As I'm about to hit 2800 miles, my oil maintenance light comes on. Why is it set to 3000 miles? Is it going to change to 5000 miles intervals after i reset it? 3k seems really low...

 

I change mine every 3000 miles, but that's just me. It will stay the same (3000) when you push it to reset it. You can change it to be 5000 miles if that's what you want.

 

So do i reset it first after the oil change, then change it to 5k intervals?

 

No it will reset to 3000 miles because that's what Mitsu has documented for the evo. 3000, not 5000.

You can however edit the mileage/months that display for the reminder.

 

I know about the whole NAS11 is 5000 miles. So you're saying don't reset it until i change the interval time.

 

I wouldn't but it's obviously up to you.

I didn't buy a brand new Evo to have it's resale value take a hit by not following mitsu's schedule, especially when it comes to cheap oil changes.

When I sell this thing in a year everything will be documented and be worth a little more to the right person.

But of course going to 5000 miles on synthetic oil is not going to hurt anything.

 

It says 5k for normal use and 3k for severe schedule IIRC. I change at 4k because it's the middle and my oil analysis always comes back pristine.

I use mobil 1 5w30 with mobil 1 oil filter. Will switch to 5w40 when warranty runs out.

 

Hahaha changed my oil and reset the reminder. Now my next oil change is in 3100 miles instead of 3000. Hahaha!! WTH?!?

 

The HUD reminder is programmed to the book numbers: 3000 miles or six months.

My reminder went off at six months, when I had about 1100 miles on it.

(I have a short commute, and the EVO is one of three cars. My VIII only had 28K miles on the clock at 10 years.)

I've been tracking service on cars since a '55 Chevy. I don't need the HUD to tell me when it's time.
(I still keep a fuel/oil/tire pressure log in the glove box on all my cars.)
(Just like I don't need TPMS to tell me to check my tire pressures every few months. I keep a pressure gauge in the glove box, too.)

 

I just ended up turning mine off, keep a reminder on my PC and phone.

 

Or use one of the two trip as a mile guide.
Mine is trip A as the oil change mile guide. (Every 3K for me!)

 

This.

The light in my car (08) comes on at 5k. Not sure about the newer models.

 

My14 comes on every 3k

 

Every 3000 miles with AMSOil Highly recommended. If you're under warranty, let the dealership deal with it. I ran into an issue where the dealership denied by car warranty because I changed my own oil. Long process to fight them so I ended up screwing the dealership and did everything myself.

^ find all your maintenance need.

 

Oh children dont skip on oil changes its cheap insurance. Get your self some good quality oil and change it every 5k... if your are crazy like me every 2k