10K OCI factory fill - filter pics here
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I do!quote:
My '03 CRV manual calls for 5000 mile OCIs and 10000 mile filter changes. Exactly half the amounts discussed on this post. Certainly nobody really thinks they have improved the technology by 100% in 3 years
What kind of a risk do you take if the UOA's show that the oil and the engine is fully capable of running the extended OCI's?quote:
Why take that risk?
You shouldn't...quote:
Vad--Honda specifies a filter change every other time so it would be 20,000 miles for the filter! That's what worries me! (in additon to 10,000 miles on the dino oil)
Essentially you hit the highlights of the issue. The OLM is probably indeed calibrated for conventional oil. To further put some parameters to it it is calibrated for 5w20 to Ford and Honda standards.quote:
My 2006 Honda Ridgeline V6 VTEC engine calls for OCI by the OLM only. No mileage standards are giving either for normal or severe conditions. The manual does say, however, that if you put so few miles on that the OLM never shows a service due notice, go ahead and change oil once a year. The OLM is calibrated for dino.