KillerTofu

Coming up on first oil change at 10k. What kind of oils are you guys using? Honda oil, castrol, valvaline, mobil1, yadda yadda yadda?

ReVtecSi

10K? Is that the recommended time frame for the first oil change?

DC5 03

It might be under regular conditions. Although I personally wouldn't wait until that interval, under any conditions.

STC

i got my 1st oil change at 3k. Every 3-5k for oil changes here.

KillerTofu

Any preferred oils you guys are using? Yep 10k according to the manual. Shes my weekend cruiser.

iam7head

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you properly want to change your oil every 3k from now, I dont know about you but I am getting stop and go traffic to death in socal.

10k huh? perfect time for syn. oil

valvoline synBlend, m1, chevron supreme,etc

KillerTofu

yeah the traffic isnt too bad here in the central valley. i dont know every 3k seems somewhat unreasonable, but watever floats your boat.

Broman78

for your first oil change you don't want to change it at 3k the oil from the factory has special additives that help during the break-in process. oh yeah i think i would use mobile 1 syn.

john d

mobil 1

mickey513

The specific brand oil doesn't really matter as all oil or now API SL, but a good rule of thumb is to stick with the major brands like Castrol, Pennzoil, Vavoline, etc., since they put more additives in their oil. Stay away from those 99cents or gas station brand oil.

First oil change is 5k miles, not 10k.

yellowbuffalo

lol 10k u dont have mb or bmw. jk

ReVtecSi

"normal conditions" is only a dream world to me. stop and go traffic, heat, cold, ice, snow, etc...are my world.

gutted

yah i believe your 5k overdue. 10k is your tire rotate, oil change & 're-grease' your slide pins for your calipers.

flip-flop

I change mine @15k which is recommended by Amsoil synthetic 10w5. Don't believe that 3k BS.

ITR_1211

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mobil 1 </TD></TR></TABLE>

gutted

as long as its a brand name oil comp, valvoline, mobil, etc. oil is oil. not like your going to see or feel a difference. just keep changing it at the correct miles per your owners manual and youll be fine. unless you beat on your car alot then change it a little bit earlier.

STC

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dont listen to this guy

DelSolSi93

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Mobil 1 Fully Synthetic

MightyMouseTech

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Amsoil, LOL!!! They still sell that crap?

Nishant

if you ever redline your car, 3k oil changes is a must. if you're a granny driver then you can do it around 5k. I wouldn't trust any oil beyond that,esp not the honda stuff. synthetic may last you up to 10k but you still gotta check on it every week or so


half of my shifts are at redline's so i change my oil aroung 1.5-2k, just to be safe. thats just me but i am **** about my car


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Modified by swtxaznrac3r at 4:52 AM 3/19/2004

flip-flop

It seem that everyone has their own opinion about when to change oil. Let me guess...your mechanic told you so; Autozone/Kragen clerk told you so; Dealer tech told you so; My friend told me to do it @3k. I did not listen to anyone except oil manufacture spec!!!!!! Their engineers have done more test and experiments with oil than anyone on this forum. Everyone advocate that the oil they are using is better. How do you know for sure? Please enlighten me.

vinuneuro

synthetic oils will probably last up to 10k miles. I just dont know if the oil filters will last that long. 5k-7.5k is probably a safe choice. My 2 cents.

gutted

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do the oil manufactures test their oil on every single engine? nope. when a manufacturer reccommends a certain oil weight put faith in them. the R&D time they do to design the engine, do you think theyll skip R&D on the engine oil that is the bloodline of the engine. they picked the best weight oil that would work and determind interval [mileage] that the engine could withstand old engine oil w/o casuing damage. another thing is the way you drive will affect how long engine oil will last. would oil that has been in an engine that has been brought to 8k everyday been through the same abuse as oil in an engine no higher than 4k?

flip-flop

Okay......*** it you win! But your kung fu is no match for the "one arm boxer" (in chinese dub voice)

Kal

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wtf?