Hi BITOG—longtime lurker, first time poster here. I am grateful for this community.
I'm posting because I'm bewildered by the difference in recommended OCIs between my two cars. I've always been a Honda guy but recently got my first Prius. So currently my cars are a 2004 Pilot and a 2005 Prius.
The Prius has a manufacturer recommended OCI of 5k miles, changing the filter every time.
The Pilot has a manufacturer recommended OCI of 7.5k miles, changing the filter every 15k miles.
This just seems wrong to me. I would expect it to be the other way around, if anything. Surely the Pilot is harder on the oil than the Prius with the same driving conditions?
I live in WI and both cars get mostly highway miles w/out towing, so pretty gentle driving conditions on the whole.
I'm using quality high-mileage synthetic oils (Mobil 1, Quaker State, Valvoline—whatever's available and cheapest when I'm shopping) of recommended viscosity on both engines, OEM filters, redline in the gas before each oil change. I don't think I'm willing to drop $30 every few months on each car for habitual oil analysis, although I might be persuadable.
The Pilot has 198k miles and the Prius has ~312k (the odometer stops at 299), if anyone cares.
So: I'm looking for opinions on the manufacturer recommended OCIs for these two cars, any suggestions for me to help get the Prius to 400k and the Pilot to 300k , and any opinions about WHY there's this disparity between the recommended OCIs on these cars.
Thanks!
I'm posting because I'm bewildered by the difference in recommended OCIs between my two cars. I've always been a Honda guy but recently got my first Prius. So currently my cars are a 2004 Pilot and a 2005 Prius.
The Prius has a manufacturer recommended OCI of 5k miles, changing the filter every time.
The Pilot has a manufacturer recommended OCI of 7.5k miles, changing the filter every 15k miles.
This just seems wrong to me. I would expect it to be the other way around, if anything. Surely the Pilot is harder on the oil than the Prius with the same driving conditions?
I live in WI and both cars get mostly highway miles w/out towing, so pretty gentle driving conditions on the whole.
I'm using quality high-mileage synthetic oils (Mobil 1, Quaker State, Valvoline—whatever's available and cheapest when I'm shopping) of recommended viscosity on both engines, OEM filters, redline in the gas before each oil change. I don't think I'm willing to drop $30 every few months on each car for habitual oil analysis, although I might be persuadable.
The Pilot has 198k miles and the Prius has ~312k (the odometer stops at 299), if anyone cares.
So: I'm looking for opinions on the manufacturer recommended OCIs for these two cars, any suggestions for me to help get the Prius to 400k and the Pilot to 300k , and any opinions about WHY there's this disparity between the recommended OCIs on these cars.
Thanks!