Oil Change difference after 300 miles

Tonckawa · 06-12-2008, 11:51 PM

I changed my oil after only 300 miles and you can see from the picture below the difference. I will be changing it again at 600 miles and again at 1000 and THEN I will start using Synthetic Gastrol GTX 10W-40.

Easy Rider · 06-13-2008, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Tonckawa

I changed my oil after only 300 miles and you can see from the picture below the difference. I will be changing it again at 600 miles and again at 1000 and THEN I will start using Synthetic Gastrol GTX 10W-40.

[I shouldn't have to preface this but, apparently, some people on here are overly sensitive......]

I am not trying to critisize anything you said. This is just a calm and friendly question.

What "difference" are we supposed to notice from the picture? One filter has oil on it and the other doesn't.

I think your oil change plan is just fine. Piece of mind is.......priceless.

CMS · 06-13-2008, 12:24 PM

I did the first change at 100 miles the next at 300 milles and the last at the 600 mile mark also valves. I'm going to put a few more miles on beore I switch to synthetic oil. Just my thoughts, it may or may not hurt a thing but I'm going to wait a little longer before switching. CMS

**jonathan180iq** · 06-13-2008, 12:56 PM

I've read about concerns about seals not seating properly due to using synthetic oil before the break-in period is over. Just to be safe, I always wait until 1000 miles or so before going to synthetic. I don't know if these fears are even substantiated, but you can never be too safe.

Tonckawa · 06-13-2008, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Easy Rider

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Originally Posted by Tonckawa

I changed my oil after only 300 miles and you can see from the picture below the difference. I will be changing it again at 600 miles and again at 1000 and THEN I will start using Synthetic Gastrol GTX 10W-40.

[I shouldn't have to preface this but, apparently, some people on here are overly sensitive......]

I am not trying to critisize anything you said. This is just a calm and friendly question.

What "difference" are we supposed to notice from the picture? One filter has oil on it and the other doesn't.

I think your oil change plan is just fine. Piece of mind is.......priceless.

If you look close enough at the used filter, you will see metal shavings and I am not a hard driver or a haul-ass rider. I drive nice and easy. This picture tells me to change oil more often when breaking in. The oil in the pan looked darker to me than I would have expected from only 300 miles of easy-going driving.

Easy Rider · 06-13-2008, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Tonckawa

If you look close enough at the used filter, you will see metal shavings........... The oil in the pan looked darker to me than I would have expected from only 300 miles of easy-going driving.

I'll take your word for it. Need to be a LOT closer with the picture to be able to pick out the shavings, for me anyway.

Color is really not a good yardstick for oil "wear". Some good oils will start to darken after only a few hot/cold cycles and others take a thousand miles or so before they darken noticeably.

Badbob · 06-13-2008, 08:36 PM

The oil is supposed to get dark.

If you do a little research I think you will find a few metal shavings on the filter of a new engine is not unusual.

5th_bike · 06-13-2008, 09:55 PM

When I got my bike it was two years old and had 35 miles on it.
So after driving it home, I changed oil and filter at 58 miles, and there were metal shavings in the filter.
I changed oil and filter again at 1100 miles, and the filter had no visible metal shavings in it.
So the metal shavings seem to be just something from the very first miles that the bike makes.
I will change oil again at 3000 miles.

**jonathan180iq** · 06-14-2008, 03:02 PM

...or the shavings may be left over from the milling process and the first few miles of riding flushes them through the system and they get caught in the filter, which is where they should be.

hippybilly · 06-17-2008, 10:42 PM

You can look in oil pans, filters, rear ends, front ends, manual trannys and transfer cases on most new rides with any number of wheels on them and there will be shavings in all of them. It's from the milling process and things being new. I use to put magnets on steel oil pans and sich to help keep them at the bottom. Nothing to worry about. It's just a matter of changing fluids and filters and they'll go away. If they come back thousands of miles down the road, that's when it's time to worry. If oil didn't turn dark it wouldn't be doing it's job. :rawk:

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06-13-2008, 08:36 PM	#7
Badbob Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Tallahassee FL Posts: 945	The oil is supposed to get dark. If you do a little research I think you will find a few metal shavings on the filter of a new engine is not unusual. __________________ My GZ250 Blog Facebook Pinterest Google+ Tumblr YouTube Lumber Jocks
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06-13-2008, 09:55 PM	#8
5th_bike Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: HoCo, Maryland Posts: 1,349	When I got my bike it was two years old and had 35 miles on it. So after driving it home, I changed oil and filter at 58 miles, and there were metal shavings in the filter. I changed oil and filter again at 1100 miles, and the filter had no visible metal shavings in it. So the metal shavings seem to be just something from the very first miles that the bike makes. I will change oil again at 3000 miles. __________________ 2005 "Saturn Black", stock + tach
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06-17-2008, 10:42 PM	#10
hippybilly Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Missouri Ozarks Posts: 6	Oil Change Difference After 300 Miles You can look in oil pans, filters, rear ends, front ends, manual trannys and transfer cases on most new rides with any number of wheels on them and there will be shavings in all of them. It's from the milling process and things being new. I use to put magnets on steel oil pans and sich to help keep them at the bottom. Nothing to worry about. It's just a matter of changing fluids and filters and they'll go away. If they come back thousands of miles down the road, that's when it's time to worry. If oil didn't turn dark it wouldn't be doing it's job. :rawk: __________________ Hippybilly of The Missouri Ozarks
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06-13-2008, 12:56 PM	#4
jonathan180iq Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Dalton, GA Posts: 3,996	I've read about concerns about seals not seating properly due to using synthetic oil before the break-in period is over. Just to be safe, I always wait until 1000 miles or so before going to synthetic. I don't know if these fears are even substantiated, but you can never be too safe.
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06-14-2008, 03:02 PM	#9
jonathan180iq Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Dalton, GA Posts: 3,996	...or the shavings may be left over from the milling process and the first few miles of riding flushes them through the system and they get caught in the filter, which is where they should be.
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