Oil Changes
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Longer service interval isn't there to increase your engine's reliability, it is there to reduce total lifetime emissions rating (as it includes fluid changes) of the car.
F-type uses direct fuel injection technology, other manufacturers like BMW and Audi using similar engine technology had serious issues with sludge when using longer oil change interval. It is prudent to change oil more often than maximum recommended interval if you intend to keep the car past warranty period.
It is also important to do your first oil change early.
F-type uses direct fuel injection technology, other manufacturers like BMW and Audi using similar engine technology had serious issues with sludge when using longer oil change interval. It is prudent to change oil more often than maximum recommended interval if you intend to keep the car past warranty period.
It is also important to do your first oil change early.
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Longer service interval isn't there to increase your engine's reliability, it is there to reduce total lifetime emissions rating (as it includes fluid changes) of the car.
F-type uses direct fuel injection technology, other manufacturers like BMW and Audi using similar engine technology had serious issues with sludge when using longer oil change interval. It is prudent to change oil more often than maximum recommended interval if you intend to keep the car past warranty period.
It is also important to do your first oil change early.
F-type uses direct fuel injection technology, other manufacturers like BMW and Audi using similar engine technology had serious issues with sludge when using longer oil change interval. It is prudent to change oil more often than maximum recommended interval if you intend to keep the car past warranty period.
It is also important to do your first oil change early.
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since they’re free, Do them annually. Otherwise if you’re only keeping the car for 30,000 miles, there would be no point to do more than a single oil change, and then just out of courtesy to the next owner.
Last edited by Unhingd; 10-13-2017 at 01:35 PM.
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This is strange. I check my oil level 1 hour after a nice drive the oil level is showing full. I wait until the next day then check the oil it is showing only half full. I'm starting to think this is a sensor problem. I have spoken to the dealer and there response was to keep an eye on it and to bring it in if it continues..
This is strange. I check my oil level 1 hour after a nice drive the oil level is showing full. I wait until the next day then check the oil it is showing only half full. I'm starting to think this is a sensor problem. I have spoken to the dealer and there response was to keep an eye on it and to bring it in if it continues..
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How nice(aggressive) was the drive? If you were pushing it hard, it’s quite possible that the temperature differential could account for the difference in level indication.
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Keep in mind, this system is setup to read like traditional dipstick - it isn't 50% fill to 100% fill that fluctuates. It is couple % points around normal fill level - where heat and slope can impact this.
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So, NickMcCandless, you get a new car, and a rather expensive one at that, and you “forget to ask” about oil change intervals. Understandable: taking delivery of a new car is an exciting event, and one can be easily distracted. Had you asked the sales staff you might have received baseless personal opinion. The service staff, on the other hand, would have almost certainly quoted the service manual. But instead of consulting that source, you ask the question on a forum. Wouldn’t it have been easier to simply... read the manual? To quote the bylaws of the FTEU (F-Type Enforcement Unit), “any owner or lessee failing to consult the ample documentation provided with the vehicle is subject, after the third infraction, to confiscation of said vehicle without compensation” (Section 3.2.2). Just sayin.’
Mbourne: “Suggest you consult your warranty and service book but it’s once a year or every 10K miles.” A sound suggestion which, if followed, will give you an interval of 16K miles.
Mbourne: “Suggest you consult your warranty and service book but it’s once a year or every 10K miles.” A sound suggestion which, if followed, will give you an interval of 16K miles.
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All the nice things it is supposed to do aren't seen in practice, where reportedly the car would fail to notify you of low oil condition. I'd treat it as unreliable indicator.
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