first oil change at 10k?
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Originally Posted by clickwir
Honda says 10k miles... wait 10k miles. If something bad happens, that's what the warrenty is for.
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Originally Posted by e30dood
Honda puts a special additive in your engine oil to protect it and make sure the engine properly breaks in, a service writer told me this when I was working at the dealership at one point. It's just the first oil change. After that, your can lower your intervals to every 3k or 5k miles. It's up to you, you can have it changed earlier.
The manual says every 10k miles for the I4, and 7.5k for the V6.
Personally, I wouldn't wait so long, since the drivetrain prob. shears off more metal particles during the break-in period. My dealer gave me 3 freebies, the first one at 3750 miles. A good way is to look at the oil after 10k and see if it's clean. I'd be surprised if it wasn't slightly syrupy and black. If so, then change it more frequently. Mine looked pretty dirty after 7500 miles, so I'll probably go about 5k miles. More often never hurts, it's just more $.
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Originally Posted by dwasifar
That's assuming the resulting problem occurs within the warranty period, tho. If the wrong decision about that first 10K interval causes your engine to fail at half its life, meaning say 100K instead of 200K, the warranty won't help you.
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Originally Posted by clickwir
15quarts in a porsche?E?EEEE
Honda says 10k miles... wait 10k miles. If something bad happens, that's what the warrenty is for.
I'm sure they didn't just pull that number off a dart board at a drunken late night at the shop, just follow what they say and if there's a problem after that, then talk to them.
Honda says 10k miles... wait 10k miles. If something bad happens, that's what the warrenty is for.
I'm sure they didn't just pull that number off a dart board at a drunken late night at the shop, just follow what they say and if there's a problem after that, then talk to them.
yeah 15qts but that's for the air cooled ones and the oil provided cooling too.
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btw BMW oil change interval is ~15K miles but they use synthetic oil from the factory.
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Originally Posted by mrksts
When did you work for Honda? I'm curious because I've never heard of the additive thing...
The manual says every 10k miles for the I4, and 7.5k for the V6.
Personally, I wouldn't wait so long, since the drivetrain prob. shears off more metal particles during the break-in period. My dealer gave me 3 freebies, the first one at 3750 miles. A good way is to look at the oil after 10k and see if it's clean. I'd be surprised if it wasn't slightly syrupy and black. If so, then change it more frequently. Mine looked pretty dirty after 7500 miles, so I'll probably go about 5k miles. More often never hurts, it's just more $.
The manual says every 10k miles for the I4, and 7.5k for the V6.
Personally, I wouldn't wait so long, since the drivetrain prob. shears off more metal particles during the break-in period. My dealer gave me 3 freebies, the first one at 3750 miles. A good way is to look at the oil after 10k and see if it's clean. I'd be surprised if it wasn't slightly syrupy and black. If so, then change it more frequently. Mine looked pretty dirty after 7500 miles, so I'll probably go about 5k miles. More often never hurts, it's just more $.