Oil change on my new SUV...

[joe603]

Do you guys think I should change the oil on my 08 Mitsu Outlander? It only has 700 miles on it, but it's an 08 with original oil. I was going to do it at 1k...

Thoughts?

[tollboothwilley]

Wait til at least 1000, maybe 1500.

[Jacko3]

+1

[telcoman]

+1

+2

Telcoman

[zozoka1212]

+3

Do you know the exact month it was put on the road? If not more than 1 year I would not touch it till 1k. If it is the early model like released end of 07 than I would just change it. I am notr to big fan keeping the oil in the car for more than a year. My wife has almost 7k on her Focus. We changed the oil 3 times already.

zozo

[SVTCOBRA]

I would check it's birthdate on the door tag....and change the oil now to synthetic....just me...

[Poyzinous]

It only has 700 miles on it? Well thats good. You still have a chance to save all of this. Go directly to an Infiniti Dealer and get an EX35. All the problems will go away immediately. They may still accept it as a new car when you trade it. Unless you changed the oil. Just kidding. Check the production date on the door. If its close to a year old, go ahead and change the oil. But If the car has less than 6 months, you could wait to 1500 miles, or untill it actually IS a year old.

[joe603]

Good advice! I'll check the SUV's birthday. Oh, and my wife thinks the EX looks like a station wagon...not really enough room anyway. Now the FX 35 is a different story, but it would have cost double.

Another weird thing is that the manufacture recommends 5w-20 oil...kind-of a strange weight IMO.

[Poyzinous]

5w20? maybe the internals dont have uber tight clearances... The new FX is badass. Funny looking from certain angles, but everything else about it is great. Its fast as hell too...