Oil Changes every 8000km

Hi I have a new Honda Civic.
With all my pasts cars I always changed the oil every 5000km's (I live in
canada)
With my new civic it says to change it every 8000km's. Is this safe to do
or should i stick with every 5000km's? The oil looks pretty dirty already
at 5000km's

Thanks

 

Looking dirty doesn't mean a thing.

Where did the 5000km figure come from?

 

These guys say 5000:
http://668tech.laverda-nz.org/maintenance_check_sheet.html

And this guy...
http://www.aussiefrogs.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-4607.html

and this guy...
http://www.harrysautopro.ca/oil.htm

and these guys...
http://www.autoblog.com/entry/1234000327024141/

granted these aren't honda's, but he never said his last cars were honda's

And oil that looks dirty doesn't matter? Can you explain that to me?

 

all the previous cars I've owned said to change the oil every 5000km so
thats where I came up with that. And when my brother went into a lubex
place to get his oil changed at 8000km like the manual says to do, the
people said his oil was really dirty and he should get his engine flushed
cause he went over 5000km

 

I change my vehicle's oil and filtre every 5000 km. If it makes you feel
more comfortable doing so, then by all means do it. It doesn't matter to me
what other people say about the frequency of oil changes, because when you
get right down to it, it's your vehicle and they're not going to be found if
something happens to your vehicle following their advice.

Brian

 

Laverda Motorcycles?

Aussies driving French cars. What more needs to be said.

He sells oil changes!

From the first paragraph- "Maybe I'm old fashioned, but my father has stuck
to the "3000 mile" rule and has never had a problem with any of his engines.
And I know that it is faulty cause-and-effect logic - he over-maintains all
his vehicles - but if it has caused no problems, then what the heck."

"What the heck?"

Yep. Just because it looks dirty, doesn't mean it is, or that it isn't doing
it's job.

 

Lubex?
Let me guess...they sell oil changes and flushes, right?

Why are you trying to out engineer Honda?

 

And you really think the people on this forum know more than the Honda
engineers. DUH Follow your users manual. Tomes have changed from the old
days when oil would turn to jelly in 3000 miles. Fuel is cleaner, engines
are better, oil is better and the engineers know what the engine needs....

 

everything I've ever been told has said that if the oil looks dirty it is...

 

From oil analysis?

Or from people selling you oil?

 

Heck, even my '94 Honda's Owner Manual says so: 5,000 km or 3,750 miles.
Must be all right 'cause I'm aproaching 195,000 miles with it and it
still runs like new (well, almost ;-)

R. P.

 

Honda's new recommendation of 8000km is not out of line, due to
improvements in engine technology, cleaner gas and better oils. My 01
Prelude's manual recommends oil changes every 6000km. But that's
probably because all H22 engines burn oil when in VTEC, so if I would go
by that interval without toping it once in a while, I would be at least
1-2l short in 6000km.

A friend's 01 BMW 330ci only needs oil changes every 20000km (no, that's
not a typo, it's twenty thousand) as long as he uses BMW's own oil. He
could not believe it at first, but the dealer did not want to change it
any sooner, even though the car is still under warranty.

Cosmin

 

Be sure to read the manual. Do your driving conditions meet all the criteria
for the 8K service? That probably precludes any short trips, very cold or
hot weather, dusty conditions, or whatever constitutes 'Severe Service.'
Many newer cars have had oil gelling problems from extended service
intervals.

 

I'm not trying to out enginer honda, but come on, magically in 2001+ the
engines can now go 8000km between oil changes, where as in 2000 they could
only go 5000km. Think about it, less oil changes means more major($$$)
repairs, which means more business for the honda repair shop, which is where
they make all their money.

 

So by that rationale, had Honda had incremented the oil change interval
by 100km every 6 months (or some other random number), it would have
made sense to you.

Don't get me wrong, I'm still changing the oil every 6000km in my 01
Prelude, but not because the oil would break down (I'm using synthetic,
so it should last at least 10000km), but because all H22 engines burn
oil in VTEC.

Maybe with the 01-05 Civic Honda decided that engine quality, gas and
oil have ALL improved enough to extend the interval to 8000km. It's the
same with the timing belts. My 94 Accord had an interval of 96000km or 7
years. New Hondas have longer intervals, even though on the surface
nothing changed.

Cosmin

 

From wrenchers I've worked with. I do my own service, I just feel more
comfortable when the oil looks like oil, not pitch

 

Ahh. So it's based on just a guess?

Gotcha.

 

No it's based on looking at the oil, if it's dirty it should be changed, my
opinion not yours. If I'm wrong, so be it, I;m erroring on the side of
caution.

 

why 8000 km ? why not 20 k km, I have been changing at 20 K km on all
Hondas, mostly Accords for some 25 years now and worked great, currently
have 91 Accord with 250 K km and the engine is perfect, using synthetic of
course as I live in north alberta

 

On my EP3 Civic EUDM Manual the oil change it's every 20000Km and 10000Km in
severe use conditions.