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Get UOAs if you want to check how longer intervals impact the oil.
The L15A/B (even non-turbo) is anecdotally suffers from fuel dilution, etc. My low mileage city-driving oil changes on a 1.5L non-turbo were about 2.5~3% fuel dilution with UOA samples at 1000~8000 miles. VI, TBN, etc were fine. Besides fuel dilution, other numbers only looked iffy once oil age reached 10000~11000 miles. Dilution only became tolerable at about 12000+ miles driven/year.
For iffier UOAs, changing at MM=15% would have been acceptable.
MM@15% are about 4600~10000 miles. Est MM@0% are about 5000~12000 miles.
The L15A/B (even non-turbo) is anecdotally suffers from fuel dilution, etc. My low mileage city-driving oil changes on a 1.5L non-turbo were about 2.5~3% fuel dilution with UOA samples at 1000~8000 miles. VI, TBN, etc were fine. Besides fuel dilution, other numbers only looked iffy once oil age reached 10000~11000 miles. Dilution only became tolerable at about 12000+ miles driven/year.
For iffier UOAs, changing at MM=15% would have been acceptable.
MM@15% are about 4600~10000 miles. Est MM@0% are about 5000~12000 miles.
The way the OLM works for Honda (we have an '18 CRV) is based on a combination of driving type and a 1 year countdown. The more highway miles you drive, the more miles it takes to get down to the next 10% increment. When we went on a long roadtrip, we were getting well over 1000 miles in between 10% increments on the OLM. When we drive around town, it's typically 400-600 miles in between 10% increments. However, if you drive very few miles, the OLM will start to calibrate to a 1 year calendar date for the OLM to hit 0%.
That said, these cars are pretty bad with fuel dilution so it's a good idea to get the oil changed between 4000 and 5000 miles. Other things that help reduce fuel dilution are using 91 octane fuel and leaving the ECON mode off. Once I started doing these two things, the oil level stopped climbing on the dipstick.
That said, these cars are pretty bad with fuel dilution so it's a good idea to get the oil changed between 4000 and 5000 miles. Other things that help reduce fuel dilution are using 91 octane fuel and leaving the ECON mode off. Once I started doing these two things, the oil level stopped climbing on the dipstick.
My wife’s 19 Pilot at 15% olm ranges between 5 and 6500 miles. 5 days a week during the school year it idles for about 45 mins a day during pickups. It sees highway twice a week. 53K on the clock.
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But Honda engineers know better, and MID may tell you to change it at 7k miles…
Also have CRV Turbo, I do an oil extraction at 50% with no filter change then do a dealer oil change at 5%. I'm more comfortable with the dealer oil changes while I still have a warranty.
I prefer to keep my engines clean inside: No sludge/varnish/carbonous material/dirty or stuck piston rings or oil control rings.
I use a low priced full synthetic oil and change my oil and filter every 4k miles / 6 months (whichever comes first).
I totally disregard the oil life monitor.
This is a good thread. This 2014 Honda Odyssey with VCM disabled had significant sludge and varnish after only 70k miles
with 5k mile / 6 month oil change intervals as mentioned in the 1st post. 5k OCI is too long in my opinion.
I use a low priced full synthetic oil and change my oil and filter every 4k miles / 6 months (whichever comes first).
I totally disregard the oil life monitor.
This is a good thread. This 2014 Honda Odyssey with VCM disabled had significant sludge and varnish after only 70k miles
with 5k mile / 6 month oil change intervals as mentioned in the 1st post. 5k OCI is too long in my opinion.
2014 Odyssey Sludge/Varnish
Did an oil change on our 14 odyssey tonight. It is closing in on 70k miles. It is my wife’s dd, so most use is extremely short drives, a mile or two at a time. We also use it for family trips of course. It has had the VCM disabled since maybe a thousand miles. These last two OCIs were Rotella...
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2014 2.4 Accord engine. I go by the MM, but, change at 15%. That's anywhere between 8000-9500 miles if I'm recalling correctly. It has 118,000 miles on it now, and almost always used about quart per OCI, but, I've recently tried some HPL 0w-20, and I THINK the usage dropped. I'm only at 50% on the oil life at the moment, so, I'm not positive. Going to be interesting to see. (one reason I don't know for certain is I changed the oil filter about 2000 miles into this OCI, in case the oil was loosening some extra dirt/debris, and I'm not certain I replaced exactly the same volume as the filter holds.)
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