Maintenance on HCH
#1
Maintenance on HCH
Tell me if you agree or disagree...
Every 10k for oil change
Every 10k for oil filter change
Every 10k rotate and balance tires
Every 20k for air filter
Every 30k for cvt fluid change
Every 30k for cabin filter
What am I missing? I'm a novice when it comes to this stuff, I just want to make sure my car lasts forever.
Every 10k for oil change
Every 10k for oil filter change
Every 10k rotate and balance tires
Every 20k for air filter
Every 30k for cvt fluid change
Every 30k for cabin filter
What am I missing? I'm a novice when it comes to this stuff, I just want to make sure my car lasts forever.
#2
Re: Maintenance on HCH
Hi Big,
One of the longest debated subjects on most automobile forums! But let's do it.
I would follow the factory recommendations for the oil/filter, within a few hundred miles or so.
It sounds like you are stretching the oil change/filter. For any type of driving condition.
I use 3750 miles for the initial oil/filter change, then go to 5000 miles after that. Some people will say synthetic oil can go longer, I sleep better on a 5k schedule.
Tires - If they are wearing even, I don't do anything.
Regards,
One of the longest debated subjects on most automobile forums! But let's do it.
I would follow the factory recommendations for the oil/filter, within a few hundred miles or so.
It sounds like you are stretching the oil change/filter. For any type of driving condition.
I use 3750 miles for the initial oil/filter change, then go to 5000 miles after that. Some people will say synthetic oil can go longer, I sleep better on a 5k schedule.
Tires - If they are wearing even, I don't do anything.
Regards,
#3
Re: Maintenance on HCH
Being a brand spankin new owner, I find myself wondering about how much additional wear and tear, from an oil perspective, the auto-stop/start feature is introducing. The conventional wisdom in some circles is that stop/go driving increases the frequency of oil changes required. Wouldn't this feature make the doubly true?
-O
-O
#4
Re: Maintenance on HCH
Originally Posted by Orbity
Being a brand spankin new owner, I find myself wondering about how much additional wear and tear, from an oil perspective, the auto-stop/start feature is introducing. The conventional wisdom in some circles is that stop/go driving increases the frequency of oil changes required. Wouldn't this feature make the doubly true?-O
#5
Re: Maintenance on HCH
Originally Posted by hawkGT647
I would follow the factory recommendations for the oil/filter, within a few hundred miles or so.
It sounds like you are stretching the oil change/filter. For any type of driving condition.
I thought the factory recommendation was to change the oil every 10k, so how could that be a stretch? Unless, of course, the salesman lied to me and the info provided by Honda is incorrect....
#6
Re: Maintenance on HCH
Like I said at the start, let the debate begin!
Looking at my owners manual for a '05 Insight (not a HCH), it says change oil every 7,500 miles - filter every 15,000 miles, under normal driving conditions.
Severe Conditions - oil and filter every 3,750 miles.
I choose to go somewhere between these two intervals, mainly because of the small volume of oil in the engine and the south Louisiana heat. And if I'm changing the oil, the filter will get changed at the same time. Those Wal-Mart Super-tech filters are good quality and bargain priced.
Does the Civic Hybrid maintenance schedule differ from this? I wouldn't know.
Happy Motoring!
Regards,
Looking at my owners manual for a '05 Insight (not a HCH), it says change oil every 7,500 miles - filter every 15,000 miles, under normal driving conditions.
Severe Conditions - oil and filter every 3,750 miles.
I choose to go somewhere between these two intervals, mainly because of the small volume of oil in the engine and the south Louisiana heat. And if I'm changing the oil, the filter will get changed at the same time. Those Wal-Mart Super-tech filters are good quality and bargain priced.
Does the Civic Hybrid maintenance schedule differ from this? I wouldn't know.
Happy Motoring!
Regards,
#7
Re: Maintenance on HCH
Don,
The HCH manual ('05) says oil & filter change at 10K miles or 1 yr (whichever comes first) for "normal" conditions and 5K or 6 months for "severe" conditions. My salesman said something about a first oil change around 3750 miles, I believe, but I need to check that again.
jimbob
The HCH manual ('05) says oil & filter change at 10K miles or 1 yr (whichever comes first) for "normal" conditions and 5K or 6 months for "severe" conditions. My salesman said something about a first oil change around 3750 miles, I believe, but I need to check that again.
jimbob
#10
Re: Maintenance on HCH
When I purchased my HCH is May 04, the salesman asked me specifically about the way I would drive the car. When I told him 112 miles per day on the local highway at 65 mph, he said don't come in until 10K. When I called for my first service, the service technican almost had a heart attack. When I told him it was a Hybrid, he backtracked. But still, who ever does the oil change puts a sticker on the windshield that says come back in 3750 miles.
I have just about had it with the Honda service and am almost ready to go back to changing my own oil.
As for the other items: at 20K my air filter was way far gone. I got 3-5 mpg for changing that. At 30K it didn't look at all dirty, so I took a vaccuum to it and things are still OK.
Cabin filter at 30K seems OK, mine had a visitor (a mouse), so it was hard to determine. (The dealer wanted $150 to change them, I paid $18 for the filters and spend a whopping two minutes changing them.)
Tire are rotated when I think about it, I have never bought into the regular rotation theory.
I have MT, so I don't change the CVT fluid.
I have just about had it with the Honda service and am almost ready to go back to changing my own oil.
As for the other items: at 20K my air filter was way far gone. I got 3-5 mpg for changing that. At 30K it didn't look at all dirty, so I took a vaccuum to it and things are still OK.
Cabin filter at 30K seems OK, mine had a visitor (a mouse), so it was hard to determine. (The dealer wanted $150 to change them, I paid $18 for the filters and spend a whopping two minutes changing them.)
Tire are rotated when I think about it, I have never bought into the regular rotation theory.
I have MT, so I don't change the CVT fluid.