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....


"Jamco" <Homer@jamco.com> wrote in message
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> 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
> "Steve Bigelow" <stevebigelowXXX@rogers.com> wrote in message
> news:BaudnZlL8ezemn7cRVn-qQ@rogers.com...
>>
>> "Jamco" <Homer@jamco.com> wrote in message
>> news:CeDEd.78740$dv1.77489@edtnps89...
>>> 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?
>>
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