I don't think a single sentence about not changing your factory oil early
buried in an owners manual constitutes an attempt at marketing anything.



"ACAR" <dimndsonmywndshld@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1164999106.118907.128740@79g2000cws.googlegro ups.com...
> Art wrote:
>> Actually in at least one of the Honda manuals I have for a 2005 Accord
>> hybrid or a 2006 Odyssey (can't remember which one I read it in), it says
>> not to do the first oil change early. Presumably there are special
>> additives in the factory oil.
>
> A 5000 mile oil change interval corresponds to the "Severe" service
> interval for our 2004 I4 Accord; so the oil change was not "early."
>
> Do you think there's any relationship between Honda's presumed "special
> additives" and Mobil's claim that Mobil 1 is "fully synthetic?" Same
> marketing team?
>
>> > "SS" <scottseifer@gmail.com> wrote in news:1164915529.343132.303580@
>> > 16g2000cwy.googlegroups.com:
>> >
>> >> in reading other posts, it looks like i changed my oil a little early.
>> >> around 5k.
> snip
>