Does anyone leave the original engine oil in for 15 thousand K's ??

nah you not being anal. I did mine at it's 3thou service as most blokes do. some guys do it every 5thou. But 10 thou would be the norm. Ignore what the service schedule says.it's just good sense to run fresh clean oil especially in a 6ltr

 

Ditto here as well. Forced the service guy to change the oil at 3000K service. They rang me a second time to make sure I was absolutely certain I wanted the oil changed at 3000K. The 6.0L purs nicely

 

I would not let it go past over 10 000 under any circumstances !!!

Personally I do my VE every 7500 k's

 

Depends on how long your planing on keeping your car for, if you plan on keeping your car for three years then hold out as long as you can if you plan keeping the car for a longer period then change it more regularly.
There is no use taking care of a car so the car yard can make a big profit in 3 years time!!!!

 

Is there any reason between the log book services I couldn't just get genuine filters n oil and change them.. I too didn't like the 15k services but don't want to void the warranty

 

I think leaving it to the 3000km check up is asking for trouble, let alone 15,000. I'd dump it at 3000 at the lastest, then 7,500, 15,000, and every 7,500 after that like Xonar said.

Depends if you're asking technically, or realistically. Realistically, no there's no issue doing it yourself. Technically, if something screws up and it's found to be as a result of the last oil change, they'll be asking for receipts from a qualified mechanic in order to verify the warranty.

 

You can't void your warranty by servicing more regularly. Provided there an authorized mechanic

I religiously change all my cars every 10k and run good synthetic oil they're out of warranty so just do it myself.

If you think 15k is bad, BMW recommend every 25k on the e46!

 

You can if you do it yourself and aren't qualified. Unlikely but possible.

 

15 000 k's is recommended under IDEAL driving condition !

None of us do IDEAL driving....

Stop and start traffic, towing, dirt, flogging all call for 7500 service interval on a commodore

Small price to pay for keeping your engine in good condition !

 

Realized that after I posted and edited it.

Tbh it's a load of crap though, mechanics charge a ridiculous amount to do stuff all.

 

i do mine every 7500kms.

 

Mine was done with less than 500ks (yes 500) on the clock. I used mineral oil, the oil in the car was black when it came out.

I will change to fully synthetic at 7500.

 

can i just point out that all the ve's since at least my09 have come out with castrol magnatech ... which is fully synthetic i think... but i do agree with changing the oil more regularly than 15000

 

Magnatech is semi synth

 

mate your risking opening a can of worms by asking that! Lol. From the factory they are filled with castrol magnetic 10/30 which isn't a bad oil. I personally would stick with it as I've tried most brands but others might differ but like I said watch out for that can of worms as there's endless opinions on what's the good oil

 

Agreed. You'll get a million different answers from that question. Do a bit of a research and find and oil that you're comfortable with, both in terms of performance and price. I just wouldn't vary greatly from the recommended weight - particularly when new.

 

I went into the local Holden dealer today, to get the low down on what they actually use when servicing.....What does everybody think about ACDelco 10W/30 oil PN# 92148132? It is a GF-3 rated oil not a GF-4 like the owners manual says should be used. Thoughts?

 

Personally I would change oil at 3000kms then every 7500kms to keep the 15k services on track.

You can do the intermediate ones yourself just use the genuine filter and correct oil (and amount of oil) and they got no way of telling you did it.