Eulogium7
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I used Valvoline EP 5w-30 for the early change, since it has a lot of moly and a sizable amount of boron (though not as much as the OEM 0w-20 it came with). Wanted the heavier viscosity because of all the news about bearing failures, so I just wanted to kind of give them a helping hand.Honda does not recommend a short oil change for the factory fill.
The factory fill is enriched with the moly assembly lube and this adds a bit more cushion for the break in process.
I run a filter mag and there is always just a bit of material on it.
I switched over to an Ester based oil around 60K and found int liberated carbon despite prior SN/SN+ high quality oils being used.
The Ridgeline forum is your friend for great advice, torque specs and part numbers for a variety of things you'll need.
Which oil do you use now, and do you think the carbon deposits are coming from the crankshaft or elsewhere? And yeah, I'm definitely gonna register there - been lurking those forums for a while now and have been active on the Ridgeline subreddit for a little bit.