Oil analysis report 10k miles - 09 Fit

[fufit905]

Here is my oil analysis report for your info. I waited until the maintenance minder hit 15% before my first oil change, at a little over 10k miles / 8 months.

Mileage consists of 95% highway, 5% street.

Honda Fit Sport 2009 - Automatic

Metal levels are high, but the oil lab says that is to be expected in a factory fill. I'll probably have my next oil change sooner then the MM suggests to flush out any remaining engine break in impurities. Comments welcome!

[cab0053]

aha! its molybdem! Ill have to write this down.

thanks for the post.

[spin out]

congrats on actually sticking with what the oil life monitor says.
i dont know how many people have actually done that.

i believe my oil life monitor said 40% when i got my first oil change at 5200 miles.
should i have waited? who knows.

but i have since driven 6800 miles and my oil monitor says 50%.... it almost seems stuck on 50%. ....still havent got my 2nd oil change.

[Shockwave199]

I know this has been talked about a TON here, but I'm still nervous about going 10,000 miles before the first oil change. It goes against everything I've learned in the past! I suppose it's not a problem though.

My driving is the exact opposite- 95% city, 5% highway. Maybe this calls for an oil change sooner, I don't know.

Dan

[fufit905]

Yeah, I badgered the Honda dealer tech about when I should get my first oil change and he kept insisting to follow the maintenance minder so I decided to follow it and see what happens.

I'm also curious to see how Hondas hold up when following the manufacturer's maintenance recommendations.

[citabria7]

Follow the Minder if you want, but when was the last time you saw an engine wear out from changing the oil too often? I never have, and a change of full synthetic with a filter is only $24. Cheap insurance. I'll change mine more often, and put the MM in the same category as the MPG indicator. Fun to look at, but not accurate.

[spin out]

Originally Posted by citabria7

put the MM in the same category as the MPG indicator. Fun to look at, but not accurate.

well they tell you to change the oil at 15%.... which certainly gives it a safety margin in terms of "computer error."

also..... does the oil minder simply count revolutions of the engine?
if so, then it's a more simple task (for the computer) then determining ave miles per gallon.

[Lyon[Nightroad]]

Originally Posted by spin out

also..... does the oil minder simply count revolutions of the engine?
if so, then it's a more simple task (for the computer) then determining ave miles per gallon.

No, it also takes into account - Engine Load, Altitude (air density), Air temp, etc.

[Kasey1]

Originally Posted by Lyon[Nightroad]

No, it also takes into account - Engine Load, Altitude (air density), Air temp, etc.

is reallly??????????

[awptickes]

by 10k, I was on my 3rd oil filter.

Now I know I don't have to change it nearly as soon as I thought.

[spin out]

for the hell of it, i called 3 honda service depts. and 2 of the 3 said i should completely trust the oil monitor. one guy was really adamant.... he said, "honda backs the monitor 100%."
the one other service dept said following the monitor is completely fine, but he'd change his oil at 5000 miles anyway.

[Steve244]

I just came off a '97 Honda Odyssey (1st gen) with a 2.2L 4 cyl.

Honda recommended oil changes every 7,500 miles in 1997 (not 5,000, not 3,000). That's when the maintenance flag would turn yellow, and I'd have the oil changed. If changing the oil more frequently contributed to engine life, don't you think manufacturers would be pushing that (and not their service depts)?

After 225,000 miles it had no engine wear related problems.

Changing oil more frequently is a waste of money. I'd go with the maintenance minder (or 1 year, whichever comes first, as recommended by Honda).

It did have seepage at certain oil seals (distributor o-ring, pan gasket) that started after I changed brands of oil at around 200K. This is just anecdotal, but I think if you're in it for the long term I'd try to stick with the same brand/type oil. I ran Castrol 5w20 but then switched to Quaker State and started getting drips on the garage floor.

[12vltfrk]

i now have about 8500- oil life at 30%, im going to wait. i asked the service rep at honda what to do and he said dont go by that all of us guys around here change it at 3000.he then said honda will back it up if any thing happens, i also said i havent rotated my tires yet, he said that ok, when the mm tells you to then do it, honda will back it up if any thing happens to the tires.

[slimchriz]

I will be switching to synthetic at around 5-7k depending on what the oil looks like (@1.5K now)
But thought Id throw this link out there study by Amsoil... No I cant aford it either but I trust the study for the other brands they tested.
Its good to compare say Mobil1 vs. Castrol syn.

I use Mobil 1 religiously as Ive had some higher power cars running the stuff and its never done me wrong

Study

[rhyneba]

Originally Posted by Kasey1

is reallly??????????

The MM looks at average road speed, idle time, ambient temps, oil temp, coolant temp, average throttle opening, average trip time and a variety of other inputs. Does NOT check viscosity in any way, however. My dad had a similar test run at 5k, 10k and 15k (synthetic), all passed with flying colors on his 01 LX civic.