Elle wrote:
>> My Civic, 2005 had about 3,400 miles now. The "maint req" light does not
>> come
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>> damage its engline.
>> Please advice.
>
>If you read the manual closely and confirmed you do "normal" driving, then
>wait until 10k miles pass. Alternatively, if the car is equipped with
>Honda's new Maintenance Minder system, wait until it says to change the oil.

>
>The biggest dealer rip-off is telling customers to change the oil every 3k
>miles. I have never seen a report stating that this improves engine life. I
>have seen a report indicating that a frequency of 7500 miles or so (normal
>driving) will ensure engine life longevity just as well. But this is with
>older cars. With newer cars, the distance may be higher, especially with
>synthetic oil.

I called the Honda dealer and asked the same question, a few techincians said
"just follow your Honda owner's manual", another few technicians mentioned
that "5w-20 that they used is from Honda" so I went back reading closely to
the manual, it mentioned that synthetics oil does not a requirement.

I googled and found out that 5w-20 can work well with cold start.
Reading from this web site, I learned that 5w-20 is a part of synthetics and
part of mineral oil.
>
>What oil does this car use? Synthetic or non-synthetic? If synthetic,
>definitely wait until 10k miles.
>
>You're going to get a lot of opinions on this. Or google this group to see a
>good sample of them.

Definitely, I will check the answers on this web site frequently to educate
myself on this matter.

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