Changed the oil on my GK5 after a spirited highway drive.
The oil had 1300kms (or 835 miles on it). The oil change reminder indicated 90% remaining.
Since my driving habits fit into the "severe service" category, I followed it's recommendation of changing the oil every 6 months (with the oil and filter replaced every 12 months).

The valves were wallnut blasted and the fuel injector recall was performed just before I bought the car. The VTC actuator was also replaced shortly after I took ownership while under warranty.
With this oil change interval combined with 91 fuel and a thicker oil, I'm very interested to see if I ever have carbon issues or any other valvetrain issues as others have experienced on this forum.
Stay tuned!

 

Thank you for info!
What is the milage of Fit!
CVT or Manual (suspect manual for spirited driving)
What weight oil you use in what temp range outside?

Just curious so I can learn more!

Thanks Fellow Fit BMW guy!

 

I'm at 43k miles now. Purchased it in Oct 2020 with 38k miles
6 speed manual.
When I purchased my Fit, I ran out and bought 3 5liter jugs of 0w20 thinking that I was doing it a favor by following the owners manual.
After I changed the oil and the summer temps started increasing (especially with a/c running), I noticed what sounded like bottom end rattle when lifting off the clutch at low RPM's - I don't care for needlessly revving when leaving intersections. The first time I heard it, I went home and dumped it and replaced it with a mix of 50/50 0w20 and 15w40 (so my weight is somewhere around 7-10w30). After the first change, the engine stopped making that unnerving noise, and fuel economy seems unaffected. Once I deplete the stock of 0w20, I'm just going to run a steady diet of 10w30
This matches to the owners manual for the Honda Fit in India, since they don't have to adhere to CAFE regulations for fuel economy.
https://www.hondacarindia.com/owners...uel%20economy.
The ambient climate is -5 to 30C year round (23F to 86F) with the car garaged year round.

Not sure what you hope to "learn" from what I'm doing.
I'm just doing this based on my observations on this site as well as research on motor oil and different weights.

 

That's too bad. It should run fine on 0W-20. I have almost 80,000 miles on mine, and I've always used 0W-20 synthetic. My son had more miles that that on a previous Fit.

 

As long as it's working for you (and your son), that's all that matters.
I run what works for me with my experience in engine rebuilding.

 

 

I bought those springs and installed with stock shocks in place.

Great ride, only a little stiffer and handles great now.
Bouncey is gone.

Great for family car and can still spirit drive it.

Lowered car about 1 inch or so, no rubbing and not scraping ground except on steep driveway aprons and then only a tiny bit if I drive too fast.

Would highly recommend for those who do not want a hard ride but want more control!

 

I've read that the Honda Factory Performance Suspension kit is a great upgrade for the stock Fit Suspension.

 

Probably, but pretty expensive and Honda installs them which is costly.

If you can do it yourself, it is way cheaper.

Could probably buy HFP from Honda, but anything from dealership in my opinion is excessively expense.

 

Do you still hear the start up rattle? Some say it hardly changes anything. (I'm at 60K, hear it occasionally.)

 

I was talking with a master tech a few days ago about this issue on 15-20 CR-Vs with the K24W engine. He said that the timing chain tensioner can also be a problem. I assume this is due to oil dilution, so it could be the same case on our L15B1s.

 

Nope, no trace of it anymore.

+1 my thoughts as well.

 

New to the forums here.

I got my 16x7 Circuit Performance wheels installed

 

Rims look good, car is clean! I miss my daily but I'm building a fit race car!!

 

Going to get the black sport wheels installed on my EX tomorrow.

 

thanks! A race car fit would be cool

 

Just had a set of black sport wheels installed on my 2015 EX. The black wheels look great on my Red EX. 😁😁😁

 

....pluged the rear wiper hole on the garnish....

 

Just sold my EX wheels for 300 dollars.

Now I'm running with black sports wheels.

😁😁😁😁