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Car Forum / Honda Cars / October 2005when to put synthic oil?
Just had my 2005 Accord changed oil for the first time 3000miles. I brought 6 qt of Mobile 1 Synthetic oil to the dealer ready to start using it but the service department recommended that I should use it at next oil change instead of now?? I am not quite sure what he explained to me but I am pretty sure they are not trying to save money because this is a free oil change as part of the deal purchasing from them. I will assume that they would like to use my own oil save them some...He also mentioned that I should put in Mobile 1 at 7500 miles and then change it every 7500 instead of 3750 (I am not clear about this part of theory). What is your opinion? > Just had my 2005 Accord changed oil for the first time 3000miles. > I brought 6 qt of Mobile 1 Synthetic oil to the dealer ready to start using [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > What is your opinion? my opinion is that googling this group is your best bet. this subject has been beaten to death. >> Just had my 2005 Accord changed oil for the first time 3000miles. >> I brought 6 qt of Mobile 1 Synthetic oil to the dealer ready to start [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > my opinion is that googling this group is your best bet. this subject > has been beaten to death. It's dead, Jim...  SignatureTeGGeR® The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ > Just had my 2005 Accord changed oil for the first time 3000miles. > I brought 6 qt of Mobile 1 Synthetic oil to the dealer ready to start using > it but the service department recommended that I should use it at next oil > change instead of now?? correct. in fact, you might have been better off waiting until the 7500 miles are up before the first change. > I am not quite sure what he explained to me but I am pretty sure they are > not trying to save money because this is a free oil change as part of the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > What is your opinion? sounds good to me. id probably wait until 15000 just to make sure the engine is fully broken in with the regular oil. but yeah- wait til at least 7500 miles. maybe even longer. The answer to your question: when to put synthetic oil? Never. Save your money and go out to dinner on the savings between cost of the two oils. Your Honda engine was designed for petroleum based oil. It can last a minimum of 250k miles; if serviced regularly, as Honda recommends. There are many Hondas driving around with high mileage and I'd wager that few have used synthetic oil... Many of them have probably had less than consistent maintenance... to boot! Remember this: Contamination and/or dirt is the enemy. ALL oil gets dirty and contaminated, (yes, even expensive synthetic oil.) So why would you put synthetic oil in your engine, then not change it for 25k miles, as some synt/oil packagers' suggest? > Just had my 2005 Accord changed oil for the first time 3000miles. > I brought 6 qt of Mobile 1 Synthetic oil to the dealer ready to start using [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > What is your opinion? -- Tp, -------- __o ----- -\<. -------- __o --- ( )/ ( ) ---- -\<. -------------------- ( )/ ( ) ----------------------------------------- No Lawsuit Ever Fixed A Moron... > The answer to your question: when to put synthetic oil? > Never. not that synthetic would hurt anything, of course. i have no qualms using synthetic and changing every 7500 miles. > Save your money and go out to dinner on the savings between cost of the two > oils. if hes going to keep changing every 3000 miles? sure. > Your Honda engine was designed for petroleum based oil. It can last a minimum > of 250k miles; if serviced regularly, as Honda recommends. There are many [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > why would you put synthetic oil in your engine, then not change it for 25k > miles, as some synt/oil packagers' suggest? its only SCAMSoil that recommends that. Thanks Mike, you-da-man! > > The answer to your question: when to put synthetic oil? > > Never. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > its only SCAMSoil that recommends that. -- Tp, -------- __o ----- -\<. -------- __o --- ( )/ ( ) ---- -\<. -------------------- ( )/ ( ) ----------------------------------------- No Lawsuit Ever Fixed A Moron... |
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