We're in the middle of a vacation, currently in AZ. In total, we'll drive a total of about 2500 miles by the time we get back to the midwest. A few observations on our CRV (which we've owned since new):
-we live smack dab in the middle of the nation in very flat terrain, and have never noticed any difference with the ECON button on vs. off. We just always leave it on at home. However, with the elevation and mountainous driving we've been doing, I can really tell a difference. The CVT tries harder to maintain low RPMs when ECON is on, which really bogs the vehicle down on mountain roads. Vehicle drives much more responsively in mountains with ECON turned off.
-So far (about 1200 miles in), we're averaging 32 MPG. That includes driving in lots of elevation changes (from ~1200 to ~8000 ft. elevations) as well as a lot of headwinds and crosswinds, which really do a number on gas mileage.
-I have not had a perfectly flat surface to check the dipstick, but the times I have checked, the oil level appears to be climbing. If that's really true, we are experiencing fuel dilution in driving conditions that shouldn't be leading to FD. I'm reserving judgement til we get home and can check on a known level surface.
Normally, after doing a couple of UOAs on this car, I'd do my next oil change at 4000-4500 miles, but due to all the highway miles, I was planning on pushing this OCI to 5-6k. If the oil level truly is rising on the dipstick, I may still change the oil early. To be determined...
The oil in there is 3.2qts Castrol EDGE 0W20 and 0.5qt Castrol EDGE 0W40. I estimate the virgin cSt at about 8.8.
-we live smack dab in the middle of the nation in very flat terrain, and have never noticed any difference with the ECON button on vs. off. We just always leave it on at home. However, with the elevation and mountainous driving we've been doing, I can really tell a difference. The CVT tries harder to maintain low RPMs when ECON is on, which really bogs the vehicle down on mountain roads. Vehicle drives much more responsively in mountains with ECON turned off.
-So far (about 1200 miles in), we're averaging 32 MPG. That includes driving in lots of elevation changes (from ~1200 to ~8000 ft. elevations) as well as a lot of headwinds and crosswinds, which really do a number on gas mileage.
-I have not had a perfectly flat surface to check the dipstick, but the times I have checked, the oil level appears to be climbing. If that's really true, we are experiencing fuel dilution in driving conditions that shouldn't be leading to FD. I'm reserving judgement til we get home and can check on a known level surface.
Normally, after doing a couple of UOAs on this car, I'd do my next oil change at 4000-4500 miles, but due to all the highway miles, I was planning on pushing this OCI to 5-6k. If the oil level truly is rising on the dipstick, I may still change the oil early. To be determined...
The oil in there is 3.2qts Castrol EDGE 0W20 and 0.5qt Castrol EDGE 0W40. I estimate the virgin cSt at about 8.8.