First time doing oil change myself. have a few questions

[jli18]

my car has about 9k miles now and going to do an oil change soon.

do i need new washer/bolt?

how do i reset the oil life % thing?

and is theere any other maintenance i need to get done?

thank you have a good day

i have a v6 by the way

[The Pope]

It's always "preferred" to replace the washer that's on the oil plug bolt, but you can get by with not doing it sometimes. If you buy you filter from the dealer, they might even give you the washer. The bolt shouldn't need to be replaced unless you have rounded off the head or messed up the threads.

There's a Sticky for the Frequently Asked Questions. Look through it and also ........ remember the Search feature is your friend. :thmsup:

Princess posted this in another thread.

[sjlee]

my car has about 9k miles now and going to do an oil change soon.

do i need new washer/bolt?

how do i reset the oil life % thing?

and is theere any other maintenance i need to get done?

thank you have a good day

i have a v6 by the way

It's recommended that you replace the washer each time, but you don't have to if you don't have one. You could get by by flipping the washer over. Remember, this is a crush washer, so it will get deformed when you tighten the drain bolt.

You don't have to replace the bolt unless you strip the head.

Resetting the Maintenance Minder is listed in the owner's manual. If you don't have one handy, here's a link to it online...

https://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/RJAAI001_OMANUAL.asp

[jli18]

cool, thanks a lot guys