Break-in oil 2004 Accord

Just checked the oil in anticipation of a trip in my new accord (3500 mi or
so) and it's still fine, more than halfway up btw the full and add marks on
the dipstick (dipstick is a PITA by the way...).

Just wondering, since they're so adamant about not changing the breakin oil
too soon (I plan at 5K) - if one did need to top off a little, what would
they use? Is is just standard Honda 5w20? Just that plus additives?
Something else?

- Bo

 

They told me, they do not use break-in oil anymore...
plan to change mine at 5k

 

The carmaker tell you that, or the independant salesdroid?

 

Honda USA

 

Can you be a little more specific?

 

Call customer service for Honda, I did not believe the dealer

 

If you need to add some, you'll be fine using Pennzoil 5W20 (or
5W30/10W30 for that matter). You shouldn't have to add enough to make
much of a difference in any case, but Pennzoil is very high in
Molybdenum, as is Honda's break in oil. Many other oils have little
or no Moly.

5,000 may be okay for the I4, but I wouldn't go past 3,750 on the V6.
Honda's V6's are very dirty engines during break-in. (And break-in
may effectively last 12,000+ miles!) Change a little early, use
Pennzoil for refill.

My wife's MDX has about 3,500 miles, it will be changed very shortly.
My V6 Accord now has 811 miles; I won't let it go past 3,750-4,000
either. Given the fact that I have two new Honda vehicles, and with
the mystifying info floating around about break-in oil, the 5W20
requirement, and dealers not even agreeing with Honda about the proper
change intervals, I spent about a full day researching this.

Huge amounts of info, and actual oil analysis of Honda vehicles is
available at bobistheoilguy.com

JM

 

Copied from honda owner link.

Why should I wait to change the oil the first time?

Your Honda engine was delivered with an oil that is specially formulated for
new engines that have not yet developed their "natural" wear patterns and may
contain minute particles from the manufacturing process.


American Honda strongly recommends this special oil be left in the engine long
enough for these wear patterns to develop, usually until the first maintenance
interval specified in your Owner's Manual, based on your specific driving
conditions.

 

When I asked my local dealer about an oil change when my '03 Accord I4
had 3,700 miles, he said I was overdue!

 

Your "local dealer" is merely a independant retailer.

 

Your local dealer contradicts the owners manual. I changed at 10K miles
with 5W20 Valvoline Synthetic. No sweat.

 

My point exactly.

 

Just wondering, since they're so adamant about not changing the breakin

Exxon SuperFlo 5W-20 seems to have characteristics very similar, if not
identical, to the Honda branded oil you would buy at a dealership parts
counter. This makes sense since Exxon-Mobil is the supplier for Honda USA.

Any top quality 5W-20 oil would probably do you just fine. Look for
notations on the label somewhere that the oil meets Ford specification
WSS-M2C153-H . This is the tightest published spec I know of for 5W-20
motor oils.


John

 

you wouldnt happen to know the supplier for toyota, would you? i changed
the oil im my moms and used the regular mobil 5w30 "drive clean". it
was the cheapest "name" brand autozone carried.