Hey everyone,

Took possession of my 2008 CGP 6 Speed Manual Nav Thursday, 04/10/08; should I be concerned if oil life is @ 90% already?

Just a tidbit--I have 435.3 miles, have yet to fill up tank although must do so today as fuel warning indicator came on! Have not manually figured out MPG, but if trip computer accurate, I figure I've averaged 25.5 mpg the first week, mixed "city" and highway driving.

Thanks for your input!
Juanita

 

When I first have my oil changed it jumps down 10% quickly but then it levels out a bit. I wouldn't worry about it at this point. You are currently sitting on a rough average around 4k miles for your oil change (which I know is actually your concern here) however it is new and it was mixed driving. Give it some time and if continues to drop 10% per 400 miles, then pursue the problem at your dealer. I am sure it will improve over the next 1k miles.

Sounds like a nice car....Enjoy it!

 

sounds about right, our cars need an oil change every 5k miles (for what it's worth, i'm at 2400 miles with 50% on my indicator...)

 

I agree with the others-I do mostly highway driving, conservative driving. I get 600 miles per 10%oil life. The oil life is at 10%-getting the oil changed on wed.

 

Your most accurate MPG rating will be miles traveled/gallons filled. You can set your MID to reset TRIP ODO A on refill, so the first trip odometer measures how far you've gone on a tank. It resets when you start rolling after filling up so before you start up at the gas pump, write that mileage down on your gas receipt. (Or ... www.fueleconomy.gov has a handy-dandy Excel spreadsheet you can download to track fill-ups, and upload to record your actual MPG.)

I've read that the first oil in you new car (btw ... CONGRATS! ) is "break-in oil" and may need to be changed sooner than normal changes. Take it in to be changed when it reaches 10% or 5% , is my .

There have been healthy arguments about whether to normally change oil when the MID tells you to ... which, incidentally, seems to be at 15% (when the "hey!" light goes on), ... or stretch it. The 2004 manual recommended 10,000 mile oil changes (and the filter every 20,000, which defies logic), but in subsequent years, they reduced that to 5,000. To sell more oil? They found out the engine needed it more often? Quien sabe. Your owner's manual talks about all this. For the first 12,000 miles, I'd certainly take good care of your engine and treat it like a friend.

 

So far with 1250 miles on the odo, my oil life reads at 80%, which will translate to somewhere around 6,000 miles + or -. I have been on several other Honda boards for several years, and the recommendation for all of them was to leave the "break-in" oil in the car longer than a normal oil change.....like 5,000 miles if you are changing oil every 4,000 miles. Every board has definitely advocated against changing the "break-in" oil at 3,000 miles like many old die hard owners might still be doing. On my last 2 Hondas, I changed the "break-in" oil right around the 4,000-4,500 mile range and got optimum fuel economy (better than EPA estimates) at about the 10,000 mile mark and absolutely no oil usage in between future oil changes. I will follow suit and somewhat use the maintenance minder......but probably not past 5,000 miles.

 

500-600 miles per 10% of oil life here

 

Depends on the driving conditions. Oil Life could be as short as 2k to as high as 10k.

 

Congrats on the new car. Oil Life Varies on driving conditions, i would not change the Oil till the Oil life is at 15%

 

Thanks for all the input! Seems I have nothing to worry about just yet.

 

I'm up to 4400 miles on mine, it should turn to 30% any time now. I've found mine lasts about 600-650 miles between. I'll hit the gas occasionally and rip past someone or have some fun, but I take it easy on the commute(what's the rush to get to work, haha). Seeing some other figures for the oil life on other TSX's, I guess I'm a conservative driver, lol. I don't view myself as that conservative, I'm not "aggressive", but not "conservative".