On 01/01/2010 07:33 AM, Tegger wrote:
> > wrote in news:jaiqj59fcmiu02eqs7tsh5gcjm8a2bbhig@
> 4ax.com:
>
>> I got a new 2010 CR-V and wife asked me how to break it in properly.
>> What is the proper way?
>>
>> I don't care what the manual says. What do you guys feel is the best
>> mileage to do the first oil change? I normally change my oil and
>> filter around 3500 miles on my other cars with no synthetic.
>
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>
> You just entrusted Honda with tens of thousands of your dollars in exchange
> for a complicated machine that might as well be a "black box" to you.
>
> The engineers that designed the vehicle and its systems have performed
> testing that consumed hundreds of millions of dollars and millions of hours
> of time. Some of that testing was done in order to determine the
> maintenance requirements.
>
> The end result of all that testing is manifested in the Maintenance Minder
> on your dashboard, and in the Maintenance Schedule in the Owner's Manual.
>
> If you're willing to trust Honda enough to purchase a piece of their
> complex, precision machinery, but regard as suspect Honda's official word
> on how to take care of it, preferring the opinions of anonymous, uneducated
> Usenet posters instead, you're asking for trouble.
>
> Having said that, I am of the opinion that you can never change your oil
> too often.

with respect, that opinion is underinformed. from
http://www.swri.org/3pubs/IRD1999/03912699.htm

we read: "Testing with partially stressed oil, which contained some wear
debris, produced less wear than testing with clean oil."

provided you're not using cheap garbage oil with a poor additive package
or a poor base that's breaking down, there is no point changing your oil
more frequently than factory spec. especially with a maintenance
minder. better yet, get oil analysis done - with analysis and a quality
full synthetic, i'm looking at 20k miles between changes, based on my
driving pattern.


> I draw a distinction, however, between replacement of the
> factory fill and subsequent oil changes.
>
> It has not been established with 100% certainty that the factory fill is
> indeed ordinary off-the-shelf motor oil. It might be slightly different
> from off-the-shelf, but nobody really knows. For that reason I would leave
> the factory fill in until the Minder says to replace it. After that, change
> it /more/ often than required if you like. And always use an OEM filter.
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