Honda break-in oil

[Bill in Utah]

No issues with my dads 3.5l V6 in his VUE (around 50k miles now) and his 01 1.7l I4 honda Civic (over 125k).

Both use little to no oil in 5k-7.5k OCIs.

Both had their "special"

factory fill changed out @ 1k miles.

The Civic did have a new long block put in @ 15k but it was not due to changing oil.

Bill

 

[blackdiamond]

My friend purchased an Acura RSX Type S the first year they came out (2002?) and the dealer essentially refused to change the oil before 5,000 miles and the recommended time was 10,000 miles I think. Acura = Honda

 

[LouDawg]

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No issues with my dads 3.5l V6 in his VUE (around 50k miles now) and his 01 1.7l I4 honda Civic (over 125k).

Both use little to no oil in 5k-7.5k OCIs.

Both had their "special"

factory fill changed out @ 1k miles.

The Civic did have a new long block put in @ 15k but it was not due to changing oil.

Bill

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No one suggested you would grenade your engine by changing the factory fill oil early. But just because you have had no oil-related issues in two vehicles (or that others haven't either) doesn't mean that Honda is just making up the whole idea of having a specially-formulated factory fill oil. Based on their excellent reputation as an engine manufacturer, I'll happily follow Honda's advice over anecdotal evidence.

Take care!

 

[BrianWC]

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"The first oddity was when the service lights started to flash at the 5000-mile mark. Like all conscientious enthusiasts, we took it into the dealership right away...

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You obviously don't know many enthusiasts with cars in warranty.

I was not aware that enthusiasts take their vehicles into the dealership right away without investigating anything at all even at the risk of looking like an idiot in the service bay when it turns out to be nothing? I guess there are different categories of "enthusiasts". The "enthusiasts" I know wouldn't take it to the dealer for much of anything b/c the dealer will possibly screw it up, & the owner is the only one allowed to touch it.

From the article:
"We put this vehicle through its paces, as evidenced by its ending odometer reading of 24,219-just about double theaverage number of miles generally put on a long-term truck"

MotorTrend's long term test is 24k miles & that's considered putting it through its paces? Sure that's 24k miles in 1 year but that's not exactly long term for the end user (or maybe it is

). That's laughable as is obbop's quote from the article.

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[Max_Wander]

it takes a few miles for moly to 'plate' and deposit on surface area. personally, i'd change it out with another high moly dino oil under the assuredness of knowing that the new oil contains moly.