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Old Oct 15, 2023 | 01:27 AM
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Is there such a thing as break in oil change service?

My car is at nearly 1k miles. I know that bmw m cars have a break in oil change at 1 k miles. Is there such thing for e63s? I see some guys are changing oil early as well as rear differential. Just curious what y’all would recommend. Thank you!
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Old Oct 15, 2023 | 03:02 AM
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Nope. There used to be a recommended fluid change for the electronic locking differential at 2000 miles, but that is no longer necessary as of 2019.
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Old Oct 15, 2023 | 09:06 AM
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I always get my oil changed and send it into Blackstone Laboratories immediately proceeding break-in. Of course it's not necessary but makes me feel good.
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Old Oct 15, 2023 | 10:26 AM
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Oil is so cheap and easy so to me it's worth it and I always do it. Any impurities are removed from manufacturing along with a fresh oil filter will give a little more confidence if you plan on keeping the car for a long time.
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Old Oct 15, 2023 | 10:41 AM
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I changed the oil and diff fluid at 2-3,000. I’m old and stubborn and don’t understand what changed to suddenly not require it so I did it.
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Old Oct 15, 2023 | 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by ocdbroker
I always get my oil changed and send it into Blackstone Laboratories immediately proceeding break-in. Of course it's not necessary but makes me feel good.
Use of break-in oil for Mercedes went away 20 years ago. The only oil that was requiring oil change was the rear Differential at 2000 miles, but even that requirement has been eliminated. I'm not sure what an oil analysis on modern engines would accomplish or even be indicative of engine longevity. What do you do with the results anyway?
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Old Oct 15, 2023 | 11:52 AM
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I dont care what anyone says. Your diff still needs ~500 miles to break-in properly and getting all the little sparklies out of a new motor still sounds like a good idea to me. Besides, what's the harm in doing it early? Have I violated the new rules and regulations? Are they going to send the oil change police to my house? Am I going to get a ticket for not being carbon neutral?
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Old Oct 15, 2023 | 05:31 PM
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I dont care what anyone says. Your diff still needs ~500 miles to break-in properly and getting all the little sparklies out of a new motor still sounds like a good idea to me. Besides, what's the harm in doing it early? Have I violated the new rules and regulations? Are they going to send the oil change police to my house? Am I going to get a ticket for not being carbon neutral?
Nope!
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that because AMG breaks in every single engine before it leaves Affalterbach...

They have to as they need to make sure that there are no oil leaks, coolant leaks etc.

This video is for the AMG M177 but it applies to every single engine that AMG build

copy the link, it starts at the point where they go to cold engine turn then to the combustion based run.

Start time is at 9:20



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Old Oct 16, 2023 | 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by figuwx
that because AMG breaks in every single engine before it leaves Affalterbach...

They have to as they need to make sure that there are no oil leaks, coolant leaks etc.

This video is for the AMG M177 but it applies to every single engine that AMG build

copy the link, it starts at the point where they go to cold engine turn then to the combustion based run.

Start time is at 9:20


https://youtube.com/1J4dJyqg2vA?si=1...n7lalWzT&t=559
That's not correct at all. AMG doesn't break in engines at all. They all go to the cold test rig and that's it. The engine isn't even fired up until the car is fully built. The hot run you see in the video are periodic samples they pull from production to make sure the engines are still holding up and no quality issues have cropped up. I was at the factory in 2019 and talked about this in length. They specifically wanna leave the break in experience to the customers.

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Old Oct 17, 2023 | 10:38 AM
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I just try to get the oil changed frequently, don't care too much about cost, its a small price to pay for peace of mind
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Old Oct 17, 2023 | 11:49 AM
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Hell I will change my oil before a roll race event , make 4-5 passes then bring it home and change the oil back to the street stuff I use. As long as it always looks crystal clear,I'm good to good for the future street beatings I will put on it. Plus it's really free. FCP Euro warranties their oil for life so I can change it every month if I wanted !! LOL
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It used to be that you ran dino oil for the first miles to let the piston rings to bed in before switching to synthetic oil. New tolerances and materials negated that need.
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Old Oct 19, 2023 | 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by lkfoster
It used to be that you ran dino oil for the first miles to let the piston rings to bed in before switching to synthetic oil. New tolerances and materials negated that need.
What's dino oil? You do know oil doesn't come from dinosaurs? It comes from dead organisms (diatoms) that collected at the bottom of the oceans over millions of years long before dinosaurs were around. Anyway, break-in oil is highly refined mineral oil with an anti-wear additive package to optimize wear protection during the engine break-in. BMW still does it with their M engines to this day I believe, but pretty much everybody else no longer requires it.
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What's dino oil?
Commonly used term by those of us back in the day for "normal" oils when synthetic oils were first coming on the market.

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