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Giving my age away here with this question...lol. In the old days when you bought a brand new car with less than 100 miles on the engine, you were told you had to gradually "break-in the engine" and you could not drive the car over 55 mph until 3,000 miles were on the engine and you went in for your first oil change, due to fine metal shavings that would gradually work out of the engine and into the oil.
Kia recently installed the new 2021 K5 TURBO engine in my 2012 Kia Optima SX-T under the recall as the old engine seized up about a month ago at 127,000 miles. I now have 1,500 miles on the brand new 2021 Turbo engine and I have a road trip coming up next week where interstate highway speeds are an average 70-75 mph for my 13 hour trip. Do these modern engines require that break-in period and first oil change like the old ones did before you can drive speeds over 55 mph?
Should I just go ahead and get the oil changed before the trip? What is everyone running in their K5 Turbo Engines now - regular oil, 50/50 blend or full Synthetic?
Kia recently installed the new 2021 K5 TURBO engine in my 2012 Kia Optima SX-T under the recall as the old engine seized up about a month ago at 127,000 miles. I now have 1,500 miles on the brand new 2021 Turbo engine and I have a road trip coming up next week where interstate highway speeds are an average 70-75 mph for my 13 hour trip. Do these modern engines require that break-in period and first oil change like the old ones did before you can drive speeds over 55 mph?
Should I just go ahead and get the oil changed before the trip? What is everyone running in their K5 Turbo Engines now - regular oil, 50/50 blend or full Synthetic?