Hi there. I'm sure this question will get a ton of debate - but here goes.... :-)
The wife's 2018 RLX Sport Hybrid was built in Dec 2017. It was mostly moved around the dealer's lot from early 2018 until Nov 2018, until it was put into use as a loaner. From Nov 2018 till March 2019 it had about 1200 miles put on it - lightly used loaner. We took delivery in early April, and as of today the mileage is now at 3k. The maintenance minder (MM) just clicked down to 70% life remaining. It has used zero oil from that factory fill.
Normally with my Honda/Acuras I change the oil when it hits 30% remaining, which is usually 6-7k miles. Yea, it's more frequent than required, but I try to stay ahead of it. The timeframe is usually 7-8 months for that given our typical usage.
In the case of the wife's RLX, the oil has been in the crankcase for about 18 months at this point, with some obvious frequent start/stops in its early life, and more consistent usage now. My concern with the oil is the time it's been in the crankcase and possible external contaminants from lack of us early in it's life. I've been tempted to do a change now and just remove that risk - espeically considering there's nothing such as a "break in oil" from the factory like it was years ago.
Thoughts?
thanks - andy
The wife's 2018 RLX Sport Hybrid was built in Dec 2017. It was mostly moved around the dealer's lot from early 2018 until Nov 2018, until it was put into use as a loaner. From Nov 2018 till March 2019 it had about 1200 miles put on it - lightly used loaner. We took delivery in early April, and as of today the mileage is now at 3k. The maintenance minder (MM) just clicked down to 70% life remaining. It has used zero oil from that factory fill.
Normally with my Honda/Acuras I change the oil when it hits 30% remaining, which is usually 6-7k miles. Yea, it's more frequent than required, but I try to stay ahead of it. The timeframe is usually 7-8 months for that given our typical usage.
In the case of the wife's RLX, the oil has been in the crankcase for about 18 months at this point, with some obvious frequent start/stops in its early life, and more consistent usage now. My concern with the oil is the time it's been in the crankcase and possible external contaminants from lack of us early in it's life. I've been tempted to do a change now and just remove that risk - espeically considering there's nothing such as a "break in oil" from the factory like it was years ago.
Thoughts?
thanks - andy