What is a break in oil change and why is it done?
In: Engineering
To put it simply, when you have a brand new car, you have a lot of pieces that are being driven around for the first time ever, spinning and moving and rubbing up against each other for the first time ever. This goes for like the first 500 to 1,000 miles driven on the car.
Then you should do a break in oil change, instead of waiting the typical 5,000 or 6,000 mile period.
Why? Because when you’re breaking in the engine, there’s a decent change all that new movement and friction is going to cause some metal flakes, chips, and shavings to break off into the oil as all these parts move around. And you don’t want those to sit in your oil forever because that can cause more rubbing and wear on the engine, so after 500 to 1,000 miles, you do an oil change to remove the risk of that.
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