7500 mile service
05-16-2005, 03:08 PM
#23
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 104
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
When doing your own 7.5k service dont forget to do the caliper slides for the brakes. Also if u do take it to the dealership they usually try to sell the 7.5kp service which comes with a few other things with the main thing being that u get your tires balanced.
05-16-2005, 03:31 PM
#24
Registered User
Originally Posted by koala,May 16 2005, 03:45 PM
I switched to Mobil 1 at 3,750 miles (approx). I've never burned any measureable amount of oil (and I was/am fully aware of Honda's recommendation of a 10k mile minimum before synthetic).
It's probably a bigger deal on the 00-03 cars, as they tend to have more of an oil consumption issue.
It's probably a bigger deal on the 00-03 cars, as they tend to have more of an oil consumption issue.
i dont know the explicit details, but can only recite to you information i've read in the UTH forums. if you change it too early, it may not break-in properly, I assume to mean that it has to do with the piston rings sealing properly as well as the FRM cylinder walls smoothing out.
change the oil too soon, and you could shorten your engine's lifespan. it's a precautionary thing.
FWIW, there was even a TSB on a previous generation prelude that also had FRM walls. It was a TSB stating that they should not use synthetic oil until before 10k or so. That's right from honda. The reason there is not a similar TSB on the S2k is because honda says not to change the factory oil til 7500 miles, so they assume their advice is being followed. As it should be, after all, they are the engineers who built this car.
05-17-2005, 02:50 PM
#25
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 208
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by Wisconsin S2k,May 16 2005, 06:31 PM
The reason there is not a similar TSB on the S2k is because honda says not to change the factory oil til 7500 miles, so they assume their advice is being followed. As it should be, after all, they are the engineers who built this car.
05-17-2005, 03:37 PM
#26
Registered User
Originally Posted by RyanS2000,May 17 2005, 04:50 PM
My situation is kind of weird though. I'm not looking at the actual service manual now, but I believe it recommended 7500 miles OR one year. My car had 4100 miles on it when I bought it, but it's 3 years old and I don't think the oil had ever been changed, so I changed it. I guess I should've changed it with regular 10w-30.
like i said, don't lose sleep at night about it. you made it to 5000 which is still a pretty good amount of running hours for the engine. don't sweat it.
05-17-2005, 04:10 PM
#27
Registered User
Originally Posted by Wisconsin S2k,May 16 2005, 05:31 PM
the FRM cylinder walls not being allowed to break in properly has less to do with oil consumption and more so to do with overall engine life. it's just as much an issue on the 04-05 as it is the 00-03.
i dont know the explicit details, but can only recite to you information i've read in the UTH forums. if you change it too early, it may not break-in properly, I assume to mean that it has to do with the piston rings sealing properly as well as the FRM cylinder walls smoothing out.
change the oil too soon, and you could shorten your engine's lifespan. it's a precautionary thing.
FWIW, there was even a TSB on a previous generation prelude that also had FRM walls. It was a TSB stating that they should not use synthetic oil until before 10k or so. That's right from honda. The reason there is not a similar TSB on the S2k is because honda says not to change the factory oil til 7500 miles, so they assume their advice is being followed. As it should be, after all, they are the engineers who built this car.
i dont know the explicit details, but can only recite to you information i've read in the UTH forums. if you change it too early, it may not break-in properly, I assume to mean that it has to do with the piston rings sealing properly as well as the FRM cylinder walls smoothing out.
change the oil too soon, and you could shorten your engine's lifespan. it's a precautionary thing.
FWIW, there was even a TSB on a previous generation prelude that also had FRM walls. It was a TSB stating that they should not use synthetic oil until before 10k or so. That's right from honda. The reason there is not a similar TSB on the S2k is because honda says not to change the factory oil til 7500 miles, so they assume their advice is being followed. As it should be, after all, they are the engineers who built this car.
05-17-2005, 05:55 PM
#28
Originally Posted by Wisconsin S2k,May 14 2005, 10:16 AM
only get your oil changed. dont do a "7500 mile service". it's just a rip off from the dealership.
and don't change to synthetic yet. wait til 10k.
and don't change to synthetic yet. wait til 10k.
05-17-2005, 07:23 PM
#29
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 288
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by RyanS2000,May 17 2005, 04:50 PM
My situation is kind of weird though. I'm not looking at the actual service manual now, but I believe it recommended 7500 miles OR one year. My car had 4100 miles on it when I bought it, but it's 3 years old and I don't think the oil had ever been changed, so I changed it. I guess I should've changed it with regular 10w-30.
Feel free to let me know if I am missing something, I am not completely confident with what I will be doing!
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post