How often do you change your oil?
06-11-2005, 06:44 PM
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How often do you change your oil?
I have an '01 Prelude I just bought and the service manual says to only change the oil every 7,500 miles... :-o
That seems like a lot of miles to run on one filter and oil... do you all abide by this or change it sooner?
That seems like a lot of miles to run on one filter and oil... do you all abide by this or change it sooner?
06-11-2005, 06:47 PM
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Re: How often do you change your oil? (Jarmer)
i run redline and knn filter and i still change every 3-4k but then again i dont pay full price on that stuff 
06-11-2005, 07:29 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by girLuder »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">wow, i change the filter and oil every 3000 with mobil 1. not synthetic. am i changing too often? 
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If you are running regular oil, 3K is fine. Synthetic oil does not need to be changed as often.
</TD></TR></TABLE>If you are running regular oil, 3K is fine. Synthetic oil does not need to be changed as often.
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Re: (girLuder)
if you're using conventional oil you could probably get away with 6000 mi/change.
it really depends on the car, but 3000 miles is way too soon for pretty much any car that isn't turbo'd, raced, or rallied.
synthetics could be run for a long time...especially in oil thirsty h22's--as you top off the crankcase (due to the engine consuming oil at pretty high rates) you're keeping the oil that's already in the case effective. just going off of TBN #'s i'm sure a case of mobil 1 would survive at least 12,000 miles, if not more.
the only thing is, the filter needs to be changed at around 7000 8000 miles. which is why i just change the oil at that point.
it really depends on the car, but 3000 miles is way too soon for pretty much any car that isn't turbo'd, raced, or rallied.
synthetics could be run for a long time...especially in oil thirsty h22's--as you top off the crankcase (due to the engine consuming oil at pretty high rates) you're keeping the oil that's already in the case effective. just going off of TBN #'s i'm sure a case of mobil 1 would survive at least 12,000 miles, if not more.
the only thing is, the filter needs to be changed at around 7000 8000 miles. which is why i just change the oil at that point.
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06-11-2005, 07:45 PM
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Re: How often do you change your oil? (AndyD)
dont all 90-01 or 02 use the same filter what whould be so good about a s2000 filter
06-11-2005, 08:01 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AndyD »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Does anyone run an S2000 oil filter on their Prelude??
Is there any benefit to doing this??</TD></TR></TABLE>
slight increase in oil pressure
Is there any benefit to doing this??</TD></TR></TABLE>
slight increase in oil pressure
06-11-2005, 08:08 PM
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Re: How often do you change your oil? (Innovation)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Innovation »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
slight increase in oil pressure</TD></TR></TABLE>
Expensive too. I picked up one today at Honda dealer for $14.95
slight increase in oil pressure</TD></TR></TABLE>
Expensive too. I picked up one today at Honda dealer for $14.95
06-11-2005, 09:59 PM
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Re: How often do you change your oil? (Jarmer)
i gotta change it between 2.5k - 3k to keep my engine warranty so i dont bother with synthetic. new h22 in my 94. (hydrolocked the last engine)
06-11-2005, 10:24 PM
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Re: How often do you change your oil? (plikit)
hmmmm... so I guess then if I put synthetic oil in it I could go by what the manual says for around 7,500. interesting.
and one more question: do those oils formulated for high milage engines (I think the one I saw was for > 85k) actually do anything? I mean are they worth the extra money ?
and one more question: do those oils formulated for high milage engines (I think the one I saw was for > 85k) actually do anything? I mean are they worth the extra money ?
06-11-2005, 10:48 PM
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Re: (girLuder)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by girLuder »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">wow, i change the filter and oil every 3000 with mobil 1. not synthetic. am i changing too often? </TD></TR></TABLE>
Mobile 1 is a sythentic oil, Mobil isn't. I'm confused.
Dan
</TD></TR></TABLE>Mobile 1 is a sythentic oil, Mobil isn't. I'm confused.
Dan
06-12-2005, 12:02 AM
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Re: (Cashis Lee)
i go about 5k no matter what oil and filter i use. currently i use mobil1 and the medium size hamp filters. soon ditching mobil1 for something thicker.
06-12-2005, 04:40 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by rawkus »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Mobile 1 is a sythentic oil, Mobil isn't. I'm confused.
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just like you said mobile 1 is full synthetic and plain mobile is regular oil made by mobile
get it?
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just like you said mobile 1 is full synthetic and plain mobile is regular oil made by mobile
get it?
06-12-2005, 06:03 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by raylude »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
just like you said mobile 1 is full synthetic and plain mobile is regular oil made by mobile
get it?</TD></TR></TABLE>
Oh I get it, but she says she runs Non synthetic Mobile 1, there's no such thing to my knowledge.
Dan
just like you said mobile 1 is full synthetic and plain mobile is regular oil made by mobile
get it?</TD></TR></TABLE>
Oh I get it, but she says she runs Non synthetic Mobile 1, there's no such thing to my knowledge.
Dan
06-12-2005, 12:46 PM
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Re: How often do you change your oil? (Jarmer)
I use Castrol Synthetic, I change between 5k miles and 6k miles depending on how long it's been since the last oil change.
For those wishing to learn more, I recommend you google for a pdf called "Motor Oil Bilble"
It's extremely useful and it explains I believe everything there is to know.
For those wishing to learn more, I recommend you google for a pdf called "Motor Oil Bilble"
It's extremely useful and it explains I believe everything there is to know.