First Oil Change

Can any one advise when first change oil is due.

Honda Accord, 4 DR, LX, 2004, 4-Cylinder

Dealer told me after 3600 Miles however Manual shows 7600 Miles

Thanks in advance

 

wait til 7500 miles, but if you have to, just do it every 5k. easy to
remember.

 

||Rollers Loft+ wrote:
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||> Can any one advise when first change oil is due.
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||> Honda Accord, 4 DR, LX, 2004, 4-Cylinder
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||> Dealer told me after 3600 Miles however Manual shows 7600 Miles

Well, 7600 *is* after 3600
Texas Parts Guy

 

wait til 7500 miles, but if you have to, just do it every 5k. easy to
remember.<<

Here's my dilemma (well, not really). My Civic has 2000 miles on it currently,
by mid Oct it will have about 3000. I am planning a 3000 mile road trip mid
Oct, so I plan to have the oil changed before the trip, rather than after.

 

Here's my dilemma (well, not really). My Civic has 2000 miles on it

Better to change after.




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highway miles are the easiest. just get it done after.

 

Here's my dilemma (well, not really). My Civic has 2000 miles on it

Better to change after.<<

Actually I was thinking both. Is there any problem with continuing to change
oil at 3000 mile intervals as I did with my 82 Prelude? I know today's engines
are different, and I don't want to do any damage (but I'm sure my mechanic who
I've been dealing with for 20 years would let me know).

 

Won't hurt your engine. Will hurt your wallet. It's not so much that
modern engines are different as that 3,000-mile drain intervals
haven't really been necessary for a long time now.

Ron

 

Wait a sec. Haven't I read here that Honda puts special additives in the
first batch of oil, and that's why the user manual recommends that the
first oil change be at 7500 miles? Why ignore the manufacturer
specification?? As Mike says, highway miles are easy on the engine.

Abe

 

I has a similar dilemma; I chose to change after - glad I did...

 

id hold off on the first one until its broken in, but then do whatever
you want.

me? i go the whole 7500, or yearly (dont drive much) and use mobil1 with
a honda filter.

 

3000 mile road trip.. hmm how about getting a oil change during your trip?

 

3000 mile road trip.. hmm how about getting a oil change during your trip?<<

Nope, not in the schedule

 

Abe,
You took this way out of context. The previous poster was asking if
it would hurt to CONTINUE to get oil changes every 3,000 miles [for
the life of the car] as she did with her 82 Prelude. My response had
nothing to do with the FIRST oil change.
Ron

 

Ron,

This was Acertaingirl's original enquiry:

"Here's my dilemma (well, not really). My Civic has 2000 miles on it
currently,
by mid Oct it will have about 3000. I am planning a 3000 mile road trip
mid
Oct, so I plan to have the oil changed before the trip, rather than
after."

So the first change was intimately connected with the interval.

 

Graham W wrote:

Right--exactly the context, Ron. I just read the top post before I
replied. ;-)

Abe

 

Wrong. I replied in line, so that it would be clear that I was
responding to the immediately preceding statement.

Ron

 

Now you're making excuses.

 

I presume you're grinning as you write that ;-)

Ron

 

I'll recap the context for you:

Acertaingirl first asked when her first oil change should be. She then
indicated the 3K road trip, and subsequently indicated that she was
considering changing the oil every 3K miles as she did with her old
'lude, including before the trip, at only 3K miles (thereby defeating
the special properties of the first batch of oil), but she didn't want
to do any damage.

You indicated that changing the oil every 3K wouldn't hurt her car.
Maybe it wouldn't do damage, but if she took your advice at the first 3K
the engine would no longer be protected by the special additives of the
first batch (assuming there are indeed special additives). Hence my
post, suggesting that she follow the manufacturer's recommendation for
the first oil change, not your assertion that it was fine to change at 3K.

The only way you can say I took your post "way out of context" is if
you didn't reread the thread, dude. Have trouble admitting you're wrong?
It's not a big deal, you know. ;-)