Honda FF 0W-20, 6,350 oil miles, 6,350 veh miles

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My brand new Honda Civic EX-L. 40 mi each way to work, mostly highway miles. Average 1 hour each way to work. South Texas so higher than average temperatures. Factory Honda fill 0W-20, 6,350 oil miles, 6,350 vehicle miles.

I changed it at 40%. Even though there was a good amount of TBN left I'm glad I did because of the other levels.

I changed it and put in Mobil 1 Extended Performance 0W-20 with a Mobil 1 oil filter. (Auto Zone had a sale, $45 for 5 qts and the filter)

I will run the Mobil 1 until the OLM is 20%, and do another UOA with TBN. If the results of that look good, then I'll stick with this combo and 20% OLM.

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MAKE/MODEL: Honda 1.8L (R18) 4-cyl

FUEL TYPE: Gasoline (Unleaded)

OIL TYPE & GRADE: Honda 0W-20

OIL USE INTERVAL: 6,530





MI/HR onOil 6,530

MI/HR onUnit 6,530

Sample Date 10/14/2014 UNIVERSAL

Make Up Oil Added 0qts AVERAGES



ALUMINUM 16 9

CHROMIUM 1 0

IRON 15 8

COPPER 8 2

LEAD 0 0

TIN 0 1

MOLYBDENUM 673 72

NICKEL 0 0

MANGANESE 3 0

SILVER 0 0

TIANIUM 0 2

POTASIUM 0 13

BORON 154 43

SILCON 143 16

SODIUM 8 43

CALCIUM 1826 2089

MAGNESIUM 13 184

PHOSPHORUS 654 669

ZINC 785 775

BARIUM 3 0



VALUES SHOULD BE

SUS Viscosity @210°F 51.0 46-59

cSt Viscosity @10°C 7.66.0-10.2

Flashpoint in °F 385.0 >385

Fuel % TR
Antifreeze % 0.0 0

Water % 0.0
Insolubles % 0.3
TBN 4.2 >1.0

TAN

ISO Code


There is some extra metal here compared to universal averages, but that's just from new parts wearing in and is perfectly normal for factory oil. Silicon is from harmless factory sealers washing out and that's normal too. Universal averages show typical wear levels for this type of engine after about 6,800 miles on the oil. There's a trace of fuel here, but that's probably just from normal use and isn't anything to worry about. The TBN is 4.2, showing plenty of active additive left.
Check back at around 20% on the OLM.
 
Originally Posted By: toneydoc
That car should last many, many miles and a good start. Enjoy

With a 4.2 TBN, you could esily do 10,000 if your warranty allows it. If not, do the maximum your warranty allows
 
Changing the oil before a Honda IOLM monitor hits 15℅ means you will not get the secondary maintance codes. But you wont get any inportent IOLM secondary maintance codes for a while. On my second oil change I got "1B". The only things different by that code were to change the oil filter, which I do anyway at every oil change. And to rotate the tires which I already did on my own. You may wand to wait until the IOLM hits 15% as your Honda gets older. My 2013 Accord should hit 15% soon for the third oil change and will post the UOA after that.
 
Would this report now silence all the critics who wants to change the FF oil at 500 miles? Cheap insurance and all that!
 
I'm not for draining FF early, but I think the low wear metals in this sample might be due to the fact the engine isn't being broken in properly. Highway miles aren't going to allow proper break-in, and consequently the low metals we see here.

Apologies to the OP, but it should serve as caution to everyone with a new engine to avoid highway miles early on.
 
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Excellent FF! Honda 4 bangers make me hot
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You could easily run the EP out to 0% on this engine.

I would go with Fram Ultra if it's the same price as the M1 filter.
 
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