New Civic oil change question
The new Civics have a digital readout on the oil quality. The dealer said
we should change the oil at 40%. Is that just the first oil change or all changes? Should we wait until 10% or less? Thanks, Wayne |
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"Wayne" <wayne2201@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9ADC7A457AEFAwayne2201yahoocom@207.115.33. 102... > The new Civics have a digital readout on the oil quality. The dealer said > we should change the oil at 40%. Is that just the first oil change or all > changes? Should we wait until 10% or less? Crack the manual open. The dealer is just trying to get you in sooner/more often for increased revenue. The maintenence light doesn't come on (indicating time for an oil change among other items) if I remember correctly till 15%. Also, I'm not sure if it still holds true for 2008 models, but previous years the owners manual strongly warns to NOT do the first oil change prematurely for proper engine break-in. |
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Wayne <wayne2201@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns9ADC7A457AEFAwayne2201yahoocom@207.115.33. 102: > The new Civics have a digital readout on the oil quality. The dealer > said we should change the oil at 40%. Is that just the first oil > change or all changes? Should we wait until 10% or less? > > Thanks, Wayne > what does the OWNERS MANUAL say? I'd follow that before I'd listen to a dealer who says otherwise. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:01:21 GMT, Wayne <wayne2201@hotmail.com> wrote:
>The new Civics have a digital readout on the oil quality. The dealer said >we should change the oil at 40%. Is that just the first oil change or all >changes? Should we wait until 10% or less? > >Thanks, Wayne Just to make them look like idiots, ask them to tell you where in the book it says that you should change it at 40% and then find a new place to get your car serviced at because if that shop hoses you on this, you can imagine what else they will be taking you to the cleaners on. You should leave the break in oil as long as possible but no sooner than 15%. If you can leave it at 10 or 5 the better. |
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On 2008-07-16, nick@nowhere.com <nick@nowhere.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:01:21 GMT, Wayne <wayne2201@hotmail.com> wrote: > >>The new Civics have a digital readout on the oil quality. The dealer said >>we should change the oil at 40%. Is that just the first oil change or all >>changes? Should we wait until 10% or less? >> >>Thanks, Wayne > > > Just to make them look like idiots, ask them to tell you where in the > book it says that you should change it at 40% and then find a new > place to get your car serviced at because if that shop hoses you on > this, you can imagine what else they will be taking you to the > cleaners on. > > You should leave the break in oil as long as possible but no sooner > than 15%. If you can leave it at 10 or 5 the better. Heh. My dealer now comes to me after each service reporting that they have a new service schedule that they recommend, rather than following the maintenance minder. Oil changes at 3500 Miles, and changes for everything else as well... I laugh at them each time, tell them to keep thier pamphlet, and walk out... ;-) -- Joe - Linux User #449481/Ubuntu User #19733 joe at hits - buffalo dot com "Hate is baggage, life is too short to go around pissed off all the time..." - Danny, American History X |
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Joe wrote:
> On 2008-07-16, nick@nowhere.com <nick@nowhere.com> wrote: >> On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:01:21 GMT, Wayne <wayne2201@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> The new Civics have a digital readout on the oil quality. The dealer said >>> we should change the oil at 40%. Is that just the first oil change or all >>> changes? Should we wait until 10% or less? >>> >>> Thanks, Wayne >> >> Just to make them look like idiots, ask them to tell you where in the >> book it says that you should change it at 40% and then find a new >> place to get your car serviced at because if that shop hoses you on >> this, you can imagine what else they will be taking you to the >> cleaners on. >> >> You should leave the break in oil as long as possible but no sooner >> than 15%. If you can leave it at 10 or 5 the better. > > Heh. My dealer now comes to me after each service reporting that they > have a new service schedule that they recommend, rather than following > the maintenance minder. Oil changes at 3500 Miles, and changes for > everything else as well... > > I laugh at them each time, tell them to keep thier pamphlet no, there's a much more appropriate place for them to locate it... >, and walk > out... ;-) > > |
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On 2008-07-16, jim beam <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote:
