early in a car's life because of metal pieces shedding during the first few thousand miles or so, but I have no idea if that is still a recommendation. If you owned the car and were keeping it long term that might be a consideration, but you aren't.
If I was on the fence, I might pull the dipstick and look at the oil and see if it looks gnarly at all. Not sure that a non-expert eye will pick up on much, though.
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Post by gato on Jul 26, 2020 13:00:58 GMT -5
You should invest in an oil test kit (shown in use here) to determine when to change your oil.
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