SammyChevelleTypeS3
$50 site donor 2023
Can not. My 2018 has a timing chain. I just decided to use the oil I use and if I see (think) dillution is bad between changes... I will pull some out with my pump and replace with about 1/2 a quart of fresh until time for next change. My dilution only gets noticable in cold weather. Other times not so much. When we got the car... I found out the Dealership were lying trash. This "Honda Certified Used" car they claimed to have serviced and changed the oil in got home with 52psi in one tire and 48in one with 44 in the two front with the TPMS on. So I checked & reset the TPMS then decided I better look things over. It had an entire quart too much oil/gas? in it. Ugh. I changed oil immediately and been on top of it checking at least 2 times a week and dropped oci to 3000 to 3500 miles. Did not even return to that dealership for my one year of free oil changes. Don't trust them after they could not even air the tires correctly. Got a private local auto shop owned by two guys I been knowing for 40 years if I need work done. Guys are so nice and honest for years they would tell me how to go home and do repairs myself to save some bucks. Bring them all my work now that I can't. LOL... They thought about closing down to retire and the town had a fit. They decided to hire some young guys and stay open!Are there many (timing) belt in oil arrangements out there? Can someone name some?
Documenting and keeping records and waiting on some UOA reports to place in glove box with all maintenance records just in case. The car actually is a dream to drive and there is zero indication of any loss of performance from the oil dillution everyone (me too at first) are so worked up about. The Di Turbo oil dillution is real and there is nothing to do about it short of getting rid of your vehicles.... Honda says they fixed the problem but that is not true. Am I sorry we bought the car? YES... It is the first time I caved into the wife and did not research first and let her talk me into buying one the very first / same day we went to look. After she kept her last one 18 years I figured she deserved to call the shot on this one.
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