> > no, there's a much more appropriate place for them to locate it... I've stopped getting most of my services done there anyhow, especially now that the warranty has expired on my '06. The dealer I used didn't offer Mobil-1, anyhow, so I have been using a local car wash that also has a "fast oil change" that they added about 6 years ago. These guys are more thorough than a couple of the dealers I have dealt with, and all of the fast-lube chains. They always change the drain plug and crush washer on every Honda, without it needing to be requested, and they have never given a bad recommendation (air filters, cabin filters, oil or tranny "flushes", etc). If anyone is in the Western NY Area and looking for a place they can trust, I HIGHLY recommend the Delta Sonic chain, especially the location on Delaware Ave in Buffalo. Now enough of the commercial... ;-) Not too often you find a service place you can really trust, though, and I have put them all through the paces locally... ;-) -- Joe - Linux User #449481/Ubuntu User #19733 joe at hits - buffalo dot com "Hate is baggage, life is too short to go around pissed off all the time..." - Danny, American History X |
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"Wayne" <wayne2201@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Xns9ADC7A457AEFAwayne2201yahoocom@207.115.33. 102... > The new Civics have a digital readout on the oil quality. The dealer said > we should change the oil at 40%. Is that just the first oil change or all > changes? Should we wait until 10% or less? > > Thanks, Wayne Bullshit. Please read your owners manual. It will answer this question and it is loaded with all kinds of other useful information. |
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"Truckdude" <shrub@thedeecider.com> wrote in
news:wVpfk.257912$Tj3.163748@en-nntp-02.dc1.easynews.com: > > "Wayne" <wayne2201@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:Xns9ADC7A457AEFAwayne2201yahoocom@207.115.33. 102... >> The new Civics have a digital readout on the oil quality. The dealer >> said we should change the oil at 40%. Is that just the first oil >> change or all changes? Should we wait until 10% or less? >> >> Thanks, Wayne > > Bullshit. Please read your owners manual. It will answer this question > and it is loaded with all kinds of other useful information. > > > I can't BELIEVE that people would seek 'advice' from newsgroup posters before their own new auto's owner's manual. Especially on something like a new car's oil changes. Or that anyone would trust a "digital readout of oil quality". -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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Jim Yanik wrote:
> > I can't BELIEVE that people would seek 'advice' from newsgroup posters > before their own new auto's owner's manual. > Especially on something like a new car's oil changes. > Or that anyone would trust a "digital readout of oil quality". > Well, in this case I believe that the owner's manual says to trust the "digital readout of oil quality"... At least mine does... |
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"Jim Yanik" <jyanik@abuse.gov> wrote in message news:Xns9ADDC84C1CF2jyanikkuanet@64.209.0.87... > "Truckdude" <shrub@thedeecider.com> wrote in > news:wVpfk.257912$Tj3.163748@en-nntp-02.dc1.easynews.com: > >> >> "Wayne" <wayne2201@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:Xns9ADC7A457AEFAwayne2201yahoocom@207.115.33. 102... >>> The new Civics have a digital readout on the oil quality. The dealer >>> said we should change the oil at 40%. Is that just the first oil >>> change or all changes? Should we wait until 10% or less? >>> >>> Thanks, Wayne >> >> Bullshit. Please read your owners manual. It will answer this question >> and it is loaded with all kinds of other useful information. >> >> >> > > I can't BELIEVE that people would seek 'advice' from newsgroup posters > before their own new auto's owner's manual. > Especially on something like a new car's oil changes. > Or that anyone would trust a "digital readout of oil quality". > > > -- > Jim Yanik > jyanik > at > kua.net We agree up to your last line. If someone is going to follow their Honda owners manual, then he will pay attention to the Maintenance Minder display. From what I have been reading on this and other forums, people love their Hondas and trust the engineering behind them, except when it comes to oil changes. Regarding oil and filter changes, many people want to change the oil following the same schedule that grandpa did on his old Chrysler or whatever, rather than the following the recommendations of Honda. It escapes me why some people fancy themselves as more knowledgeable about their car's maintenance requirements than the engineers who designed the cars in the first place. |
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Don't drive a Civic, but a 2008 Ridgeline.
