If you continue to drive "like a 200-year-old man" you'll find that the OLM will allow you to go 10k before it reaches 15%. Also, it will change to 80% at 2k. Adding frequent starts and stops (i.e., engine on-off, in other words) and/or a series of cold-weather starts will accelerate the algorithm.
Ah - good to know.
The Owner Manuel also recommends you change it in a year if the MM does not tell you based on your driving. I read somewhere that the one year limit is only for non synthetic oil. However, Honda's states Synthetic is to be treaded the same as non synthetic oil when changing the oil.
so its 12 months or 15% watever comes first?
Yes, but you can have lower % as long as it is before 0 % and 1 year. I change my own oil and plan to take a short video of the mm and ometer each time I do.
i rem this happened to me long ago, lets say MM shows 5% ad when i check the oil with the stick it shows i still have pretty good oil cuz i dont drive a lot n stay in city so my 6000 miles for synthetic oil change comes like 7-8 months period n some times more so should I change the oil or wait until go to near 6K miles?
^^^^^^^^^^^^:thmsup:
the next % after 5% is 0. Change it before 0. 15% is a good value.
