The manual is wrong about alot of things and it all comes down to the style of driving. 5000 miles is to much for turbo car

 

Dude, commmon!

 

He is right... the style of driving you most commonly do does affect how often you should change your oil.

 

Don't think it has to do with the turbos stictly. My bi-turbo Audi has 10K intervals (covered by Audi during the warranty) and a long powertrain warranty. However, I will probably be changing the oil every 3,500 miles or so on the Evo since I will be driving it harder.

 

10K intervals!!! That's crazy! It would be nice to not have to worry about oil changes but once a year.

 

every 5,000 thats what mitsu says. but i would do every 3000

 

Thats what I do every 3000 miles i change my oil. Thats if i did not push hard on the car.

 

Here Here I used Mobil 1 10W30 Fully Synthetic since 1997 in my Eclipse & the stuff is great. It looks too new to even take out of the vehicle on the severe duty cycle, so I would just stick to what the manual says. Every 5K miles.

Also, I understand why people want to change their oil soon after the break-in (because of how most oils are, metal chunks, etc.) but honestly, Mobil 1 is so good I doubt there is any reason to do so. However, this is just my opinion, and I would love to see a magnetic drain plug or something after the first 5K miles to test my theory. Anyone work at an oil analysis lab?

 

My Evo has about 2500 miles on it so I guess I should ge the oil changed then hugh? I was going to do it at 3000 anyway and after reading all these posts I am still not sure about what interval to use. I am planning on changing it every 3000-4000.

 

thats about right

 

changed first oil at 4000....going to do the same for the next ones if not every 3500....just to be safe since its turbo

 

I just had my first oil change at 2600 miles. Went back to the dealer. (I have no garage and it was way too cold outside to do it meself.... )


Thereafter I will change it again at 6000, then 10000; thereafter every 5000 miles.

Unless I race it, then I'll change it more frequently - which I might

 

First change: 624 (ment to do it at 500)
Second change: 1023
Next change: 2000
Then: 5000
........: 8000

You get the idea

 

After noticing I could smell fuel in the oil I changed it to natural oil at about 150 miles. I got almost 700 miles now and can’t smell nearly as much so I’ll probably change it again with natural oil at 1000 mile mark. After another 1000 if I can’t smell fuel in the oil I’ll go back to Mobile1 and change it every 3500 to 4000 miles.

I don’t care what Mitsubishi says, you can’t properly break in an engine on synthetic oil. Period.

To whoever said to use BG Syncro in the tranny; I tried that crap in my Eclipse and it made it much louder. I don’t trust it. Regular old valvoline gear oil never hurt anything.

 

What you did is completly wrong. your car is broken in from the dealer. You smeel gas because our cars run too rich.