Oil change interval 2022 G70 3.3 T

[Iwantag70]

I've read different mileage for oil change intervals for normal driving. Some say every 6k, 7.5k or 10k miles. The dealership I bought it from said it came with synthetic oil. Which interval is correct? Thanks

 

[EdP]

I've read different mileage for oil change intervals for normal driving. Some say every 6k, 7.5k or 10k miles. The dealership I bought it from said it came with synthetic oil. Which interval is correct? Thanks

Who is "some"? I go by the manual no matter the engine. Doing that the warranty covers you, though doing more frequent does no harm.

 

[pulsar]

Oil changes can be very subjective. Yes, going by the manual is safe. Some manuals are not as conservative as I am and say 7.5k miles. I use a quality synthetic oil and change oil 4500-5000 miles with mostly around town driving 80% of the time. Never had engine problems on any of my cars. My G70 is my first turbo but don’t expect issues there either.

 

[Iwantag70]

The manual says 6k but I don't see where it differentiates between regular and synthetic. My dealership says 7.5k and the website below says 10k. I understand the point about the warranty but I thought the reason people use synthetic oil is to be basically double your mileage intervals.

 

[EdP]

The manual says 6k but I don't see where it differentiates between regular and synthetic. My dealership says 7.5k and the website below says 10k. I understand the point about the warranty but I thought the reason people use synthetic oil is to be basically double your mileage intervals. View attachment 44517

That is a bit confusing. With a turbo I'd use nothing buy synthetic. The manual should give a spec on that too.

 

[GenesisAdvisor]

There are set intervals in the owners manual you can refer to. As for the complimentary maintenance, the finance officer chooses with "normal" or "severe" intervals. Those are as frequent as 3k/3mo or 7.5k/1yr on the g70. It's all pretty convoluted. Honestly I just recommend them every 5k regardless (outside of complimentary maintenance). Cheap insurance on a high output engine.

 

[Mikey91]

According to the manual, it depends if your driving style falls under normal or severe.

If you use non synthetic oil you have to change the oil according to severe usage conditions (every 3000 miles). If you use full synthetic and you use the car under "normal usage" you change it every 7500 miles.

Check the screenshots I added.

 

[V1s1on1]

According to the manual, it depends if your driving style falls under normal or severe.

If you use non synthetic oil you have to change the oil according to severe usage conditions (every 3000 miles). If you use full synthetic and you use the car under "normal usage" you change it every 7500 miles.

Check the screenshots I added.

Not written well but It does not say anything you said in my review. It is likely written by South Korean so the English is far from clear. It is literally saying you must use synthetic backwards. You read this line and took the above away?

It’s saying you must use synthetic in my view. I have done two oil changes on my 3.3t 2022 I bring my own 5w-30 synthetic to avoid issues with a dealer that moxes these poorly written instruction up as well.

 

[Husky]

Have you read the conditions to qualify for "Severe Driving"? It's crazy, and doesn't provide any guidance as to what percentage of your driving has to be in these conditions.
* Driving in heavy traffic or stop and go conditions
* Driving in areas using salt, or in very cold weather.
* Driving on rough, dusty, muddy or unpaved roads
* Driving uphill or downhill
These are just some of the conditions that qualify as severe according to my 2019 owner's manual.
So pretty much everyone who drives in heavy traffic, or in areas that get snow in the winter, or live in a hilly or mountainous area, are supposed to follow the Severe maintenance schedule!? That's like half the US.
Meanwhile, my local dealer doesn't even use a full synthetic oil (which is why I do my own maintenance). Go figure.
Also, gotta love their guidance for several items like spark plugs changes under severe conditions. It just says "More Frequently"

 

[Volfy]

According to the manual, it depends if your driving style falls under normal or severe.

If you use non synthetic oil you have to change the oil according to severe usage conditions (every 3000 miles). If you use full synthetic and you use the car under "normal usage" you change it every 7500 miles.

Check the screenshots I added.

Yes, that is how I read it as well.

That said, if the car is driven in such a manner as to qualify as "severe usage", which as @Husky said, is at least 1/2 of us here in the US, if not a lot more, then the "severe usage" schedule should apply regardless. The only severe condition I don't qualify is driving uphill/downhill. It's pretty much billiard table here off the Gulf Coast.

Since I do my own oil changes, the difference between synthetic and conventional is only a few dollars, hardly worth the savings. While I don't change right on the dot at 3000 miles, no way I'm letting it get close to the 7500 interval.

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[Husky]

I've been splitting the difference at around 5k miles.

 

[Volfy]

5k is a good reference mark. I generally go by what sort of miles the car has been driven. If it's mostly city stop-n-go miles, then I shorten the interval. If there are a lot of hwy miles, then I let the interval go a little longer. These maintenance schedule guidelines are just that... guidelines. A lot of it depends on how you drive your car... and a good bit of common sense.

Take the cabin air filter, for instance. I could care less what the factory guideline recommends, I change them out in my own daily driver at least once a year, typically at the end of the allergy season, which is right about this time of the year. Once it gets loaded up with all that tree pollen, I don't particularly care to keep breathing the air pumped through it. If the fall allergy season happens to be bad enough, I might even do an additional change in the Fall. Besides, if leaves/debris get loaded up heavy over the cabin air filter, I risk letting some of them fall into the lower plenum, while removing the filter. I've had that happen and the leaves end up fermenting and started making acetic acid. That vinegar smell then becomes exceedingly difficult to get rid of. That really sours the driving experience, pun intended.

 

[Hellothere]

Have you read the conditions to qualify for "Severe Driving"? It's crazy, and doesn't provide any guidance as to what percentage of your driving has to be in these conditions.
* Driving in heavy traffic or stop and go conditions
* Driving in areas using salt, or in very cold weather.
* Driving on rough, dusty, muddy or unpaved roads
* Driving uphill or downhill
These are just some of the conditions that qualify as severe according to my 2019 owner's manual.
So pretty much everyone who drives in heavy traffic, or in areas that get snow in the winter, or live in a hilly or mountainous area, are supposed to follow the Severe maintenance schedule!? That's like half the US.
Meanwhile, my local dealer doesn't even use a full synthetic oil (which is why I do my own maintenance). Go figure.
Also, gotta love their guidance for several items like spark plugs changes under severe conditions. It just says "More Frequently"

I read this on an article.

The severe and normal oil change should be a spectrum, with the two on either end. If you are driving in only the listed severe conditions then it’s 5k km oil change. If only normal conditions then it’s 10k km. Everything in between depends on how much of what conditions you drive in. Ie. 50/50 then go 7500km oil change.

 

[JCtx]

I've been splitting the difference at around 5k miles.

That's what I do on all my vehicles as well, since there is quite a bit of short-distance driving involved at times. Better safe than sorry. An oil change with Mobil1 0/30 and OEM filter is less than $40, so cheap insurance. Just never go over the 7,500-mile recommendation, at least under warranty, to avoid any potential issue with an engine claim.