Dumb Oil Question

[csc67]

The 2004 Honda manual mentions oil changes every 7,500 miles - If I have my oil changed at Firestone using conventional (non synthetic) , is it still 7,500 miles between oil changes

Thanks

[humanoid]

If you read your owners manual, 7.5K miles is recommended for "normal" driving conditions while the 3.5K is for "severe" driving conditions.

[colorider]

Moved from General.

[Tim]

Originally posted by csc67
The 2004 Honda manual mentions oil changes every 7,500 miles - If I have my oil changed at Firestone using conventional (non synthetic) , is it still 7,500 miles between oil changes

Thanks

I don't think the manual specified synthetic or non-synthetic oils.......so,

if you live in the country, and do not experience driving in traffic, and the outside air temperature ranges between 32 - 85 degrees F, as well as each trip exceeds 15 minutes, then the answer is.................yes.

if anything other than specified above, then I refer you to humanoid's reply for the "severe" conditions.

[Kevin_749r]

Originally posted by csc67
The 2004 Honda manual mentions oil changes every 7,500 miles - If I have my oil changed at Firestone using conventional (non synthetic) , is it still 7,500 miles between oil changes

Thanks

Hey you are lucky that no one have attack you yet for asking a dumb question. I recently started a threat asking a dumb question about 2003 pilot grille swap and they all attacked me with sarcasm.

To answer your question, "yes". But i reconmend using MOBIL 1 full sythetic oil because you can feel the car taking off smoother and the egin burn quieter. It does cost more ofcourse.

[jay]

Originally posted by Kevin_749r


Hey you are lucky that no one have attack you yet for asking a dumb question. I recently started a threat asking a dumb question about 2003 pilot grille swap and they all attacked me with sarcasm.
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I've re-read that thread, and I didn't get that impression at all; I saw no attacks or sarcasm, just matter of fact here's how it is replies.

Senator, I've seen sarcasm, and that wasn't sarcasm (with all due respect to Lloyd Bentsen).

[ctobio]

Originally posted by Kevin_749r

To answer your question, "yes". But i reconmend using MOBIL 1 full sythetic oil because you can feel the car taking off smoother and the egin burn quieter. It does cost more ofcourse.

That's really unquantifiable. It's a placebo effect, in other words. Feeling and actual measurable results would differ.

I've used synthetics for years in all my vehicles, and I have never noticed any performance differences between the two.


As for the original question- the answer is "it depends" just as others have posted. If you are at all unsure if severe or normal is inappropriate for you, have an oil analysis run at 3500 miles and see what you get. It'll be worth the $20 to find out what your oil change interval should be, if you're so intrigued.

[rockman19762001]

The owners manual look at oil as oil is oil. The difference is how you drive and where you drive most times.

Severe service: Drive less than 5 mile trips in freezing tempertures, drive less than 10 miles on a daily bases. Drive in temperatures higher than 90F or 32C. Idle for long periods of time in stop and go traffic. Tow a trailer, drive with a roof rack, drive in the mountains, drive in muddy, dusty, or deiced roads.

If you drive less than 3500 miles per year, change the oil once a year.