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Old 24 Sep 2006, 09:30 am
G-Man
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Default Re: Oil condition sensing on new Hondas

It's in the manual. I just changed the oil on my sons 2006 EX-V6, and it
was simple, though I don't have the manual handy now.

G-Man


"Batty" <batty54@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Dr Nick wrote:
>> "Ike" <retiring@last.us> wrote in message
>> news:MwhRg.8380$xg7.2105@tornado.socal.rr.com...
>> > My daughter's new FIT seems to "sense" oil condition, rather than
>> > depend
>> > on miles driven. That's clever, if it's true. Is it?

>>
>> basically the new hondas have a thing called the "maintainence minder"
>> which
>> does calculation based on engine temp and revolutions of the engine to
>> determine the oil life (pretty much, if you drive hard it wil lower
>> nquick,
>> if you drive easy it will go down slower) My accord was first changed at
>> about 5000 miles (the computer said 10% oil life left) I currently have
>> 8000
>> miles on her and it says I have 40% left.

>
> How do you reset the sensor when you change the oil?
>



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