jesser916

Any 0W-20 Synthetic oil will be fine. I like Pennzoil, Mobil and Castrol. I run it for at least 10k miles. You don't have to follow the maintenance minder. It's pretty generic. It doesn't test your engine oil and give you a percentage based on that lol.
Changing full synthetic oil in a street car every 3k miles is a major overkill. Even 5k is too soon. Stick to 8-10k miles. Make sure to check your oil and levels every 1k-2k miles.

My First Honda

Good info, jesser916. You raised a point about not necessarily following the Maintenance Minder. This is all new to me as a new Honda owner. If I deviate from the Maintenance Minder regarding oil changes, should I reset the minder at that point? Will it affect anything else that it is keeping track of or is the minder just for oil?

jesser916

The maintenance minder will give you different codes every time it goes down to 15%. It usually reminds you which service to do. For example engine oil, transmission oil, cabin air filter, air filter, spark plugs, etc I keep track of my own maintenance and don't rely on the maintenance minder to tell me which service to do and when. I usually just reset it when it hits 15%.

To be clear, I run full synthetic engine oil and that's why I change it every 8-10k miles. If you're running a synthetic blend you can follow the maintenance minder in my opinion. I'm pretty sure Honda uses a synthetic blend from the factory.

My First Honda

Good to know about the Maintenance Minder! Didn't realize it tracks so many different things. Will follow your suggestion about re-setting it at 15%.
Question: do you re-set it at 15% for each individual category that you mentioned, or is it a "across the board 15% re-set". Seems like each category should have its own " % count-down" though and should be treated on individual basis's. Each category has its own/different life-span. New to this "tech" stuff; have always kept a hand-written maintenance log for all my cars-LOL Still going to with this Honda as well, but want to make sure I understand how to manage the Maintenance Minder correctly. Don't mean to change the subject too far from oil...

jesser916

There's only 1 that you can reset. It will give you a code and you look up the code and see which service it is referring to.

My First Honda

Ok - thanks!

popeye2917

To Thomas Ander on gasoline recommendations;
Just caught up with this thread - replying to you question on gasoline. Its widely thought that Top Tier gas is superior. Not an octane thing - that is all the same i.e, 87 Octane at one pump is same 87 Octane at any pump. Top Tier have optimal detergent additives. Here's an article for further reading. Most brand names, and quite a few others, sell Top Tier gas.
https://clark.com/cars/top-tier-fuel-detergent-gas/