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Can any one advise when first change oil is due.

Honda Accord, 4 DR, LX, 2004, 4-Cylinder

Dealer told me after 3600 Miles however Manual shows 7600 Miles

Thanks in advance

Rollers Loft+ wrote:

> Can any one advise when first change oil is due.
>
> Honda Accord, 4 DR, LX, 2004, 4-Cylinder
>
> Dealer told me after 3600 Miles however Manual shows 7600 Miles
>
> Thanks in advance

wait til 7500 miles, but if you have to, just do it every 5k. easy to
remember.

On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 17:21:36 GMT, SoCalMike <mikein562athotmail@hotmail.com>
wrote:

||Rollers Loft+ wrote:
||
||> Can any one advise when first change oil is due.
||>
||> Honda Accord, 4 DR, LX, 2004, 4-Cylinder
||>
||> Dealer told me after 3600 Miles however Manual shows 7600 Miles

Well, 7600 *is* after 3600
Texas Parts Guy

>>wait til 7500 miles, but if you have to, just do it every 5k. easy to
remember.<<

Here's my dilemma (well, not really). My Civic has 2000 miles on it currently,
by mid Oct it will have about 3000. I am planning a 3000 mile road trip mid
Oct, so I plan to have the oil changed before the trip, rather than after.

>Here's my dilemma (well, not really). My Civic has 2000 miles on it
>currently,
>by mid Oct it will have about 3000. I am planning a 3000 mile road trip mid
>Oct, so I plan to have the oil changed before the trip, rather than after.
>

Better to change after.




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Acertaingirl wrote:

>>>wait til 7500 miles, but if you have to, just do it every 5k. easy to
>
> remember.<<
>
> Here's my dilemma (well, not really). My Civic has 2000 miles on it currently,
> by mid Oct it will have about 3000. I am planning a 3000 mile road trip mid
> Oct, so I plan to have the oil changed before the trip, rather than after.
>


highway miles are the easiest. just get it done after.

>>Here's my dilemma (well, not really). My Civic has 2000 miles on it
>currently,
>by mid Oct it will have about 3000. I am planning a 3000 mile road trip mid
>Oct, so I plan to have the oil changed before the trip, rather than after.
>

Better to change after.<<

Actually I was thinking both. Is there any problem with continuing to change
oil at 3000 mile intervals as I did with my 82 Prelude? I know today's engines
are different, and I don't want to do any damage (but I'm sure my mechanic who
I've been dealing with for 20 years would let me know).

On 09 Sep 2004 20:59:26 GMT, acertaingirl@aol.comforzevon
(Acertaingirl) wrote:

>>>Here's my dilemma (well, not really). My Civic has 2000 miles on it
>>currently,
>>by mid Oct it will have about 3000. I am planning a 3000 mile road trip mid
>>Oct, so I plan to have the oil changed before the trip, rather than after.
>>
>
>Better to change after.<<
>
>Actually I was thinking both. Is there any problem with continuing to change
>oil at 3000 mile intervals as I did with my 82 Prelude?
Won't hurt your engine. Will hurt your wallet. It's not so much that
modern engines are different as that 3,000-mile drain intervals
haven't really been necessary for a long time now.

>I know today's engines
>are different, and I don't want to do any damage (but I'm sure my mechanic who
>I've been dealing with for 20 years would let me know).
>

Ron

Milleron wrote:
> Won't hurt your engine. Will hurt your wallet. It's not so much that
> modern engines are different as that 3,000-mile drain intervals
> haven't really been necessary for a long time now.

Wait a sec. Haven't I read here that Honda puts special additives in the
first batch of oil, and that's why the user manual recommends that the
first oil change be at 7500 miles? Why ignore the manufacturer
specification?? As Mike says, highway miles are easy on the engine.

Abe

"Acertaingirl" <acertaingirl@aol.comforzevon> wrote in message
news:20040909144153.03671.00000389@mb-m04.aol.com...
>>>wait til 7500 miles, but if you have to, just do it every 5k. easy to
> remember.<<
>
> Here's my dilemma (well, not really). My Civic has 2000 miles on it
> currently,
> by mid Oct it will have about 3000. I am planning a 3000 mile road trip
> mid
> Oct, so I plan to have the oil changed before the trip, rather than after.

I has a similar dilemma; I chose to change after - glad I did...