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[hr]Originally posted by: 4Saris
NEVER, EVER TRUST A SALESMAN. I am in the business and we attempt to give them as little information as possible. To be safe, the recommendation is to change it every 3000, but it did begin as a marketing ploy by the oil companies. Every 5k should be adequate. Synthetics tend to bond a little better to the engine parts and have a higher boiling point, but no conclusive evidence to show it is doing better than conventional oils.[hr]
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[hr]Originally posted by: theguysmiley
The salesman I bought my car from told me 7,500...but I switched to synthetic on my first change (5,000), and now I'm going to change my oil every 5,000 with synthetic (even though I could go 7,500 with no problems). The only problem with going synthetic is it's freakin' expensive, but the Civic runs smooth as silk with it, so I think it's worth it
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[hr]Originally posted by: theguysmiley
The salesman I bought my car from told me 7,500...but I switched to synthetic on my first change (5,000), and now I'm going to change my oil every 5,000 with synthetic (even though I could go 7,500 with no problems). The only problem with going synthetic is it's freakin' expensive, but the Civic runs smooth as silk with it, so I think it's worth it
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[hr]Originally posted by: Fern
In my old prelude (which by the way you gotta see some pictures, a 2 ton oak tree landed on it recently) I used to change the oil every 3k miles. I now have 5k miles on my civic and was wondering when Ishould change it. Is the honda manual/website's reccommendation of not changing it till 10k miles accurate? that seems a long wayto go on the car's first oil.[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: Fern
In my old prelude (which by the way you gotta see some pictures, a 2 ton oak tree landed on it recently) I used to change the oil every 3k miles. I now have 5k miles on my civic and was wondering when Ishould change it. Is the honda manual/website's reccommendation of not changing it till 10k miles accurate? that seems a long wayto go on the car's first oil.[hr]
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