Is anyone changing the oil on their LC250 after the 1000 mile break in period?

[D-Train]

At the risk of starting a flame war on oil/oil changes etc..

Everyone on here 'knows someone who knows'. It would seem split on 'Yes, by all means.. do any early oil change' and "You are wasting your time and money'. Not here to deliberate who is right, but after seeing what came out at ~500 miles, makes me feel a whole lot better that shit is not floating around in the crankcase any longer. Certainly, doing an early oil change doesn't hurt anything. I'm not sending it in for any analysis.

Would it have made any difference if I waited until 10K? We'll never know for sure one way or the other, but If I started to have internal engine issues down the road, I sure would be kicking myself about not doing it.

 

[basedMDcruiser]

RE: Video above

“I dont care what the owner’s manual says!”
…
“I’m switching the type of oil because the owner’s manual says that’s OK.”

 

[LandcruiserNut]

Just changed at 1080. Guy at dealer told me this not scheduled until 10K. Told me if they find something wrong at 10K, it’s on me. Holy shit!! I plan on 3K, then my first freebie at 5K, with rotation, etc. hmmmmmmm. Welcome any comments from LC owners that took to their dealer.

 

[Midwest Duo]

This inspired me to call a dealership nearby (I’m bored and it’s a sloooooooow Friday) to ask if an early oil change caused any issues going forward.

Nu-uh. Nope. No. Why would it?

Only thing is that I have to pay for it… ok then.

 

[LandcruiserNut]

Thx for checking. I’m not worried, it’s a TOYO. I did, think it was weird. Have a super weekend, wherever you LC!!!

 

[mets]

I did mine at 967 miles at my local dealership. It may be a placebo effect, but the engine and transmission seem a little bit smoother after the oil change.

 

[LCColorado]

Just changed at 1080. Guy at dealer told me this not scheduled until 10K. Told me if they find something wrong at 10K, it’s on me. Holy shit!! I plan on 3K, then my first freebie at 5K, with rotation, etc. hmmmmmmm. Welcome any comments from LC owners that took to their dealer.

That’s insane, I would find a new dealer ASAP. I changed mine at 3500 and the only thing my service guy said was “probably a good idea to get that break in oil out of it.”

 

[ng528]

I did a little searching on YouTube and could not find anything. Is there a video somewhere that walks you through doing the oil change + let's you know what you need in order to do it? I am at 900 or so miles and I want to do the 1k service on my own. I've been running electric for the last 7 years, so I haven't had to deal with this.

 

[Lutie D.]

At the risk of starting a flame war on oil/oil changes etc..

Everyone on here 'knows someone who knows'. It would seem split on 'Yes, by all means.. do any early oil change' and "You are wasting your time and money'. Not here to deliberate who is right, but after seeing what came out at ~500 miles, makes me feel a whole lot better that shit is not floating around in the crankcase any longer. Certainly, doing an early oil change doesn't hurt anything. I'm not sending it in for any analysis.

Would it have made any difference if I waited until 10K? We'll never know for sure one way or the other, but If I started to have internal engine issues down the road, I sure would be kicking myself about not doing it.

I'm with you D-Train, I've had my LC ~ 50 days and am going to be driving from Santa Fe to Granby, CO with my dog ~ 18 hours round trip plus driving dogs all over a wide expanse for training daily. Took the LC to a shop that works on a lot of high end vehicles including Land Cruisers, the owner has a LC. 604 miles, the owner asked me if I would want to wait for oil analysis as the oil would likely be the dirtiest it would ever be and would likely not give accurate answers and I said I wanted to send regardless. I brought Pennzoil ultra platinum 0w-20 and new Ecoguard synthetic 10k filter to them. The oil was pitch black and the gas smell was through the roof. Part of that might be from me driving 80/20 city/hwy and being soft on the accelerator until almost 500 miles then intermittently short spurts of 2500 - 4k rpm. My point of reference on these small turbo engines is my wife's 2019 turbo convertible Beetle. She has ~ 30k on it and last oil change was 9 months ago at the same shop and has gone ~ 4300 miles and the oil is not remotely close to black. I'm probably going to go to 5k - 5.5k mileage before changing again.