I have just bought a brand new Skoda Karoq, 1.5 TSI, petrol and I was wondering when should I do the first oil and oil filter change for longlevity of engine (vw508, 0w-20)?

I own a Skoda Fabia, 1.0 TSI, petrol from 2018 and I did the oil and oil filter change firstly at 5 000km and then every 8 000km (vw 504, 5w-30) and car is now at 92 000km without any issue.

Depends on your mileage, type of runs and what makes you happy.

I’m guessing you plan to keep the car for many years, so make sure the service interval is set to Fixed so oil and filter changes are every 12 months or 10,000 miles. Nothing to stop you doing oil and filter changes more often though. I bought my 2023 Karoq (in April 2024) with 1,080 miles recorded, selling dealer included an oil and filter service as part of the presales prep. When I bought our 2015 Fabia in 2016 900 recorded miles and 1 year old, from a car supermarket so no pre sales prep, I had my local independent do and oil and filter change immediately. Karoq does around 7000 miles a year and the Fabia around 2000 miles a year both have annual services though.

6 hours ago, vulcan said:

Depends on your mileage, type of runs and what makes you happy.

Its brand new car, just bought it. The goal is to keep it as long as possible, same to the 2018 Fabia.

I use it mostly for driving to work only 30km motorway driving and 1-2 long trips per year (more than 500km motorway), I use the other Fabia for rest. I was thinking to do the first one in 5000km and then every 8000km (or 12 months if a year the car does not reach the 8000km), exactly same pattern to my 2018 Fabia.

2 hours ago, thamestrader said:

I’m guessing you plan to keep the car for many years, so make sure the service interval is set to Fixed so oil and filter changes are every 12 months or 10,000 miles. Nothing to stop you doing oil and filter changes more often though. I bought my 2023 Karoq (in April 2024) with 1,080 miles recorded, selling dealer included an oil and filter service as part of the presales prep. When I bought our 2015 Fabia in 2016 900 recorded miles and 1 year old, from a car supermarket so no pre sales prep, I had my local independent do and oil and filter change immediately. Karoq does around 7000 miles a year and the Fabia around 2000 miles a year both have annual services though.

That's a good strategy, so the first oil/oil filter change in sub 1100 miles (1800km) on both of your cars, and then 7000miles (11 000km) or 12 months, whichever comes first!

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by AlexNk