So if you are using 7,500 mile rated Synthetic, do you still follow the same
maintenance window?

Guess I'll see when my first change needs to be done :-)

G-Man



"Elle" <honda.lioness@nospam.earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> "yirg" <yirg.kenya@gmail.com> wrote
>>I just purchased a 2006 Accord Se.
>>
>> But what's the maintenance schedule?
>>
>> Looking in the owner's manual and the on-line owners-link info, what I
>> see is the Maintenance Minder System. Apparently the car's computer
>> tells me when maintenance is due. Except for some at-the-limit
>> situations such as to change the oil after 12 months if the Service Oil
>> light hasn't come on in that interval.
>>
>> I was looking for something based on mileage. You know,like: Every
>> 5,000 miles do this. Every 10,000 miles to this. Every 30,000 do this.
>> Every 60,000 ... etc.
>>
>> Am I too retro?
>
> As the others suggest, yes. But I think a lot of folks are feeling this
> way about the new system. :-)
>
> From Honda's Owner's Link site, its simply a new
> name for implementing a maintenance schedule, aided by
> warning lamps on the dash, set off, for a number of common
> maintenance items, according to a computing algorithm, using
> a computer that has inputs from various sensors.
>
> From one site that discusses the Maintenance Minder:
>
> "The maintenance requirements for your [Honda] Ridgeline are
> determined by an internal algorithm, which considers the
> engine starting temperature, driving distance and engine
> RPM. The onboard computer also judges your driving
> conditions and habits, and then calculates the remaining
> engine oil life, displaying it as a percentage."
>
> There's a little more info at the thread given at
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...da4fee3b3fbb31
>