Dealer told me to use the maintenance minder when I purchased the car. Haven't changed oil yet. Now at 4800 miles-display says 30%. Figures out to change oil at 6800+ miles. "Truckdude" <shrub@thedeecider.com> wrote in message news:xkCfk.219079$Uf4.25427@en-nntp-08.dc1.easynews.com... "Jim Yanik" <jyanik@abuse.gov> wrote in message news:Xns9ADDC84C1CF2jyanikkuanet@64.209.0.87... > "Truckdude" <shrub@thedeecider.com> wrote in > news:wVpfk.257912$Tj3.163748@en-nntp-02.dc1.easynews.com: > >> >> "Wayne" <wayne2201@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:Xns9ADC7A457AEFAwayne2201yahoocom@207.115.33. 102... >>> The new Civics have a digital readout on the oil quality. The dealer >>> said we should change the oil at 40%. Is that just the first oil >>> change or all changes? Should we wait until 10% or less? >>> >>> Thanks, Wayne >> >> Bullshit. Please read your owners manual. It will answer this question >> and it is loaded with all kinds of other useful information. >> >> >> > > I can't BELIEVE that people would seek 'advice' from newsgroup posters > before their own new auto's owner's manual. > Especially on something like a new car's oil changes. > Or that anyone would trust a "digital readout of oil quality". > > > -- > Jim Yanik > jyanik > at > kua.net We agree up to your last line. If someone is going to follow their Honda owners manual, then he will pay attention to the Maintenance Minder display. From what I have been reading on this and other forums, people love their Hondas and trust the engineering behind them, except when it comes to oil changes. Regarding oil and filter changes, many people want to change the oil following the same schedule that grandpa did on his old Chrysler or whatever, rather than the following the recommendations of Honda. It escapes me why some people fancy themselves as more knowledgeable about their car's maintenance requirements than the engineers who designed the cars in the first place. |
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"trailer" <dummy@dum.com> wrote in
news:g5odla$boa$1@registered.motzarella.org: > Don't drive a Civic, but a 2008 Ridgeline. > > Dealer told me to use the maintenance minder when I purchased the car. > Haven't changed oil yet. > > Now at 4800 miles-display says 30%. Figures out to change oil at > 6800+ miles. Now tell us HOW that maintenance minder arrives at the 30% figure of "oil quality". -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net > > "Truckdude" <shrub@thedeecider.com> wrote in message > news:xkCfk.219079$Uf4.25427@en-nntp-08.dc1.easynews.com... > > "Jim Yanik" <jyanik@abuse.gov> wrote in message > news:Xns9ADDC84C1CF2jyanikkuanet@64.209.0.87... >> "Truckdude" <shrub@thedeecider.com> wrote in >> news:wVpfk.257912$Tj3.163748@en-nntp-02.dc1.easynews.com: >> >>> >>> "Wayne" <wayne2201@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:Xns9ADC7A457AEFAwayne2201yahoocom@207.115.33. 102... >>>> The new Civics have a digital readout on the oil quality. The >>>> dealer said we should change the oil at 40%. Is that just the first >>>> oil change or all changes? Should we wait until 10% or less? >>>> >>>> Thanks, Wayne >>> >>> Bullshit. Please read your owners manual. It will answer this >>> question and it is loaded with all kinds of other useful >>> information. >>> >>> >>> >> >> I can't BELIEVE that people would seek 'advice' from newsgroup >> posters before their own new auto's owner's manual. >> Especially on something like a new car's oil changes. >> Or that anyone would trust a "digital readout of oil quality". >> >> >> -- >> Jim Yanik >> jyanik >> at >> kua.net > > We agree up to your last line. If someone is going to follow their > Honda owners manual, then he will pay attention to the Maintenance > Minder display. From what I have been reading on this and other > forums, people love their Hondas and trust the engineering behind > them, except when it comes to oil changes. Regarding oil and filter > changes, many people want to change the oil following the same > schedule that grandpa did on his old Chrysler or whatever, rather than > the following the recommendations of Honda. It escapes me why some > people fancy themselves as more knowledgeable about their car's > maintenance requirements than the engineers who designed the cars in > the first place. > > > |
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don' know Jim.
