The FIRST oil change on a new vette..

[Rich Z]

Well, I've looked in the manual and can't find anything about this.... Seems to me many moons ago the procedure on a new car was to change the oil after about 1K miles or less after initial break-in. The logic is that with the motor breaking in, there is much more likelihood of particulates being suspended in the oil as the bearing surfaces all get broken in under use and that metal being removed during breakin gets floated into the oil and filter.

Matter of fact, now that I am thinking of it, I thought I read back then that the manufacturers recommended that you NOT use synthetic lubricants until after the motor had broken in properly. Now that the vette comes standard with synthetics, have the goal posts changed? Certainly if the manual tells me to keep the speed under 55 mph for the first 500 miles, there certainly must be SOME sort of break-in wearing of the lubricated bearing surfaces.

So I'm thinking maybe I should change the oil right after that 500 mile goal post as well. Certainly can't hurt anything, but I'm surprised the manual doesn't say anything about this. Or maybe it does and I just overlooked it? Or doesn't that apply any longer in modern engines?