cause i have like 3,800 miles on my car and at the dealer they told i have to wait till i get 5000 on it and then they can change the oil....so i put more oil in it caue the oil life was 5% but after i put the oil it didnt change it still says 5% but the service light turned off ...so does the oil life change or will it stay the same till i take to the dealer??

 

are you serious? adding oil isnt going to help.

 

First off the guage does not automatically change when you change your oil or add oil...you know how your trip guage doesn't change if you add gas samething....you have to hold the reset button right by the +/- buttons... you must have driven your car hard to have it read 3800 and 5%... i've gone nearly 4500 miles and still had 20% or more... But read your manual and it will help you understand that your car is advanced but not that advanced to know you added oil...

 

i took mine in before 5000 miles and the dealer changed the oil. if its time for an oil change, its time.

 

oil life indicator works according to the reading the computer gets from the revolutions your engine has performed th roughout your driving since day1. In other words, adding oil to your engine does not in any way change the perspective of your oil indicator reading. But when people drive it hard, and oil change along w/the filer is okay at 3K miles. Your dealership shouldn't ignore your claim for an oil change since they profit from it anyway.
Go change your oil

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by aeenox &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">cause i have like 3,800 miles on my car and at the dealer they told i have to wait till i get 5000 on it and then they can change the oil....so i put more oil in it caue the oil life was 5% but after i put the oil it didnt change it still says 5% but the service light turned off ...so does the oil life change or will it stay the same till i take to the dealer?? </TD></TR></TABLE>

You know that little book in the glove box? They call this the Owners Manual. Please open it and read the info Honda placed there for you that will answer your question.

 

They don't profit from the first oil change. Should be free. Anyway. This guy said he added oil. Why would you add oil to help the fact that you need an oil change?

Change your own oil if it's such a big deal.

 

oil change isn't free.
only the first one is free...

 

I was under the impression that the monitoring system analyzed the oil quality electronically. If so, adding a little oil would give you the results you got, a remaining oil life just enough to take the light off, but leave it at 5%. I could be wrong, though. I just bought my car and am learning about it here.
-Tom

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by involutions &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I was under the impression that the monitoring system analyzed the oil quality electronically. If so, adding a little oil would give you the results you got, a remaining oil life just enough to take the light off, but leave it at 5%. I could be wrong, though. I just bought my car and am learning about it here.
-Tom</TD></TR></TABLE>
no biggie...
@sstwats will always be @sstwats but sometimes they know what they're talking about. So yes, new cars = manuals = read them for further information.
So now u learned about the oil life indicator.

 

I took mine in at about 3000, they told me it didnt need to be changed yet, i said "well i'm changing it, why do you care? You make money." and that was the last of it.

 

According to Honda they are using the maintenance minder system to help eliminate the guesswork of services and do it's part to help the enviorment by calculating driving habits and extending the interval to save waste from oil changes.

So in other words, after the first oil change which should be close to 5k miles due to break in additives added from the factory, you can do 3k mile changes and be just fine.

 

Waaaaaiiit a second... you guys got a free oil change? I took mine in at 5k after the service light came on and they charged $40some odd dollars! Of course, they charged me $19.5k out the door for my EX coupe last Nov. (when the state of WA only had 6 silver ex coupes and had to drive 80 miles to trade civics from another dealership).

 

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only the first one is free...</TD></TR></TABLE>
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eL &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">They don't profit from the first oil change. Should be free. Anyway. This guy said he added oil. Why would you add oil to help the fact that you need an oil change?

Change your own oil if it's such a big deal.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

the % indicates your OIL's condition not how much oil is left in your engine....lol

 

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If they got a free oil change it's at the discression of the independant dealer not Honda itself. The only thing Honda pays the dealerships for is for a full tank of gas to be put in the car.

 

how could they denie a oil change for you. Take no for an answer **** i mean if your paying for it whats it matter what they say.

 

Exactly how much oil did you add?

 

I would have just added oil becuse too much oil as people know is a bad thing. As has beed stated the oil life system tells the quality of oil in your car and not the amount of oil. Therefore adding oil to the original oil that was already in your car cannot be a good thing.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by involutions &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I was under the impression that the monitoring system analyzed the oil quality electronically. If so, adding a little oil would give you the results you got, a remaining oil life just enough to take the light off, but leave it at 5%. I could be wrong, though. I just bought my car and am learning about it here.
-Tom</TD></TR></TABLE>

Unless Honda installed a GC/MS and a viscometer, that's doubtful. I suppose an optical or conductivity sensor might work, but it would be far easier, as was mentioned, to figure crankshaft rotations and use an algorithm based on that.