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Car Forum / Honda Cars / December 2007Oil % doesn't change
I have a new 2008 Honda Accord - put 4953 miles on it, (I only do hiway miles and change every 5K miles - good or bad - always done that with success........ My issue is, my "info" on the odometer info says the oil % is 50 % - did not change when it was changed (along with the filter). do I need to do something or should they have done something to "reset" back to 100% ? Thanks Dale > I have a new 2008 Honda Accord - put 4953 miles on it, (I only do > hiway miles and change every 5K miles - good or bad - always done [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Thanks > Dale needs to be reset. motor has no way of knowing anything's been changed otherwise. and changing the oil prematurely was a bad idea. for maximum life of this vehicle, read and follow the instructions in the owners manual. > and changing the oil prematurely was a bad idea. for maximum life of > this vehicle, read and follow the instructions in the owners manual. Why is that? What's so special about Honda's factory fill? On Dec 6, 9:01 pm, dt...@att.net wrote: > I have a new 2008 Honda Accord - put 4953 miles on it, (I only do > hiway miles and change every 5K miles - good or bad - always done [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Thanks > Dale Thanks for the info - but I can''t understand why an oil change would negatively affect the life of the engine. How does one "reset" the oil life status? dtoms@att.net wrote in news:8c6dcfca-9313-41bf-bf4a-25e74cb4ca02 @i12g2000prf.googlegroups.com: > On Dec 6, 9:01 pm, dt...@att.net wrote: >> I have a new 2008 Honda Accord - put 4953 miles on it, (I only do [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > negatively affect the life of the engine. How does one "reset" the oil > life status? Factory fill used to be different from off-the-shelf oils. The idea was to promote faster break-in. The apparent danger was that if you changed the oil too soon, the new oil would be of a different formulation that would negatively affect proper break-in. I have no idea if this is currently true, was true at one time but now is not, or was an old wives' tale all along. Therefore I play it safe by advising not to perform the first oil change until the minder says to. Plus, the oil-life reset procedure is in your Owner's Manual. It's easier and faster to look it up in the Index at the back of the book rather than in the Table of Contents at the front of the book.  SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ > > Thanks for the info - but I can''t understand why an oil change would > > negatively affect the life of the engine. How does one "reset" the oil [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQwww.tegger.com/hondafaq/ My techs (both at Honda and Toyota dealerships) told me that the primary reason was to ward off those wanting to switch to full synthetic before the engine was properly broken-in. My Honda dealer advised against going with the factory recommended 10,000 miles between oil changes with our 2004 I4 Accord. Most dealers perform new car oil changes well before the on-board system indicates it is needed. These oil changes may be unnecessary but they are very common and don't appear to adversely effect engine life. > On Dec 6, 9:01 pm, dt...@att.net wrote: >> I have a new 2008 Honda Accord - put 4953 miles on it, (I only do [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > negatively affect the life of the engine. How does one "reset" the oil > life status? If no one tips you here-- I'm sure a phone call to your dealer's service department will get you the answer. > <dt...@att.net> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Thank all of you for all your help and ideas - as far as the oil change goes - guess I will find out when the engine dies and Honda refuses to pay under the warranty.....or the car hits a deer here in central Virginia, which is what happens to a large percentage of vehicles on the road. :) Again - Thanks and I hope all have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year! Dale dt...@att.net wrote: >> >> I have a new 2008 Honda Accord - put 4953 miles on it, (I only do >> >> hiway miles and change every 5K miles - good or bad - always done [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > New Year! > Dale Dale, I encourage you to read that 2008 owner's manual....it isn't like you're studying for a history test or something! Its not that bad to read, and answers a lot of questions I had as well as tells you of options you can implement. The new 2008 Accord you have has a certian formulated oil that is made for new car break in. Honda knows engines, so do what they tell you to do! They don't want you to change it because then you would have fresh oil in it, but it wouldn't be the special formulation it recommends for break-in. But I'll help you here..so here goes. Do what you will with the info. Honda says when "50%" oil life displayed, that means from 41-50% is left. When it gets to 15% on the display, you can change it. Wait until it does. You don't have that much more to go. It will display when you turn on the car to the first position in the key switch. Afterwards, you can reset the oil life indicator to zero by pushing in the selet button ( the only one on there ) for 5 seconds and it will blink and eventually display as "100%". And remember that Honda can hook the cars computer up to find out when the cars info was reset and at what mileage its done at. I'm just guessing that it should be around 6000 miles or so. I guess we all have had the car so little that no one here has had their first oil change! Peace, Polfus On Dec 6, 9:01 pm, dt...@att.net wrote: > I have a new 2008 Honda Accord - put 4953 miles on it, (I only do > hiway miles and change every 5K miles - good or bad - always done [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Thanks > Dale Did you have this done at the dealer? If so, they should have reset the oil life monitor. Not sure it's something that you can do by pushing various buttons.... Dan D '07 Ody EX Central NJ USA Check your owner's manual. The procedure is in there. The first time we took our 2007 Accord in for service, the dealer forgot to reset the thing. It is easy, but my wife has the car so I can't look it up. > I have a new 2008 Honda Accord - put 4953 miles on it, (I only do > hiway miles and change every 5K miles - good or bad - always done [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Thanks > Dale |
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