Oil change warning after 6000 miles

[M.E.K.]

We have a kuga diesel 14 months old, only done 6000 miles and warning system saying -"Change engine oil"

Ford state that the service period for this car is 12000 miles or 2 years

In my opinion the oil is not fit for purpose , anyone else experienced this ?? 

[iantt]

It's not the oil that's not fit for purpose, it's the modern  diesel engine emmisions that's not fit for purpose esp with short journey low mileages. Should have bought a petrol engine car doing low miles. 

[unofix]

43 minutes ago, M.E.K. said:

We have a kuga diesel 14 months old, only done 6000 miles

Ford will class that kind of use as "extreme" and therefore the service schedule will call for more frequent oil changes.

https://www.ford.co.uk/support/how-tos/oil-change/oil-change-information/how-often-should-i-change-the-oil-in-my-ford-vehicle

[DaveT70]

43 minutes ago, M.E.K. said:

We have a kuga diesel 14 months old, only done 6000 miles and warning system saying -"Change engine oil"

Ford state that the service period for this car is 12000 miles or 2 years

In my opinion the oil is not fit for purpose , anyone else experienced this ?? 

 

I'm sure it's 12 months 10,000 miles on a Diesel (my Focus 1.5 Ecoblue was)

It's possible it's still on the original oil

[TomsFocus]

5 minutes ago, DaveT70 said:

 

I'm sure it's 12 months 10,000 miles on a Diesel (my Focus 1.5 Ecoblue was)

It's possible it's still on the original oil

24 months or 18k on the Kuga 2.0 EcoBlue.  So I would expect it to still be on the original oil.

The 'intelligent oil life' oil change can be completed outside of that, as soon as the oil degrades as in the case of the OP.

[DaveT70]

6 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

24 months or 18k on the Kuga 2.0 EcoBlue.  So I would expect it to still be on the original oil.

Crikey! Who'd want to leave diesel oil for 2 years???

Get it changed ASAP

[M.E.K.]

20 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

24 months or 18k on the Kuga 2.0 EcoBlue.  So I would expect it to still be on the original oil.

The 'intelligent oil life' oil change can be completed outside of that, as soon as the oil degrades as in the case of the OP.

It is the original oil. I booked it in when it was 12 months old for a service and ford advised it was 2 year service period. My argument is that if the warning comes on after 6000miles then surely the oil ford gas put in from new is not fit for purpose.

[TomsFocus]

1 minute ago, M.E.K. said:

It is the original oil. I booked it in when it was 12 months old for a service and ford advised it was 2 year service period. My argument is that if the warning comes on after 6000miles then surely the oil ford gas put in from new is not fit for purpose.

No, that's not correct.  The level of oil degradation is measured by a sensor.  oil degrades when it gets contaminated by moisture that isn't burnt off or excess diesel that's used for DPF regeneration.

If you spend all day on the motorway racking up the miles, the oil will last 2 years.  If you do lots of short drives in stop-start traffic, the oil will degrade before that 2 years.  It's your driving style that's the problem, not the oil.  There is a specific 'oil only' service for exactly this situation.

[M.E.K.]

58 minutes ago, iantt said:

It's not the oil that's not fit for purpose, it's the modern  diesel engine emmisions that's not fit for purpose esp with short journey low mileages. Should have bought a petrol engine car doing low miles. 

We did have a new petrol vignale last time from new, which gave us 22 miles to the gallon on average. Thats why we bought a diesel!

[DaveT70]

16 minutes ago, M.E.K. said:

We did have a new petrol vignale last time from new, which gave us 22 miles to the gallon on average. Thats why we bought a diesel!

If you're only driving it around town, on stop start journeys, budget to change the oil at least every 12 months

[onefortheroad]

Maybe the service was carried out , but the technian didnt reset the service and it's now hit the mileage for a service??