1st oil change!
#1
1st oil change!
15% oil life light came on @ mile 8260. Had the Fit for 53 weeks & now it lets me know - time for 1st oil change. Honda dealership 10 minutes from apartment. Calling in the morning for appt. Glad they start service dept @ 7:30am. I go to work @ 10am.
#4
I let my first change go over a year. I finally relented at 20% (9500 miles). I'm convinced Honda puts the year in there to cover against something going wrong with the MM and someone going 40k miles before they discover something is wrong, then suing Honda because the MM didn't tell them to change the oil. So 53 weeks? Yeah, I wouldn't sweat it.
#5
oh wow.. i didnt know ur supose to wait that long until the first oil change.. ive been changin oil every 3k miles... and im not supose to do that :O .. .so how long can i last with out changin the oil ????? more than 3k miles ???????? and more than 3 months ????
#7
https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/2nd-...il-change.html
I just go by the manual. 15% or one year, whichever comes first.
#10
I let my first change go over a year. I finally relented at 20% (9500 miles). I'm convinced Honda puts the year in there to cover against something going wrong with the MM and someone going 40k miles before they discover something is wrong, then suing Honda because the MM didn't tell them to change the oil. So 53 weeks? Yeah, I wouldn't sweat it.
But regardless, don't worry about it.
#11
If your dealer did not do the same, I suggest you read your owner's manual cover-to-cover which may save you money from avoiding unneeded maintenance.
#12
Btw, when the dealer changed the oil, they put one of those reminder stickers on the windshield and it had no mileage. Just said to come back when the MM is 15%.
Last edited by know-nothin; 04-25-2011 at 02:39 PM.
#13
Well, it was more like, I was worried she might let the car go two or three years or however long it takes to get to 15% without changing the oil.
53 wks, only because she saw the 15%, not because she thought "oh, one year is up, I'll go change it this weekend." There's a difference.
53 wks, only because she saw the 15%, not because she thought "oh, one year is up, I'll go change it this weekend." There's a difference.
#15
Why? 3000 mile changes are from the day when engines had major issues after 3 or 4 years, machining/manufacturing wasn't anywhere near as reliable and vehicles still ran on leaded gasoline. Oil & manufacturing technology have improved immensely and it's not like honda doesn't know what they are doing. They are the largest manufacture of engines world-wide.
I think we've yet to see an oil analysis that shows that 10k miles is too much. every one that i remember says the oil could have easily gone 12K or 15K miles.
This ain't Dad's Shelby GT500
~SB
I think we've yet to see an oil analysis that shows that 10k miles is too much. every one that i remember says the oil could have easily gone 12K or 15K miles.
This ain't Dad's Shelby GT500
~SB
#16
Why? 3000 mile changes are from the day when engines had major issues after 3 or 4 years, machining/manufacturing wasn't anywhere near as reliable and vehicles still ran on leaded gasoline. Oil & manufacturing technology have improved immensely and it's not like honda doesn't know what they are doing. They are the largest manufacture of engines world-wide.
I think we've yet to see an oil analysis that shows that 10k miles is too much. every one that i remember says the oil could have easily gone 12K or 15K miles.
This ain't Dad's Shelby GT500
~SB
I think we've yet to see an oil analysis that shows that 10k miles is too much. every one that i remember says the oil could have easily gone 12K or 15K miles.
This ain't Dad's Shelby GT500
~SB
Last edited by EvoFit; 04-26-2011 at 10:45 PM.
#17
I am not looking to get too invested in these exchanges anymore but I will throw some fuel on the fire and say this.. I change my oil based on how much fuel it has consumed.
Anyone care to guess why?
Anyone care to guess why?
#18
If you plan to keep your car past 100-150k, then doing more aggressive preventive maintenance may be advisable. This would involve doing oil changes and transmission services more frequently.
Based on what I have read on here, I have reason to believe that the Maintenance Minder system on the Fit is less sophisticated than other models. Why? Because it seems like everyone gets about 10k before needing an oil change. On other Honda models, the intervals vary significantly. For instance, my friend's 2009 Fit currently has 4500+ miles since the last service, yet the Maintenance Minder shows 70% left. More than 1/2 of those miles are from short trips.
If you plan to keep the car for a long time and use conventional oil, then changing the oil about every 5,000 miles is probably a practice to consider. If you use a super-long-life full synthetic, then following the computer is probably OK...though even then I would still change it at least every six months to remove the contaminants.
Based on what I have read on here, I have reason to believe that the Maintenance Minder system on the Fit is less sophisticated than other models. Why? Because it seems like everyone gets about 10k before needing an oil change. On other Honda models, the intervals vary significantly. For instance, my friend's 2009 Fit currently has 4500+ miles since the last service, yet the Maintenance Minder shows 70% left. More than 1/2 of those miles are from short trips.
If you plan to keep the car for a long time and use conventional oil, then changing the oil about every 5,000 miles is probably a practice to consider. If you use a super-long-life full synthetic, then following the computer is probably OK...though even then I would still change it at least every six months to remove the contaminants.
#19
reguardless i agree with him. i did my first oil change at 2.5k then again at 6k. you can't seriously sit there and tell someone their wrong for doing whatever prevenative maintance they feel they need when they need it. its call prevenative maintance for a reason. if as long as they do it before shit happens its always a thumbs up from me. Also just because its not the 60's doesn't mean engines no longer burn oil. i doubt honda's "maintance minders" actually have anything to do with actual oil level or oil conditions.
#20
reguardless i agree with him. i did my first oil change at 2.5k then again at 6k. you can't seriously sit there and tell someone their wrong for doing whatever prevenative maintance they feel they need when they need it. its call prevenative maintance for a reason. if as long as they do it before shit happens its always a thumbs up from me. Also just because its not the 60's doesn't mean engines no longer burn oil. i doubt honda's "maintance minders" actually have anything to do with actual oil level or oil conditions.
The engine doesn't monitor oil conditions as there are no sensors but Honda knows engines and they know oil. They also know likely 99.999999% of driving conditions and have programmed THAT to be monitored by the computer (MM). When you know all of the variables, you can determine the outcome and this is what the computer is doing.
If you plan to keep your car past 100-150k, then doing more aggressive preventive maintenance may be advisable. This would involve doing oil changes and transmission services more frequently.
Based on what I have read on here, I have reason to believe that the Maintenance Minder system on the Fit is less sophisticated than other models. Why? Because it seems like everyone gets about 10k before needing an oil change. On other Honda models, the intervals vary significantly. For instance, my friend's 2009 Fit currently has 4500+ miles since the last service, yet the Maintenance Minder shows 70% left. More than 1/2 of those miles are from short trips.
If you plan to keep the car for a long time and use conventional oil, then changing the oil about every 5,000 miles is probably a practice to consider. If you use a super-long-life full synthetic, then following the computer is probably OK...though even then I would still change it at least every six months to remove the contaminants.
Based on what I have read on here, I have reason to believe that the Maintenance Minder system on the Fit is less sophisticated than other models. Why? Because it seems like everyone gets about 10k before needing an oil change. On other Honda models, the intervals vary significantly. For instance, my friend's 2009 Fit currently has 4500+ miles since the last service, yet the Maintenance Minder shows 70% left. More than 1/2 of those miles are from short trips.
If you plan to keep the car for a long time and use conventional oil, then changing the oil about every 5,000 miles is probably a practice to consider. If you use a super-long-life full synthetic, then following the computer is probably OK...though even then I would still change it at least every six months to remove the contaminants.
~SB