From what the dealer told me, driving habits figure in the computation. I'm a lightfoot. "Jim Yanik" <jyanik@abuse.gov> wrote in message news:Xns9ADEB9BE8993jyanikkuanet@64.209.0.84... "trailer" <dummy@dum.com> wrote in news:g5odla$boa$1@registered.motzarella.org: > Don't drive a Civic, but a 2008 Ridgeline. > > Dealer told me to use the maintenance minder when I purchased the car. > Haven't changed oil yet. > > Now at 4800 miles-display says 30%. Figures out to change oil at > 6800+ miles. Now tell us HOW that maintenance minder arrives at the 30% figure of "oil quality". -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net > > "Truckdude" <shrub@thedeecider.com> wrote in message > news:xkCfk.219079$Uf4.25427@en-nntp-08.dc1.easynews.com... > > "Jim Yanik" <jyanik@abuse.gov> wrote in message > news:Xns9ADDC84C1CF2jyanikkuanet@64.209.0.87... >> "Truckdude" <shrub@thedeecider.com> wrote in >> news:wVpfk.257912$Tj3.163748@en-nntp-02.dc1.easynews.com: >> >>> >>> "Wayne" <wayne2201@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:Xns9ADC7A457AEFAwayne2201yahoocom@207.115.33. 102... >>>> The new Civics have a digital readout on the oil quality. The >>>> dealer said we should change the oil at 40%. Is that just the first >>>> oil change or all changes? Should we wait until 10% or less? >>>> >>>> Thanks, Wayne >>> >>> Bullshit. Please read your owners manual. It will answer this >>> question and it is loaded with all kinds of other useful >>> information. >>> >>> >>> >> >> I can't BELIEVE that people would seek 'advice' from newsgroup >> posters before their own new auto's owner's manual. >> Especially on something like a new car's oil changes. >> Or that anyone would trust a "digital readout of oil quality". >> >> >> -- >> Jim Yanik >> jyanik >> at >> kua.net > > We agree up to your last line. If someone is going to follow their > Honda owners manual, then he will pay attention to the Maintenance > Minder display. From what I have been reading on this and other > forums, people love their Hondas and trust the engineering behind > them, except when it comes to oil changes. Regarding oil and filter > changes, many people want to change the oil following the same > schedule that grandpa did on his old Chrysler or whatever, rather than > the following the recommendations of Honda. It escapes me why some > people fancy themselves as more knowledgeable about their car's > maintenance requirements than the engineers who designed the cars in > the first place. > > > |
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trailer wrote:
> don' know Jim. > > From what the dealer told me, driving habits figure in the computation. "driving habits"? sure! "driving" is part of the computation too! as i understand it, the math is done on things like # of cold starts, time idling, time at high revs, full throttle use, engine temperature, etc. i believe # of cold starts is the biggest factor for the average driver. > > I'm a lightfoot. > > "Jim Yanik" <jyanik@abuse.gov> wrote in message > news:Xns9ADEB9BE8993jyanikkuanet@64.209.0.84... > "trailer" <dummy@dum.com> wrote in > news:g5odla$boa$1@registered.motzarella.org: > >> Don't drive a Civic, but a 2008 Ridgeline. >> >> Dealer told me to use the maintenance minder when I purchased the car. >> Haven't changed oil yet. >> >> Now at 4800 miles-display says 30%. Figures out to change oil at >> 6800+ miles. > > Now tell us HOW that maintenance minder arrives at the 30% figure of "oil > quality". > |
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