"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote in message
news:elmop-2ED49E.14093630092007@nntp1.usenetserver.com...
> In article <46ffe184$0$19582$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
> "Big E. Ratt" <Big_E@ratt-land.com> wrote:
>
>> "Keith" <keith77720032003@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:1190197458.508746.225920@i13g2000prf.googlegr oups.com...
>> > Got a new Ridgeline a few months ago. I can't find any oil change
>> > interval information in there, just to wait for the "service" light to
>> > come on to tell you when. I don't like to trust that much in the
>> > vehicle! Anybody have an idea of how many miles / time to a first oil
>> > change?
>> >
>>
>> Samo-samo with 2007 CR-V....I'm going with 5000 mile oil changes
>> REGARDLESS
>> of what the idiot lights tell me.
>
> Cheap insurance, to be sure.
>
> But if the "idiot" light tells you to change BEFORE 5K, you might want
> to pay attention. It means your driving habits are wearing on the oil
> worse than you think.
>

Agreed...except that with todays G3 blend oils, one would have to drive
pretty damn hard to do that. Aside from heavy towing, it would be virtually
impossible to 'wear out' todays oils with routine driving. My '01 Civic
calls out 10K between oil changes, and 20K between filter changes. I go
6K-7K on the oil, and annually on the filter. After 235000 miles , 90% at
Interstate speeds, the car still runs like new.

 

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote in message
news:elmop-2ED49E.14093630092007@nntp1.usenetserver.com...
> In article <46ffe184$0$19582$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
> "Big E. Ratt" <Big_E@ratt-land.com> wrote:
>
>> "Keith" <keith77720032003@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:1190197458.508746.225920@i13g2000prf.googlegr oups.com...
>> > Got a new Ridgeline a few months ago. I can't find any oil change
>> > interval information in there, just to wait for the "service" light to
>> > come on to tell you when. I don't like to trust that much in the
>> > vehicle! Anybody have an idea of how many miles / time to a first oil
>> > change?
>> >
>>
>> Samo-samo with 2007 CR-V....I'm going with 5000 mile oil changes
>> REGARDLESS
>> of what the idiot lights tell me.
>
> Cheap insurance, to be sure.
>
> But if the "idiot" light tells you to change BEFORE 5K, you might want
> to pay attention. It means your driving habits are wearing on the oil
> worse than you think.
>

Agreed...except that with todays G3 blend oils, one would have to drive
pretty damn hard to do that. Aside from heavy towing, it would be virtually
impossible to 'wear out' todays oils with routine driving. My '01 Civic
calls out 10K between oil changes, and 20K between filter changes. I go
6K-7K on the oil, and annually on the filter. After 235000 miles , 90% at
Interstate speeds, the car still runs like new.