gut check time fellas.

[Master ACiD]

ok normally i average 12K a year on my crv and change the oil once a year. this year has been abnormal since my step father has been in the hospital, ive put 12K miles on the crv in 7 months span visiting him. i still have another 4 months to go before my yearly oil change. but im already at 12K miles. thats 2K over factory spec. i know alot of guys here wouldnt even do 12K on a synthetic, muchless a dino. my car specs 5w30 and 6 yearly 10,000 mile changes. im running 15w40 diesel oil in it though.

so my question to you guys is should i change it out like my gut says to or brave through another 4 months. keep in mind im in florida and this is 80% highway miles that im putting on.

 

[Max_Wander]

well logically the diesel oil will have a stronger TBN than PCMO that the factory calls for, however 10,000+ MILES on mineral oil no less makes my gut turn!

 

[Merkava_4]

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ok normally i average 12K a year on my crv and change the oil once a year.

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[Panzerman]

You are truly a Saddist of motor engines. You would make a good Amsoil guy. Really, I commend you, I want so bad to go to extended oil changes, but I get so antzy about the oil in 3 months and its ussually less than 3000 miles. I do anyway to get at Al Gore.

 

[JAG]

I'd be concerned about oxidation, nitration, high TAN, varnish, etc. If you brave it which I don't think you should, monitor internal cleanliness and oil consumption. There are some UOAs of people who went over 15k miles on excellent synthetic oils and many were not pretty.

 

[Merkava_4]

I just spent the better half of the afternoon flushing out 10 years of decomposed leaves from my rain gutters and then come inside the house and read this thread.

I think I'll skip dinner tonight.

 

[lostwrench]

So, your gutters have a ten year LCI. (leaf change interval). Mine have a one year.

 

[Merkava_4]

^ Yes you're right; I take better care of the car than I do the rain gutters.

 

[salesrep]

Change the oil. Start a new year.

 

[posty]

What year and what motor in your cr-v ?

 

[ericthepig]

You can take a UOA sample thru the dipstick tube - just get some aquirium tubing at walmart. The UOA labs are cool with this method. This would cost you a little, but it would tell you how your engines doing overall, and it would tell you if your present 12k method is a good one, and then it would tell you whether to push the next four months. That's a lot of info for $22.50.

 

[jazztrumpet216]

IMHO, another 4 months on mineral oil is not advisable under your driving conditions. Personally, my gut would be turning after 12k miles on dino, but I certainly wouldn't push it longer. Change it now is my advice.

 

[oilboy123]

I would not keep running it.

 

[Steveinak]

Yep that long on reg oil seems excessive

 

[Camu Mahubah]

How long are big rig oci's?...they run HDEO out this far and farther...granted the engines are different but Honda's are easy on oil and the sub-tropical climate you live in is an oil's best friend...I say run it and do a UOA...

 

[mpersell]

They also have an oil pan that you could park that CRV in.

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How long are big rig oci's?...they run HDEO out this far and farther...granted the engines are different but Honda's are easy on oil and the sub-tropical climate you live in is an oil's best friend...I say run it and do a UOA...

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[jazztrumpet216]

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How long are big rig oci's?...they run HDEO out this far and farther...granted the engines are different but Honda's are easy on oil and the sub-tropical climate you live in is an oil's best friend...I say run it and do a UOA...

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Granted, but big rigs also have much larger oil sumps than than CR-Vs do. That makes a big difference in their OCI schedule. Most diesel pickups or passenger cars run OCIs much closer to that of a gas engine than a big rig. I'd still change it out.

 

[levi]

I agree with Sheryl Crow, a change will do you good.

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[02zx9r]

Big rigs also have bypass oil filters so they can and do go 50-150K oci's

 

[Cutehumor]

I say change it out and do a UOA. then put it in Merkava 4 face