So , I took delivery of my van on February of 06. It had 31 miles on it as I purchased it through a broker and figured it was sourced from a not to near dealer. Who knows how it was driven to the pick up point. But that did not deter me from doing my version of breaking in the van , especially with oil changes. I recently transferred my written maintenance history from the maintenance booklet into my computer in a spread sheet format. The columns created were date , mileage , work performed and notes. One item that stood out ( this was 15 years ago ) was the oil change periods when I first got the van.
Within a period of 8 months with 4600 miles I did 4 oil changes ( using dino oil). The changes were done at 623 miles , 1181 , 2039 , 4572 miles. From then on between 5k-6k miles to present. Do you think this was excessive? The van drives like the first day I got it! So why my interest now? Well a family member has new Honda CRV and was told what the break in procedure is and is nothing compared to what I did. I suppose after 15 years or so, a stringent break in procedure when it comes to oil changes intervals is not required anymore. So if you purchased a new generation 2 Sienna in those years , 04-06 , how did you address your oil changes?
Within a period of 8 months with 4600 miles I did 4 oil changes ( using dino oil). The changes were done at 623 miles , 1181 , 2039 , 4572 miles. From then on between 5k-6k miles to present. Do you think this was excessive? The van drives like the first day I got it! So why my interest now? Well a family member has new Honda CRV and was told what the break in procedure is and is nothing compared to what I did. I suppose after 15 years or so, a stringent break in procedure when it comes to oil changes intervals is not required anymore. So if you purchased a new generation 2 Sienna in those years , 04-06 , how did you address your oil changes?