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in reading other posts, it looks like i changed my oil a little early.
around 5k. however, the oil life indicator is now @ 10% and im
wondering why it didnt recognize the new oil. or is resetting it done
manually? thanks

SS

"SS" <scottseifer@gmail.com> wrote in news:1164915529.343132.303580@
16g2000cwy.googlegroups.com:

> in reading other posts, it looks like i changed my oil a little early.
> around 5k. however, the oil life indicator is now @ 10% and im
> wondering why it didnt recognize the new oil. or is resetting it done
> manually? thanks
>


It is set manually. Check your Owner's Manual.

Your car is not a Mercedes or BMW; it does not actually sense oil
condition. It computes oil life by considering mileage plus driving habits
and ambient temperatures.

And changing your oil early is *NEVER* a problem. The earlier the better.
the Minder is there for those lazy slobs who would otherwise be tempted to
take it to 10 or 15K.


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Tegger wrote:
> It is set manually. Check your Owner's Manual.


ive read the entire owners manual and its not in there.

"SS" <scottseifer@gmail.com> wrote in news:1164917485.139520.260350@
79g2000cws.googlegroups.com:

>
> Tegger wrote:
>> It is set manually. Check your Owner's Manual.
>
>
> ive read the entire owners manual and its not in there.
>
>



That's awfully hard to believe.

Go to Honda's own Techinfo site, here:
https://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/logon.asp
Choose "Owner's Manuals"from the menu at left (no login required). Navigate
to your car.

Your information is on
page 196 if you have a sedan;
page 224 if you have a coupe.

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Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

Actually in at least one of the Honda manuals I have for a 2005 Accord
hybrid or a 2006 Odyssey (can't remember which one I read it in), it says
not to do the first oil change early. Presumably there are special
additives in the factory oil.



"Tegger" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in message
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> "SS" <scottseifer@gmail.com> wrote in news:1164915529.343132.303580@
> 16g2000cwy.googlegroups.com:
>
>> in reading other posts, it looks like i changed my oil a little early.
>> around 5k. however, the oil life indicator is now @ 10% and im
>> wondering why it didnt recognize the new oil. or is resetting it done
>> manually? thanks
>>
>
>
> It is set manually. Check your Owner's Manual.
>
> Your car is not a Mercedes or BMW; it does not actually sense oil
> condition. It computes oil life by considering mileage plus driving habits
> and ambient temperatures.
>
> And changing your oil early is *NEVER* a problem. The earlier the better.
> the Minder is there for those lazy slobs who would otherwise be tempted to
> take it to 10 or 15K.
>
>
> --
> Tegger
>
> The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
> www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

Art wrote:
> Actually in at least one of the Honda manuals I have for a 2005 Accord
> hybrid or a 2006 Odyssey (can't remember which one I read it in), it says
> not to do the first oil change early. Presumably there are special
> additives in the factory oil.

A 5000 mile oil change interval corresponds to the "Severe" service
interval for our 2004 I4 Accord; so the oil change was not "early."

Do you think there's any relationship between Honda's presumed "special
additives" and Mobil's claim that Mobil 1 is "fully synthetic?" Same
marketing team?

> > "SS" <scottseifer@gmail.com> wrote in news:1164915529.343132.303580@
> > 16g2000cwy.googlegroups.com:
> >
> >> in reading other posts, it looks like i changed my oil a little early.
> >> around 5k.
snip

I don't think a single sentence about not changing your factory oil early
buried in an owners manual constitutes an attempt at marketing anything.



"ACAR" <dimndsonmywndshld@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1164999106.118907.128740@79g2000cws.googlegro ups.com...
> Art wrote:
>> Actually in at least one of the Honda manuals I have for a 2005 Accord
>> hybrid or a 2006 Odyssey (can't remember which one I read it in), it says
>> not to do the first oil change early. Presumably there are special
>> additives in the factory oil.
>
> A 5000 mile oil change interval corresponds to the "Severe" service
> interval for our 2004 I4 Accord; so the oil change was not "early."
>
> Do you think there's any relationship between Honda's presumed "special
> additives" and Mobil's claim that Mobil 1 is "fully synthetic?" Same
> marketing team?
>
>> > "SS" <scottseifer@gmail.com> wrote in news:1164915529.343132.303580@
>> > 16g2000cwy.googlegroups.com:
>> >
>> >> in reading other posts, it looks like i changed my oil a little early.
>> >> around 5k.
> snip
>