New Civic 2008 Oil question

[Nickdfresh]

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I have a 2007 Civic LX which I bought new in May. I don't drive much and it has only been driven 2,000 miles. At 1,500 miles I drained the factory fill and converted to Amsoil 0W-20. As was indicated above, the oil change took about 4 quarts. After much research I opted to use the Amsoil EAO13 oil filter. Many will warn against draining the factory fill early, as Honda claims to use a magical, mystical break-in oil. I think you will find that this break-in oil is conventional oil that contains a lot of Moly...

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I don't believe they "claim" anything of the sort...

I think they advise that you do not change the oil early...

I presume they feel that additives in fresh oil may hinder the normal seating in of the valves and that the old "break-in" ideas are obsolete due to more precise assemblies and the like. I have no idea whether they are correct or not, and I would change oil in a new Honda somewhat early, but certainly not at old rule of thumb of 500 miles, and not before 3000 miles..

 

[06VtecV6]

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I have a 2007 Civic LX which I bought new in May. I don't drive much and it has only been driven 2,000 miles. At 1,500 miles I drained the factory fill and converted to Amsoil 0W-20. As was indicated above, the oil change took about 4 quarts. After much research I opted to use the Amsoil EAO13 oil filter. Many will warn against draining the factory fill early, as Honda claims to use a magical, mystical break-in oil. I think you will find that this break-in oil is conventional oil that contains a lot of Moly...

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but certainly not at old rule of thumb of 500 miles, and not before 3000 miles..

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Did mine at 5050 miles myself. Definitely *not before* 3000 miles indeed!

 

[Auto-Union]

I say go by OLM if you use synth.

 

[Bill in Utah]

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PP meets Acura HTO-06...

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And a civic does not require this spec.

The Subject is Civic 2008.

Follow the OLM and run any oil. You'll be fine.

Bill

 

[babyjay8495]

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Follow the OLM and run any oil. You'll be fine.

Bill

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I couldn't agree more. I have an 07 civic and i feel the honda motors could do well on anything. I see nothing wrong with using supertech oil and filters and having some fun and save a lot of money. I highly doubt the chances of that motor having any oil related failure before 200,000 is very rare, even with the cheap stuff.