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The last oil change I had at the dealer was not the best. I did not get the tech I wanted.
He put all of the 4 quarts in I provided, and he also took the cap off the radiator to check the coolant and I have been smelling it all week.

Kind of glad I put some tape around and a "Do not top" note on the brake fluid filler. I hate it when people top off my brake fluid with some who knows what generic.

I used to do my own changes but got lazy.

 
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i do my own. i use the fram filter with 5w 30 mobile one oil. about ever other oil change i add some lucas fuel injector cleaner and it does wonders to my fuel milage about 3 more miles per gallon. doing it yourself is less of a hassle.

 
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Fram Filter with Castrol Syntec Blend. I know when to change the oil when it looks dark and or smells unlike new oil. Don't go by what the manual says on when to change your oil! Less than 4000 miles is good.

 
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honda oil filter with mobile1 5w30 full synthetic every 2k miles. o_O

 
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i feel more in control of my cars scheduled maintenance when i change the oil myself, i havent taken it to the dealer since i have owned it, but it will go there soon to get a full tune up

 
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No such thing as a tune-up on our cars. Only thging they can do is change the plugs.


As far as changing oil hot or cold, this comes from old school to change hot as the oil at that time would not "hold"contaminates when it cooled. It would also become much thicker and more would remain in the motor.

 
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Yeah, it is kind of old-school thinking, but it's still more thorough, if not completely necessary.

 
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i usually run to walmart in my car to gte the oil watrm first then i change it, cold oil takes way too long to drain and i value my free time when i get it

 
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^wat the ****??? hahhaha

 
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This thread has no point. So I slapped him for being stupid.

 
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Ive switch to full sythentic for bout a year now and I noticed almost immediatly a slight temp decrease I guess this is good a cooler engine??

 
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actually the hotter the engine the better it'll operate versus colder temperature

 
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also...if u have over 70k miles on ur car, its not a good idea to switch to syn. oil.......why? because there are stuff called "MOLY" that you need

if u switch to syn., the syn. oil will clean out all ur moly and you will start havin oil leaks...

if u wanna use syn. oil, you should start when ur car is young

 
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Disregard this nonsense. Where do you get this from? If you are a member of bitog, you need to sit down and do some more research.

 
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^i actually got it on this site from searching for valvoline maxlife oil....throught the millions of threads.....

anyways if ur car is a high milage, you should stick with a high moly count oil...such as maxlife...high milage cars benifite more from high count moly oils....syn oils dont have as much moly as such as maxlife.....

 
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Yes, moly is good for older cars, but most synthetic have a bit of it. Not as much as maxlife, but it is there. Maxlife also comes in synthetic. I thin maxlife is the best bang for your buck on older cars, but there are better oils, although those are not going to MAKE your car run longer or anything of that nature. Switch to synthetic oil is fine for higher millage cars. The only thing that it can damage is the carbon deposits that have accumulated in the engine, which there should be any unless the car was ran with a detergent free oil.

 
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^ahhah i was wondering when you were gonna come n speak about this...

 
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I've been busy lately, I don't get on much anymore, I even stepped down as mod... But that's what life does to a person

 
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I think I've even seen Mobil1 full synthetic for higher mileage engines.

 
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5w-20 or 5w-30 Royal Purple and a hamp oil filter

 
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Unsubscribed.

 
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Amsoil Ftw!

 
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Always DIY when it comes to oil. I'm too paranoid, and for good reason.

 
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Is there anything wrong with just going to Honda and buying the oil and filter from there? That's what I do... but I honestly know nothing about cars.

 
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yea, they charge you about 2x the amount u SHOULD actually pay

 
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I paid $18 for the oil and filter... I think that's pretty damn good if you ask me. I'm curious as to whether the oil and filter are good in quality. You think it would be considering it's coming from the dealer, but then again you think it would be overpriced coming from them too but in my opinion it was priced well.

Quality of their oil and filter?

 
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The oil will vary, but rest assured it is decent oil and your engine will live a long healthy life. A few dealerships around me use Exxon Superflo, others i know have used castrol gtx. Honda oil filters aren't bad, but they're not the best either. They're certainly good enough to get the job done. Also, I agree that $18 is a great deal.

 
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Im reading this post and I think its the same one that was talking about OEM filters being made by FRAM.

I asked one of our ooold techs about them being made by fram and he did say they were made by fram. They have the same cardboard endcaps like frams.

We also carry an aftermarket oil filter that actually seems better than the OEM it has metal end caps and a metal bypass the filter element is actually longer and wider too!

I have a pic ill post it later i have to get it off my phone.

And to talk about what kind of oil honda uses. It varries from different hondas. I mean some are corporate owned and some are not.
We do not use a synthetic blend we use regular penzoil 5w20.

 
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We have had a 10.99 special over here for Months!! IT sux cause these people are cheap and dont want to pay for Anything else!