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140 messages, Last post on Jun 06, 2009 at 9:53 AM
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Yet another concerned.... The owner's manual states that the factory oil is "special" and should be left in the engine until the first oil change at 3,750 miles. This is counter to all that I've learned in the past. True, manufacturing technology has changed and metal filings aren't as much of a concern but a fresh engine will still have some metal to metal contact in the breaking-in process that produces some metal particles. My question is, is the "special" oil capturing and safely suspending these filings/shavings? Are there any other benefits for the rubber seals, in that there's some conditioning benefit? My Pilot still only has less than 1K miles, if I don't learn for certain that the oil is actually needed to kept for 3,750 miles, I'm changing at a thousand miles as we've done with numerous cars with great results. |
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Just purchased a new pilot and to my surprise, the owner's manual does not have any maintenance item recommendation. Instead, the manual says that I will be automatically reminded by the computer in my pilot. The owner's manuals for my civic and prelude I owned in the past had a detailed list of items for maintenance. Anyone know where I can get the maintenance recommendation list for a 2006 pilot? |
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Any benefit to using synthetic oil for my pilot? I am motivated mostly by the longer intervals for oil change when using synthetic oil. (Currently, I change my oil every 3K miles or months, whichever comes first, on my Integra using Castrol.) Any recommendation for oil filter if I use synthetic? |
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Replying to: swoo1 (Jul 25, 2006 2:43 pm) The same guide says that the oil change interval for the '06 Pilot is 5,000 miles.
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Replying to: steve_ (Jul 25, 2006 3:11 pm) Thanks for the info/link. 10K miles for first oil filter change -- very interesting. |
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Replying to: swoo1 (Jul 25, 2006 2:43 pm) I explained all this to the gentleman, and he said to follow the maintenance minder system in your car as it's tailored to you own driving needs. Changing it before the maintenance minder would be a waste of time and money.
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Replying to: hobbs03 (Jul 27, 2006 7:12 am) Odie Odie's Carspace |
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Just picked up my 2006 Pilot EX 4WD yesterday (7/31/06) They told me oil change interval was 10,000 miles! They recommended however that the oil be changed every 7500 miles. Earlier on this forum, the Edmunds Maintenance Guide that was referenced suggested every 5000 miles (with the filter changed every other oil change) Perhaps that's where my dealer originally came up with the 10,000 mile figure. What I've done in the past with my other vehicles (GM, Honda, Hyundai) is run them till the factory recommended mileage (usually 7500 miles) then switch them over to Mobil 1. The Pilot owners manual says to use the Maintenance Mider Only. Pretty wide variance of recommendations, huh? Jeff
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Replying to: jlitterer (Aug 01, 2006 9:36 am) Any opinions on using WIX or NapaGold oil-filters instead of Honda part?
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Replying to: swoo1 (Aug 01, 2006 12:36 pm)
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