My car is about 3000 miles right now and I was wondering if I change my oil, when my car hits 7500 for service do I have to take it to the dealer? what do they actually do when you bring it in for service.

 

I reached 4000 miles @ 3 months and I called the dealer if I should wait till 7500 and they said just change it. Hope that helps.

 

Change it, the manual has a breakdown of what should be done at each service interval.

 

bring it any where you want for the oil changes. and depending on the type of driving you do should determine wethere or not you do the 3000 or 7500 mile intervals

 

I personally think bringing the car to the dealer for oil change is waste of money. On top of that, you don't even know what kind of oil they're using.

I do my oil change every 5K miles using Mobil 1 synthetic oil with Mobil 1 filter.

 

I will do my own but I was wondering what they do when you bring ur car in for service?

 

You can always ask what kind of oil they use. I will ask when I take mine to the dealer for an oil change.

The only reason I am taking mine to the dealer for one is because they are free For the first 25k miles anyway. After that I'll do it myself more than likely with Mobile 1 synthetic oil. Probably use the Acura/Honda filter. I don't think the Mobile 1 filter has a significantly greater value for the price.

 

oil change is under warrenty. isnt it?:confused

 

Oil changes are not part of the warranty. Some dealers will offer them for some period of time, but that is up to dealership.

 

i buy the honda filter its like anywhere from 5 to 10 dollars cheaper and its the same thing.

 

when you guys do your own oil changes..do you guys do all that other stuff..like lube all the hinges and stuff that neds to e lubed..and hit all the grease fitting with grease?...is that nessasary every oil change?

 

our car are with the other 90% of cars on the road that don't have any grease fittings. hinges will let you know when they need friction relief ie. lithium? grease.
I like to think of it this way, No one else will put the care level into their workmanship that the proud owner, ie. myself would. I also like to check out everything else while i'm down there.

 

I just took my car to the dealer (~ 4800 miles on it) they said for Houston to use the servere conditions schedule... Just a FYI. My oil was dirty and Houston has a lot of stop and go. Unless you have a beater, I think severe qualifies.

 

I usually buy my own supplies - 5 quart jug of Castrol Syntec ($20 at Wal-Mart) and a Bosch oil filter ($6 at AutoZone) and take it to a shop to have some kid put the car on a lift and do the work for me ($5 labor only). Took me awhile to find a shop with labor that cheap, but I end up only paying $31 for an oil change, get premium oil and filter, and no dirty work done myself.

A lot of dealerships will let you bring your own stuff too (Sterling McCall in Houston, for example). I do this when I have to do the B, C, and D items in the Maintenence Schedule.

 

I chose between 3000 and 7500 miles to have the first oil change --- 5000 miles.

 

Acura should give you the first 2 oil changes free. I get a few extra free ones from the dealer 'coz of referred customers. If I specify Synthetic, they charge me extra so I just buy my Mobil 1 whenever I find it on sale (usually at Wal-Mart) and bring the jug in with me when it's time for the oil change.

When my freebies are done, I'll just probably do it myself, but I will still get it dealer-serviced (on scheduled stuff) for the records.

 

acura is too cheap on the complimentary servicings. i only got my first 2 (& cheapest ones) free. my 3rd visit was the 24k km semi-major servicing and that was a couple hundred. i think audi gives you something like all free servicings in the first 5yrs. now that's what i call treating the customer well.

 

I got them to give me like 5 free oil changes (or up to 25k miles). I had to ask/negotiate for it and have them throw it in before I bought the car. 2 years ago I bought a new Accord, they threw in 6 free oil changes without me asking...

I was rather surprised, I figured Acura would have more care. Yeah I heard BMW does free oil changes while the car is in warranty. Maybe even free maintanance all together.

 

-- not meant as a flame---
Doing your own oil change is fun ( well for me anyways) and cost effective.
I strongly suggest not to use Castrol Syntec . ( unless its the 0W30 made in Germany). Following many discussions on a engine oil news group, (I'll get to the point) Syntec and a few others are not regarded as a good choice/value.
Mobil1 / Amsoil / Redline are good choices, as are many others brands.
Just my .02c worth
J

 

Sorry. I prefer Castrol.