I brought my CX-5 in April, 2014, so far I put 7270 miles on my cx-5. I don't drive very far, usually go work and off work, some local shopping, and maybe few long trip to L.A. I heard some people said that if you got lots short distance driving, your engine will die faster than other cars do lots trip. I don't know is it true, maybe next time I drive to nowhere then going back to work?
7300 miles on a CX-5 after 2 years, is it normal for a car?
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It's not how many miles you put on per year, it's how many trips you make without the engine becoming fully warm. You live in S. Cali, I wouldn't worry about it unless you want to change your oil at 5000 vs. 7500 miles.
I arrival my office about few mins after the blue light went off, is it good enough? I change oil every 8 months, no matter how many miles I put on.
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I drive that in a couple months.
I'm curious how long is your commute? Mine is fairly short too, about 7 miles to work. My last car didn't seem to have any issue lasting 10 years and still running strong after all the short drives (same workplace that whole time). I had about 70,000 miles when I traded her in. The only reason it was that high was because I do road trips 4hrs away every couple months and have double 2 really long road trips with her (12hr drive).
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There's a higher chance for increased fuel dilution in your oil. Might develop some water condensation internally as well. Maybe on the weekend take it for a nice drive to get rid of any moisture and clean any deposits. If you are in LA you can go to some of the mountains roads (Angeles crest, Tujunga Canjon) where they tested the MX-5's suspension. Or maybe take your family up to Malibu and have some good overpriced seafood (Neptune's Net, where the first Fast and Furious was shot). But to answer your question, in theory, yes it might wear a little faster. Over 7k miles for a 2 year old car is below average.
Will do, thanks
From my home to my office is about 1.2 mile. I buy my house close by to my office, so I can sleep more in the morning. If the intersection are green, it will took me 3-5 mins to get there. I usually warm up my car for a minute before I shift to R, so total 6 mins. However, if I have to stop at intersection, it will take me 7-12 minuets to get there. I have four intersections need to pass, usually the blue light shut off at third intersection. I lived in a small town, so not so many traffic.
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One thing you might want to do for your own peace of mind is at your next oil change, get a sample of your used oil and send it out for analysis to a place like Blackstone Labs. http://www.blackstone-labs.com/
so while my commute is longer, time isn't by much. I live near the freeway (half a block to entrance) and work near(2 blocks from exit) it so my commute is 7-10 min drive.
Not sure what type of work you do, but if I lived that close, I would probably bike to work in the spring/summer. I've been considering it with my commute, but I'm out of shape and work too early right now lol.
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Engine wear is significantly increased on repeated short trips, but that will only become apparent when you get very high mileage. Skyactivs warm up quickly, and the blue light is on when coolant temps are below 50c(120f). Operating temp in a skyactiv is 90c(190f). So, even though the light is off, your car still hasn't reached operating temp. Carbon buildup will be your biggest enemy. Skyactivs do suffer from it, but not nearly as bad as German cars like VW, Audi, and BMW. Getting rid of the buildup is easy, take it for at least, a 1 hour highway drive(at least 60mph) and just set cruise. Cylinder temps get super hot and the carbon literally burns away. At first I never believed in this and thought it was dumb, but then I saw it for myself. My friend bought a 2008 Passat 2.0L Turbo(one of the most carbon buildup prone engines ever made) brand new. He drove about the same as you, but in Calgary, we get very cold temps, and his temp gauge never even budged off the bottom, even in the summer. I think the only time it ever reached operating temp was on the test drive before he bought it! Anyways, 5 years down the road and 25,000 miles later, he had a CEL, very poor gas mileage, bad performance, and it misfired when cold. He took it to VW and they wanted to replace the timing belt(at 25,000 miles!!) and do a carbon cleaning, all told, it would've cost him $1,700. He reached out to a German auto specialist and he was told to drive to Canmore(about 1 1/2 away on the highway) and back. He did so and his problems went all away. Gas mileage remained where it was at before, performance, etc. He now does Canmore trips once a month and his car has never ran better.
Just thought I'd share this with you. Don't ever hesitate to take it for a long drive, your car will thank you!
Just thought I'd share this with you. Don't ever hesitate to take it for a long drive, your car will thank you!
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I plugged my scanner into the CX-5 just to see its base operating parameters and for my 2.0 CX-5, the engine temperature while cruise on highway never went above 181 *F (outside temp 72-75). Another interesting thing was that the voltage stayed between 13.5-13.7. Both values lower than my other vehicles. Must be some fuel saving technique....
The other issue with short trips is that you can get fuel contamination in the engine oil. The oil doesn't get hot enough so burn off the fuel contamination so it get diluted with fuel.
Like others have said. Just take it out on a longer trip once a week to burn off the fuel and carbon. Even a good 30 mile trip with some high RPM load driving. Don't baby it, drive it like you stole it
Like others have said. Just take it out on a longer trip once a week to burn off the fuel and carbon. Even a good 30 mile trip with some high RPM load driving. Don't baby it, drive it like you stole it
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Very interesting. The oil temp in my Z06 would hover around 195-200*F, and in my 370Z, 195-205*F. Nothing is wrong with 181*F oil temps, but I wouldn't want to go much lower or you start running into issues.
Surprisingly, my neighbor - a WWII veteran drives to church, .5 miles away and back, daily. His car is 15 years old. No problem whatsoever with carbon buildup. It might just be the type of car, etc. SkyActiv has very advanced technology and they are using the same architecture more or less globally. In JP, for example, short trips are the norm (heck - look at the size of entire JP!). In EU, not 1 mile but I know friends who travel no more than 2 to 3 miles total, daily....
