"jasonp" <hick@up.com> wrote in message
news:HEEEd.62419$nN6.61573@edtnps84...
> 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?


> "Steve Bigelow" <stevebigelowXXX@rogers.com> wrote in message
> news:I8ednY5mJcKHiX7cRVn-hg@rogers.com...
>>
>> "jasonp" <hick@up.com> wrote in message
>> news:hZDEd.62384$nN6.2099@edtnps84...
>> > These guys say 5000:
>> > http://668tech.laverda-nz.org/mainte...eck_sheet.html
>>
>> Laverda Motorcycles?
>>
>> > And this guy...
>> > http://www.aussiefrogs.com/forum/arc...hp/t-4607.html
>>
>> Aussies driving French cars. What more needs to be said.
>>
>> > and this guy...
>> > http://www.harrysautopro.ca/oil.htm
>>
>> He sells oil changes!
>>
>> > and these guys...
>> > http://www.autoblog.com/entry/1234000327024141/
>> From the first paragraph- "Maybe I'm old fashioned, but my father has
> stuck
>> to the "3000 mile" rule and has never had a problem with any of his
> engines.
>> And I know that it is faulty cause-and-effect logic - he over-maintains
> all
>> his vehicles - but if it has caused no problems, then what the heck."
>>
>> "What the heck?"
>> > granted these aren't honda's, but he never said his last cars were
> honda's
>> >
>> > And oil that looks dirty doesn't matter? Can you explain that to me?
>>
>> Yep. Just because it looks dirty, doesn't mean it is, or that it isn't
> doing
>> it's job.
>>
>>
>> > "Steve Bigelow" <stevebigelowXXX@rogers.com> wrote in message
>> > news:BaudnZlL8ezemn7cRVn-qQ@rogers.com...
>> >>
>> >> "Jamco" <Homer@jamco.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:CeDEd.78740$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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