When Should I change Engine Oil?
When Should I change Engine Oil?
I have 03 Civic, and I am currently livin in Canada.
I am not too sure when to change my motor oil since I ride alot.
I ride about 4000km per month and I am at 12000km rite now.
sould it be same as the manual says? I had a oil and filter changed by my self at 4000km and that was my last oil change.
any ideas?
I am not too sure when to change my motor oil since I ride alot.
I ride about 4000km per month and I am at 12000km rite now.
sould it be same as the manual says? I had a oil and filter changed by my self at 4000km and that was my last oil change.
any ideas?
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this topic has been beaten up b4 and i gurantee it will get locked and u will get told to search.......haha, i can see the future.
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Rep Power: 608 i dont' know the conversion to km, but i change mine around 2,000- 2,500 miles and the avg is 3,000.
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Rep Power: 0 Originally posted by skiboard
lol sorry about that. Search on this computer doesnt work proply. it just brings up alllllllll~~ of the topics(or random topics). strange...
lol sorry about that. Search on this computer doesnt work proply. it just brings up alllllllll~~ of the topics(or random topics). strange...
Oh and its usually a good idea to change your oil every 3,000 miles.
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Rep Power: 336 Originally posted by GabberHead
Every 10,000 miles per manual since I do a lot of highway. Oh, and you're wasting your money if you change every 3000.
Every 10,000 miles per manual since I do a lot of highway. Oh, and you're wasting your money if you change every 3000.
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Rep Power: 0 Originally posted by GabberHead
Every 10,000 miles per manual since I do a lot of highway. Oh, and you're wasting your money if you change every 3000.
Every 10,000 miles per manual since I do a lot of highway. Oh, and you're wasting your money if you change every 3000.
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Rep Power: 0 Originally posted by GabberHead
Every 10,000 miles per manual since I do a lot of highway. Oh, and you're wasting your money if you change every 3000.
Every 10,000 miles per manual since I do a lot of highway. Oh, and you're wasting your money if you change every 3000.
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Rep Power: 388 when to change your oil actually depends on its viscosity. I am a 3500 to 4k person myself because I want my engine to be very well taken care of but, in the army we never changed oil in our engines even after years and years of the same oil. They did run tests on the oil to test the viscosity. That s all that really matters in the end.
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Rep Power: 0 Oh yeah forgot to mention that. If you use Penzoil, change it every 200 miles or so. Because Penzoil is ****. If you have Valvoline or any other kind of synthetic oil that's half decent, I would recommend 4-5k
All you guys are idiots. You should only change your oil when the oil light comes on, when the light starts blinking and you hear a "ding ding ding ding" sound. If you change your oil before the lights comes on, you are wasting money.
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All you guys are idiots. You should only change your oil when the oil light comes on, when the light starts blinking and you hear a "ding ding ding ding" sound. If you change your oil before the lights comes on, you are wasting money.
All you guys are idiots. You should only change your oil when the oil light comes on, when the light starts blinking and you hear a "ding ding ding ding" sound. If you change your oil before the lights comes on, you are wasting money.
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From: SF Bay Area, California, US
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what a jackass....why not change your oil every 4 grand? Oil is cheap and it keeps your engine clean. you cant judge the cleanliness by the color
what a jackass....why not change your oil every 4 grand? Oil is cheap and it keeps your engine clean. you cant judge the cleanliness by the color
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Rep Power: 0 Originally posted by HustleLikeMOFO
All you guys are idiots. You should only change your oil when the oil light comes on, when the light starts blinking and you hear a "ding ding ding ding" sound. If you change your oil before the lights comes on, you are wasting money.
All you guys are idiots. You should only change your oil when the oil light comes on, when the light starts blinking and you hear a "ding ding ding ding" sound. If you change your oil before the lights comes on, you are wasting money.
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Rep Power: 0 Originally posted by GabberHead
Every 10,000 miles per manual since I do a lot of highway. Oh, and you're wasting your money if you change every 3000.
Every 10,000 miles per manual since I do a lot of highway. Oh, and you're wasting your money if you change every 3000.
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Rep Power: 0 i just changed my oil at 5000 miles.
this is the most conservative nubmer in the manual.
i think Honda knows our cars best, and has no reason to lie to us.
jiffy lube has brainwashed the masses with their marketing to think we need oil changes every 3000 miles.
this is the most conservative nubmer in the manual.
i think Honda knows our cars best, and has no reason to lie to us.
jiffy lube has brainwashed the masses with their marketing to think we need oil changes every 3000 miles.
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Rep Power: 336 think of it this way...what does honda have to gain if you change your oil every 10,000 miles? loads of $$ actually.
by leaving it in for 10,000 miles, you can cause unneeded wear on the engine, but still be able to pull a lot of miles out fo the car. You'd think "wow, this car has lasted over 100,000 miles before it died. I'm going to get ANOTHER honda!" now add in how many civic owners there are, and wham! loads of profit for such a conserative car company.
by leaving it in for 10,000 miles, you can cause unneeded wear on the engine, but still be able to pull a lot of miles out fo the car. You'd think "wow, this car has lasted over 100,000 miles before it died. I'm going to get ANOTHER honda!" now add in how many civic owners there are, and wham! loads of profit for such a conserative car company.
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