Honda Civic Fuel, Oil, Cleaners & Other MaintenanceExtending the life of your Honda Civic requires the proper fuel, oil, and cleaners, along with other regularly scheduled maintenance. Keep your Honda Civic fuel and oil at the right levels to keep your Civic on the road longer.
well i think what most people are saying is that you can't trust what a company says about their own product because they are going to say what people want to hear to just get their products sold. if it does last you that long and the oil is analyzed and is still in good running order and the filter does what they say it does by all means go for it... but i myself and a lot of other members, as stated in previous posts, on here will agree too is changing your oil according to the manufacturer so that the engine will run for the longest and at its best.... but hell even then shyt happens and you can't help that... none the less thanks for the info and i hope that you don't learn the hard way...
Yes Sir, that was the only truck that we tried syn. oil in. The rest of that story was, the driver of that truck was a AMSOIL dealer. He drove my dept. head nuts to get him to try it, telling him how much the company could save on oil changes and labor in the long haul. I would actually catch that driver in the drive through wash bay, steaming off the engine to try and hide the oil leaks. We kept extra cases of that oil on the truck because every time you filled up with fuel, it was always one or two quarts going in. That truck had an ongoing oil change, because of leaks or burning of it. To be honest, we probably would have never had to pull the plug on the motor to change the oil because if tested, it would most likely always come back as good because of the constant adding of new oil.
We change oil in everything at 5000 miles now. I can honestly say that we have never had a oil related breakdown of any kind in all the years I`ve been there. We have always used a 15-40 oil in everything, but now we are using some lighter stuff in some of the newer cars and small sport utes.
The key to engine life is staying on a hardcore maint. program. Use the type of oil that the maker recommends and stay on it. You can never have too fresh of oil, if you feel better about changing it before they say to, then do it.
you can't just put full synthetic oil in something that has been running on dino oil it's whole life man. that's why it started leaking.
No waves on my end skoot, everyone has an opinion. I know my truck story does not imply comparing it to a Honda in any way,but, it was an example of what can happen. Also, the truck in question was almost new and probably had around 10 grand on the odo., so the mileage was not a issue in any way about the leaks. I would do some research on burnt fossel fuels and ring blow by when it comes to oil appearance. I would also research low micron filters when it comes to cold weather start ups. Keep burpin` those filters when it gets cold and you will see how long that engine will last. It`s all good, let us know how it works out.
most oil filters these days have 99% or higher filtration. i use anything from K&N to mobil1 to napa gold and they are all excellent filters. heck even the purolator pure-one hangs up there with the top brands having micron filtration. its nothing special to get excited over.
most oil filters these days have 99% or higher filtration. i use anything from K&N to mobil1 to napa gold and they are all excellent filters. heck even the purolator pure-one hangs up there with the top brands having micron filtration. its nothing special to get excited over.
there is nothing wrong with running amsoil 25k in your d17 civic. have any of you ever sent oil away for analysis before jumping to your conclusions? i know of people running amsoil on gt35r boosted k20a2s and k24a2s, 10-15 psi, tracked and some daily driven, running amsoil for 10k-15k before changing it, and oil analysis saying they could have even went further.
i used to run mobil 1 in my k20a2 but it would always be a quart low at the 3k mark and it made me nervous. switched to amsoil, stays full. i'm going to run it to 10k then take it in for oil analysis and see how long i could be running it.
now, i can see the issue with running oil that long for most people, it might make them much less inclined to even open the hood. but, most people on this site are going to be tinkering with their cars pretty often. i check my oil about every other time i get gas.
That's interesting, but why would the amsoil not run low? I mean what's happening to the mobil 1 stuff? Is it evaporating, or is it being burned? And why not the amsoil? I run a quart low every 5-6K on my D16.
why because its synthetic? thats not a good enough reason. Cars that have 500k+ miles on the original motor used conventional oil, not synthetic. Most good mechanics here say they will not recommend synthetic because it does not stick to the metal like conventional does. So every time you let the car sit for more than a day, you are dry starting it. if you dont believe me, get both types of oil, two metal gears, and dip one in each oil and then hang them in the air. come back tomorrow and look at the difference.
That is the case with the guns I clean. I use 5w-30 castrol synthetic on them and the oil just rolls down over time. I use it because it doesn't evaporate. I hope it is still staying in the pores...
I run Royal Purple and oil change every 7500-10k miles. You never need to change it at 3k unless you drive hundreds of miles everyday and are running garbage $1/quart oil.
