"Savalas" <TheGaffler@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:02OGc.19071$mY2.3110@fe1.texas.rr.com...
> Hello all, I am new to the group and I need to find out when I take my car
> to get the very FIRST oil change at 3000 miles, should I use synthetic or
> regular dino oil or synthetic blend for a 2004 Civic LX. It's a brand new
> car which I've had for a month now. And would it be ok to use 10w-30
instead
> of the 5w-something which I can't remember at the moment.

Well, you start by NOT taking your car for it's first oil change at 3000
miles. You wait like it says in the manual.