1st oil change confusion on 1.5 BS

[RodNSA]

Ok ... yes, I have an owner's manual, and I can read and I also have the Ford Pass App that monitors my oil ... BUT ... I bought my NEW '22 BS with the 1.5 engine the first few days of January '23 so I have already owned it for 8 months + a few days. I am retired and don't drive that much and my current mileage is 2824. My oil has never been changed and it has the Motorcraft blend in it (I assume). I made an appointment and took my BS in for it's first oil change (because of TIME not miles) and the service manager told me if I keep driving it as I currently am ... to COME BACK (so didn't change the oil) in JANUARY?! OK ... I'm old school so going an entire year without an oil change? My mileage in January will probably be around 4300 miles and I would have owned it for ful year.
*DOES THIS SOUND CORRECT?
*YOUR EXPERIENCES around 1st oil change in the 1.5 engine?
Thanks ... Rod

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[rocks]

I only do about 4K-5K per and will do yearly changes with 100% synthetic oil.

 

[jkeaton]

5000 miles or 6 months. Whichever comes first.

 

[Mark S.]

Your dealership service dept is essentially quoting the owner's manual to you. Either you trust Ford's engineers to set adequate service intervals, in which case you'll go back in January for your first oil change, or you don't, in which case you'll demand your dealership service dept change the oil, and if they won't you'll take it somewhere else that'll be happy to take your money.

 

[davidg4781]

I've heard oil time interval changes should be no more than a year.

For mileage... there's several different schools of thought. It used to be every 3k miles, then 5k. My old Honda was around 7k but used a Maintenance Minder to use data (speed driven, hard accelerations, idle time, etc) to guesstimate oil life. I took the valve cover gasket off about 205k miles and it looked pretty clean in there. I did have some gaskets start leaking but, from what I've seen online, that's all pretty common for a 17 year old car.

I haven't changed my oil on the BS yet but I'm going to trust the oil life monitoring system. I figure Ford, and Honda, want to have a reputation on engine reliability and they're going to do what's best for that while balancing waste reduction.

 

[rocks]

Other auto manufacturers go with 10K miles or 1 year on synthetic oil. I would think a Ford engine can do a 4K-5K and 1 year oil change. Add in many BS 1.5s that have a 6.6 qt capacity which helps too.

 

[Bucko]

What the 2023 bronco Sport says for normal scheduled maintenance (oil changes):

(Mark S. will be proud of this )

Intelligent Oil-Life Monitor™
Your vehicle has an Intelligent Oil-Life Monitor that determines when you should change the engine oil based on how you use your vehicle. By using several important factors in its calculations, the monitor helps reduce the cost of owning your vehicle and reduces environmental waste at the same time.
This means you do not have to remember to change the oil on a mileage-based schedule. Your vehicle lets you know when an oil change is due by displaying a message in the instrument cluster display.
The following table provides examples of vehicle use and its impact on oil change intervals. It is a guideline only. Actual oil change intervals depend on several factors and generally decrease with severity of use.


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Interval	Vehicle Use and Example​
When to Expect the OIL CHANGE REQUIRED Message
7,500–12,500 mi (12,000–20,000 km)	Normal​
Normal commuting with highway driving No, or moderate, load or towing Flat to moderately hilly roads No extended idling
5,000–7,500 mi (8,000–12,000 km)	Severe​
Moderate to heavy load or towing Mountainous or off-road conditions Extended idling Extended hot or cold operation
3,000–5,000 mi (5,000–8,000 km)	Extreme​
Maximum load or towing Extreme hot or cold operation Extended engine idling

 

[jkeaton]

Yet there are still people who believe the factory uses "break in" oil that needs to be changed at 500 miles.....

 

[Rogerthat898]

I believe the 1 year time frame does not begin when the car is purchased but when the oil is put into service in the engine.
So the first oil change would not be at 1 year of ownership of the vehicle but 1 year from the build date.

 

[rocks]

I believe the 1 year time frame does not begin when the car is purchased but when the oil is put into service in the engine.
So the first oil change would not be at 1 year of ownership of the vehicle but 1 year from the build date.

IMO, not really because there is very little running time and a few miles in most cases. My BS was at 8 miles. Oil stays oil. It's the additives that wear out.

 

[Smith]

My BS Heritage Edition has 5800 miles on it as of today. The oil life monitor says its at 44%. When I bought it the dealer put a sticker on the windshield saying the first oil change should be done at 5000 miles. Has anyone else been told to change the oil before the oil life monitor says it needs to be changed?

 

[RodNSA]

I only do about 4K-5K per and will do yearly changes with 100% synthetic oil.

.... that's exactly my norm too but the oil that came in it isn't 100% synthetic but instead the Motorcraft blend ... but the service manager still says 5k on miles or 1 year ... whatever comes first.

 

[rocks]

.... that's exactly my norm too but the oil that came in it isn't 100% synthetic but instead the Motorcraft blend ... but the service manager still says 5k on miles or 1 year ... whatever comes first.

Due to having a turbo, the extreme summer heat and humidity, I still feel a 100% synthetic oil is the better choice. I also use top tier brand premium 93 gas.

 

[Mrmike]

Yet there are still people who believe the factory uses "break in" oil that needs to be changed at 500 miles.....

They may not use a "break-in oil" but is probably Motorcraft synthetic blend. I changed the oil at 500 miles on my OBX because I wanted to change over to a full synthetic. I'll change oil and filter every 5000 miles or yearly from now on.

Your car, your money! Do what you think is best.

 

[RodNSA]

They may not use a "break-in oil" but is probably Motorcraft synthetic blend. I changed the oil at 500 miles on my OBX because I wanted to change over to a full synthetic. I'll change oil and filter every 5000 miles or yearly from now on.

Your car, your money! Do what you think is best.

I will be going in next week and having the oil changed to FULL SYNTHETIC like I've done forever on all other vehicles ... after that based on my driving patterns because of full synthetic will go to once a year unless an additional 5k miles occurs first. Good chat ... thanks!

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