leonard26 5 Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 I took my LT1 in to the dealership today to get my first oil change and the service manager walks into the waiting room and says we have a problem with ou Spark. I am like its brand new what could be wrong with it? He tells me that they do not have an oil filter in stock and can not find one at any of the local stores, then he says that they already removed the old filter and does not feel comfortable in just putting it back in as it may leak. Tells me it could be up to 3 days before they can get one because of the weekend. They offer me a car to use while I wait, it's a 2008 HHR I would have rather had a brand new Camaro they had on the lot but its ok. They ended up calling me later today to tell me they found one about an hour away and the car would be ready Saturday. So if you take your Spark somewhere to get the oil changed make sure they have a filter before they start. Granty and jack 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Greg_E 211 Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 If you've read some of my other posts, you'll understand why I'm not surprised. Autozone lists the car, and they have one part... the rear wiper blade. Guess I better have my dealer order a filter for me because I think by the end of next week I'm going to want to get the oil out of it and switch to full synthetic, should be broken in enough by 1500 miles. Link to post Share on other sites
AlexBarsan 10 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 This motor dos not need to be "broken" and it has full synthetic in it, ACDELCO DEXTOS II 5w30, but its a good measure to change the factory oil. Link to post Share on other sites
Greg_E 211 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 In the USA they have to label the ACDelco oil as a blend, but other countries allow it to be labled as full synthetic. My thoughts are just to wash out the manufacturing crud that is always present, there should be a small amount of metal shavings from the cylinders wearing in that need to be removed. Link to post Share on other sites
weetsj 39 Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 my spark had maintenance at 15.000 / 30.000 and 45.000 km, and had no problems at al Link to post Share on other sites
AlexBarsan 10 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 my spark had maintenance at 15.000 / 30.000 and 45.000 km, and had no problems at al Same here and still using the ACDdeloco 5w30 synthetic, but me to, I flushed out the factory oil at 1,000Km. Link to post Share on other sites
weetsj 39 Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 At 1.000? isn't that too soon? it needs to be flushed after 15.000 because to flush out the metal splinters. that is what they do at 15.000 km Link to post Share on other sites
Granty 0 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Had fun tonight trying to get out the oil filter. Has anyone else had similar issues? What tool did you use? Link to post Share on other sites
Greg_E 211 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 I'm not even sure where it is located or what size it might be. Link to post Share on other sites
weetsj 39 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 by the way, i think i used 10W40, but the gasoline is different in Europe Link to post Share on other sites
jack 3 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 I took my LT1 in to the dealership today to get my first oil change and the service manager walks into the waiting room and says we have a problem with ou Spark. I am like its brand new what could be wrong with it? He tells me that they do not have an oil filter in stock and can not find one at any of the local stores, then he says that they already removed the old filter and does not feel comfortable in just putting it back in as it may leak. Tells me it could be up to 3 days before they can get one because of the weekend. They offer me a car to use while I wait, it's a 2008 HHR I would have rather had a brand new Camaro they had on the lot but its ok. They ended up calling me later today to tell me they found one about an hour away and the car would be ready Saturday. So if you take your Spark somewhere to get the oil changed make sure they have a filter before they start. Good note on making sure the oil filter was in stock before removing the old one. Now, about that Camaro Had fun tonight trying to get out the oil filter. Has anyone else had similar issues? What tool did you use? How long did it take to change the filter? Link to post Share on other sites
freeninedy9 0 Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 don't know how Mexico does it, but in the USA the Sparks are factory filled with Semi-Synthetic 5-20 and CANNOT be filled with ANYTHING OTHER THAN 5-20. If Dexos-1 certified oil is not available, any 5-20 with the API starburst will be acceptable. If you put synthetic in it, you're exceeding Dexos1 standards anyway, so Mobil1 5-20 will be just great. Dexos2 in the US is for diesel specs, and do never ever ever fill it with anything other than 5-20 if you're in the US. Link to post Share on other sites
Greg_E 211 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Mobile1 5-30 is Dexos1 and is the optional fully synthetic dealer oil. Link to post Share on other sites
dbnspark 7 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Changed the oil today. Filter was tight, but filter wrench did the job. Bought 3 filters at the dealer. Hopefully by the time I use the other 2, Bosch will have a Distance Plus filter available for the Spark. Link to post Share on other sites
joehornback 5 Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Is there an aftermarket oil filter yet? Or is everyone still getting them from the dealers? I did some googling and only found an ac/delco number, wondering if anyone has used it : Part Number: 96985730 Manufacturer: ACDELCO PROFESSIONAL Link to post Share on other sites
TheMission 8 Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 I've ordered 4 of them from RockAuto for 5.43 a piece. but 9 bucks shipping :(, so around 8 bucks a piece. They are in ACDELCO boxes, but the inside boxes are full on GM OEM oil filters and TINY! Combined with 25 dollars for 5 quarts of Mobile 1 at Walmart, once full change is around 33 bucks. Smikster 1 Link to post Share on other sites
joehornback 5 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I got one today at my local Chevy dealer for 8 bucks. Not bad really considering it was from the dealer. I bought Quaker State 5w-20 full synthetic oil. It had the dextros approval on it. I use castrol in my truck but it isn't dextros approved. I haven't changed the oil yet, it's still sitting in my garage. Does everyone else use full synthetic oil? Was this a good choice? Link to post Share on other sites
bluer101 241 Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 I get the first oil change free but I'm thinking of doing it myself. I'm going to the dealer for the filter and going to us Mobil 1. Since the Spark already uses a synthetic blend or pure I'm going to continue it with Mobil 1. Link to post Share on other sites
TheMission 8 Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 You really can't go wrong with mobile one, it's highly rated by pretty much everyone, except the amsoil gurus, but even they have to admit it's pretty great stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
austex04 48 Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 (edited) While on this topic, check out the one I posted in the maintenance topic. Yes, I also diy maintenance, but my first is free at the dealer, and for good reason. The oil filters are always on way too tight at the factory, because no oil was used on the seals, and a machine tightened it on there. I used M1 for years, it's good stuff. Google bobistheoilguy.com, good info. Btw : does the oil drain plug use a crush washer, or a rubber seal? Edited April 23, 2013 by austex04 Link to post Share on other sites
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