On Apr 15, 7:38 pm, "Butch Haynes" <butch@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Took my '07 Accord V6 back to the selling dealer for its first oil
change. I
> bought the car just over 11 months ago, the maintenance minder showed 5%
oil
> life left with 6570 miles on the odometer-- I don't drive much...
>
> The service writer starting chewing my ass for going beyond 6 months for
the
> oil change. I showed him the Owner's Manual where it says to change the
oil
> the first time at one year if the oil life minder didn't call for a
change
> yet. I also mentioned that I had been concerned about going so long on
the
> oil and had called American Honda around 6 months ago and they said to
leave
> that first oil in there until the minder said to change it or a year was
up.
>
> So what's what?
"Elmo" is generally correct although you may not want to be quite so
confrontational if you plan to use this place for service in the
future.
However, the Service Writer may not be as dumb as he appears. Did you
ask him what kind of oil they were putting into your car? You may not
want that stuff in there for more than 6 months. I still do my own oil
changes just so I know what's in the engine. Once/year oil change is
probably fine for as little driving as you do if you use a top quality
motor oil and filter; assuming that whenever you use the car you drive
it long enough (15-20 min) that it fully warms up (expels all the
water/water va****).
Maintenance minders: these nifty devices pur****t to tell you all you
need to know. Of course, these same minders are used by the various
new car rating organizations to calculate maintenance costs. So it is
in the manufacturer's self interest to go as long as possible between
services to show low maintenance costs. How long do you want to own
your car? Ask Tegger, whose Honda product now has over 300,000 miles,
how long he goes between oil changes. I have no such high mileage
aspirations and my 200,000 mile cars seem fine with 7500 oil change
intervals using Mobil 1 synthetic.
YMMV
|
