In article <02OGc.19071$mY2.3110@fe1.texas.rr.com>,
"Savalas" <TheGaffler@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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.

If you're going to do every 3000 miles, dino is fine. Actually, ever
5000 miles, dino is fine. I moved to a 5000 mile interval a few years
ago; oils and engines are far better than they were even 15 years ago.

There's word out there that Honda uses a special break-in oil that
shouldn't be changed before 5000 miles under any circumstances, and that
Honda's 7500 mile specification should really be used for this first
change.

Use the oil that the owner's manual specifies. I shake my head in
wonder at people who think they're smarter than the engineers who built
the thing, and who want to ignore what those engineers say about the oil
that should be used.