My aunt and uncle bought an 03 Accord here a while back, and it is coming up time for them to change their oil... The dealership told them not to change it for the first time until 10K miles... Is there any basis to that, or should they change it earlier than that... I had never heard that before, so I figured I'd hit up the expert panel Thanks in advance...

 

well, i know on most motors with brand new rings, (i.e. rebuilt and brand new) i've always heard that you change it at 500, 1000, and 2000 miles before you start going on the regular 3000 mile intervals...that's just to be safe of course and to get everything broken in nicely...

 

Honda wants you to hold off on your first oil change until over 4k miles. The reason for this is because unlike old breakins which were done with a physical abrasive such as graphite, the new motors have additives in the oil that replace the old methods of breakin. They take longer to do their job however, hence the 4k breakin period. The newer 4 cyls. are on a 10k maintenance cycle that under mild service conditions only have to have oil changes every 10k to maintain warranty. We usually reccomend 5k intervals where I work. The newer v6 cars are on a 7500 mile schedule so we usually reccomend every 3750 miles.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by under advisement &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Honda wants you to hold off on your first oil change until over 4k miles. </TD></TR></TABLE>
4,000 miles for the first oil change? Which publication did you see this in?

 

it appears he works for honda...

 

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There are alot of us on here that do. I'd just like to see where he got that information, I havn't seen it.

 

oh yea i heard about the 10k thing. supposely honda put some kind of breakin oil and it would break in the car better. i dont know im taking my car to dealer wen i hit 5k. barely got 3k right now

 

Cool... That is what I was needing to know... Thanks for the info... I'll pass it along, and maybe she'll stop worrying about voiding her warranty

 

I don't know who told you that but I have an 03 accord and between 8,000 and 12,000 miles the Maint. Req. Light comes on so I just got my oil changed at The Honda Dealership at a little over 8,000 miles

 

well in the owners manaul it says 5k for severe dring condtion and 10k for normal

 

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There are alot of us on here that do. I'd just like to see where he got that information, I havn't seen it.</TD></TR></TABLE>
It's in the September 98 Service News, on the second page. It's good for showing the old school first 500 mile people that it's a Honda recomendation.

 

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It's in the September 98 Service News, on the second page. It's good for showing the old school first 500 mile people that it's a Honda recomendation.</TD></TR></TABLE>
You mean this:

Don’t Replace Original Engine Oil Too Soon
NOTE: This article originally appeared in the August
’96 issue of S/N.
On all Hondas (except Passport), the original engine oil
contains additives to protect the engine during its
break-in period. Since these additives aren’t in
over-the-counter oils, make sure the first oil change
happens at the recommended mileage/time interval, and
not before.

I don't see anything about 4000 miles there, did you just make that up?

 

I have an 03 Accord V6 and I change my oil every 3000 miles. It gets dirty and I always have gone by that. I used full synthetic this past time so I will wait about 4000 miles.