HondaCare or other extended protection coverage?56K on our 19 EXL, VCM disabled, factory cooler installed. Three drain and fills with Amsoil SS blue cap atf. I do a drain and fill every 30K. Drives like it should.
HondaCare or other extended protection coverage?56K on our 19 EXL, VCM disabled, factory cooler installed. Three drain and fills with Amsoil SS blue cap atf. I do a drain and fill every 30K. Drives like it should.
Honestly I really don’t know. I think at 15K I used Maxlife. After that Amsoil.HondaCare or other extended protection coverage?
Did you buy your '19 new or used? Ours we got as a lease but we planned to buy it at the end (we did) unless she really hated it. I bought the factory 8/120k HondaCare from Hyannis Honda before the factory 3/36k expired. If you didn't pay for separate plan somewhere then you only have 4k miles left on your powertrain warranty.Honestly I really don’t know. I think at 15K I used Maxlife. After that Amsoil.
We got it new. Smart phones don’t show signatures, lol.Did you buy your '19 new or used? Ours we got as a lease but we planned to buy it at the end (we did) unless she really hated it. I bought the factory 8/120k HondaCare from Hyannis Honda before the factory 3/36k expired. If you didn't pay for separate plan somewhere then you only have 4k miles left on your powertrain warranty.
I had battery sensor issues right after 3/36. They spent hours diagnosing and then the parts that all was covered. Sucked having issues, glad I had the coverage.
You need to update the miles in your signature .
We got it new. Smart phones don’t show signatures, lol.
I'm still VERY torn on swapping to something other than DW-1. I'd be the one they do fluid analysis on to say it's not OE with tranny issues and deny me on my HondaCare extended coverage. I just got my BlackStone report back. Not confidence inspiring especially since I've been running a Magnefine filter in place of factory one. It has a lot more magnet area than just the drain plug. I don't know what thread this should go in but it is for DW-1 in a '19 Honda Pilot EX-L 6 speed tranny, Honda factory trans cooler added at 21k. This fluid has had 5 drain and fills during last 29000 miles. I had a bunch of small chunks come out on last D&F. I'm really not sure what to do except I'll probably have a D&F when it goes in for windshield. At least it will be noted in Honda system as 30k change. They did it at 20k also.
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Well then I learned something new today. Thank you sir.Mine does IF I turn it sideways which I don’t usually
And sadly that is with an added Magnefine filter in place of factory external and 5 D&F's in 29k miles. I would not consider what we do with it abusive in any way. Even the minimal 100 mile towing trips are at 2000lbs or less including the weight of trailer.That iron level is bad news. You are wearing the transmission out quickly. I would switch that fluid and do a 5x fluid change to something like the Maxlife or the Amsoil or even the expensive Redline trans fluid. You are not protecting that transmission and it's wearing itself to death internally. That iron content level being that high shows it. I'm going to attach a report from my 17 Ridgeline RTL next in a separate post. Also, I'm going to attach a link to the Ridgeline group where I have participated for years to a thread with lots of others oil analysis's and discussion. Better quality fluid is a must in this transmission. The DW-1 is the minimum quality fluid that you can use but there are better alternatives for heat rejection and pressures to hold the gears from wearing etc. inside it.
For my Ridgeline I'm planning my next D & F. I've completed three of them in the past 1,800 miles using Aisin and Idemitsu DW-1 fluid. I plan to use Eneos Model H next, which I bought for $42 for a case of 12 quarts, and I have asked Eneos HQ to furnish the chemical composition so I can have it added to the OP's chart.
Not yet and I have no near term plans to use it. Maybe later in 2024, but I have no reason not to be confident in the Eneos brand. Both the Aisin and the Idemitsu have been excellent in my Ridgeline.Did you use the Eneos yet ? If so .. how do you like it so far ?