My co-worker had a '97 Civic and it had 331,000 miles...he was hoping to see 333,333 on the odometer, but he never made it. He was sandwiched in a chain reaction wreck on a 2-lane road. So off it went to the big automaker in the sky and it was eventually replaced with a 2012 Civic. He's put 9,000 miles on the '12 already (about 3 months), so I helped him change the oil last night.
Honda does an under-engine belly pan the right way, or at least it did on this Civic. The whole thing was covered, but there were plenty of drain holes for anything to drain out if there are drips. And though most of it is plastic, there was a sheetmetal panel in the center that kind of slid into clips and was retained by some large-headed screws. Obviously made for repeated servicing without missing with silly plastic push clips or Christmas tree clips. It was very smartly done.
After 9,000 miles, it hadn't consumed any of the FF, or at least anything detectable. It took about 4.5 quarts to bring it about 3/4 up the hatching on the dip stick. We used 4.5 quarts of Mobil 1 0W-20 and a Purolator L14610. The original filter was on there gorilla-tight as they all seem to be. Had to use a screwdriver to get it off. No UOA on this one, but I will cut the filter open and post pics.
Honda does an under-engine belly pan the right way, or at least it did on this Civic. The whole thing was covered, but there were plenty of drain holes for anything to drain out if there are drips. And though most of it is plastic, there was a sheetmetal panel in the center that kind of slid into clips and was retained by some large-headed screws. Obviously made for repeated servicing without missing with silly plastic push clips or Christmas tree clips. It was very smartly done.
After 9,000 miles, it hadn't consumed any of the FF, or at least anything detectable. It took about 4.5 quarts to bring it about 3/4 up the hatching on the dip stick. We used 4.5 quarts of Mobil 1 0W-20 and a Purolator L14610. The original filter was on there gorilla-tight as they all seem to be. Had to use a screwdriver to get it off. No UOA on this one, but I will cut the filter open and post pics.
