rever3nce

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This will be my first oil change since purchasing the vehicle. My SS/TC is my absolute baby and am gonna keep her FOREVER. I plan on using Mobile 1 or Royal Purple, I scheduled an oil change for tomorrow at GM, but the lady told me they only do full synthetic GM brand oil. IDK how good that is or not , but I wanna use the absolute best for my engine regardless of price.

I am taking a 400 mile trip on Sunday (both ways) and the dealer I bought the vehicle from says 16500 next oil change. I am currently at 16035 with %46 oil life remaining. Should I get the oil changed before I go and take my trip? or am I being too paranoid with my car? lol

P.S. I don't know what kind of oil is in my vehicle at the time. Dealer just told me they put a full synthetic blend and I got the vehicle at 12500 miles.

Thanks for any help or pointers.

Sir_Hiro

Get the oil changed..Always before a big trip..And GM Should be putting mobil one into the car..

Gelladuga69

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Just use Mobile 1 Synthetic. Nothing else.
I dunno what the GM stuff is. Could be M1.

rever3nce

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I asked the people there and they said GM full synthetic. My buddy is the mechanic there and said that they sometimes do Mobile 1. Just don't wanna F up my car for something so simple.

Macgyver2484

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Your car asks for Mobil 1 5w-30. The oil cap tells you when you take it off. There is no “full synthetic blend”. It’s either full synthetic or a synthetic blend.

Mobil 1 5W-30 Advanced Full Synthetic Motor Oil

rever3nce

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my bad lol didn't mean to say full synthetic blend. I will verify with them tomorrow morning.

Where do ya'll usually get your oil changed? I almost wanna do it myself but am kinda rushed for time. I absolutely don't trust anyone with my car and thats why I take it to GM where my friend works and also drives an SS/TC

Slowbalt2000

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Mobil 1

rever3nce

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Thanks for the quick reply's

Will ask for Mobile 1 when I do the oil change tomorrow morning.

Sir_Hiro

I do it in my garage. Infact Im doign one soon to im due..To much driving lol.

rever3nce

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I would kill to have a garage. These idiots where I live use them as storage rooms

kikal8

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Its real easy. I worked at toyota. Just tell them u want mobil 1 in the car. Any dealer should have it in stock. At toyota we had our own crappy synthetic and i never put it in my car. Mobil 1 is the way to go ha. I personally like doing my oil changes myself. I just dont trust mechanics especially when i am one. They do oul changes all day so they rush it and not often but sometimes will **** something up like forget to toghten the drain plug or leave ur oil cap off or at the least get oil on or in ur car. Thats just me tho.

emiller

I'd use the mobil 1. Who knows what the gm blend actually is.

Since your olm is at 46% you don't need an oil change for quite some time. Unless its been in there for a long time and you are going by that instead of miles.

1SLOLT1

Mobile.1 I change mine every 3,500 miles I do it myself its cheaper that way and only takes me 30 min.

jzehren11

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Best way to do it. Here on post we can rent a lift for $6 an hour with a billion and 1 different tools we can use

rever3nce

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I really need to learn how to do it myself! Sitting at GM right now waiting. Idk if its just me but I can't stand when people drive my car lol

emiller

Throw some of that wasted money into something useful.

kdub1492

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Change at 3500 miles? damn

rever3nce

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Sorry for the noob question, but how long is it supposed to be?? Mine said 4000 on my sticker

emiller

When your olm gets down to around 0-10%. Depends on your driving but it works out to around 8k miles for me.

kdub1492

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Yea man I know a lot of people are **** when it comes to that, but I commute so much that if I changed mine ever 3500 it would be like a month and a half. I usually go about 6-7k miles

zrated89

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mobil one full synthetic will never break down. With the advances in oil you can go alot of miles without needing to change it. With the being said your filter can only effectively filter the oil for 5000 miles. they have oil that is gauranteed to 15k miles now but if u read the back it says change your filter every 5k. Do not exceed 5000 miles on the oil filter period regardless if the oil still looks good or not

rever3nce

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So for instance, mine said due at 16500 miles. I am still at 47%, you're telling me to go by percent??? dosen't seem correct.

Anyways, I did mine early as I have a small road trip ahead of me. changed mine at 16000 instead of 16500

emiller

I've brought this up before but I'll do it again.

Oil change people recommend 3k miles. Why? It's their source of income. The more they change the more they make. The less they change the less they make.

GM (and other oem's) may go longer. They don't get money for oil changes so they don't benefit from shorter intervals. If their engines have oil problems from going too long they end up with a bad reputation and potentially costly warranty work.

Better oils and machining processes have reduced the need for such frequent oil chances like in the past.

emiller

Why not? That would put you close to 8k miles on your oil change. GM is hardly the only company using an olm and its not a new technology.

emiller

True. Pays to read up on stuff.