First oil analysis done on my 2005 Honda CR-V EX 4WD Auto. The factory warranty had just expired (due to time) and I wanted to make sure there weren't any issues since I had to add a few cups of coolant over the past three years (can't find any leaks).
This vehicle is almost exclusively used by my wife during the week to take the kids to playgroups and all of the other events they attend so it sees a cold start, 2 miles of city driving with lots of stop and go, shut down, cold start 3 hours later, 2 miles city stop and go, shut down, and so on and so forth. On the evenings and weekends it's the same routine but with myself included. The exceptions are when we do mild to moderate offroading in and around the Mojave
Desert/Death Valley and Sierra Nevada mountains and the occasional road trip. Summers are very hot here and winters pretty cool and there's lots of dirt and sand around.
This is the car's fourth oil change and the oil had been in there for about one year. I've always used standard Mobil 1 5w20 and have never had to add any make up oil. I will probably make a switch to Pennzoil Platinum at the next change since it's a bit cheaper and seems to provide as good or slightly better results. Filter was a Purolater PureOne. As it stand right now I will probably take Blackstone's advice and run my new fill ~6500 miles since the oil looks like it definitely had some life left in it.
Let me know what you think.
-Dave
This vehicle is almost exclusively used by my wife during the week to take the kids to playgroups and all of the other events they attend so it sees a cold start, 2 miles of city driving with lots of stop and go, shut down, cold start 3 hours later, 2 miles city stop and go, shut down, and so on and so forth. On the evenings and weekends it's the same routine but with myself included. The exceptions are when we do mild to moderate offroading in and around the Mojave
Desert/Death Valley and Sierra Nevada mountains and the occasional road trip. Summers are very hot here and winters pretty cool and there's lots of dirt and sand around.
This is the car's fourth oil change and the oil had been in there for about one year. I've always used standard Mobil 1 5w20 and have never had to add any make up oil. I will probably make a switch to Pennzoil Platinum at the next change since it's a bit cheaper and seems to provide as good or slightly better results. Filter was a Purolater PureOne. As it stand right now I will probably take Blackstone's advice and run my new fill ~6500 miles since the oil looks like it definitely had some life left in it.
Let me know what you think.
-Dave
