I bought my car new in november of 05. I want to change my oil since it has been over 3 months but there is only 800 miles on the car. I asked my friends at Redline what to do and they said since the car is new leave it in a little longer so the engine and its components has time to break in. Does anyone know when exactly should I change my oil and what oil to change to. Should I stay with oem Honda Oil or is Mobil 1 or another oil better. I also heard I cant use synthetic untill 10,000 miles, is that true. Thankyou in advance for all your help.

 

just run the same oil. it should be fine

 

the consensus seems to be no synthetic oil til after 10k miles.

 

i changed over at 10k. honda uses mobil oil so i ordered oil from them untill the synthetic change.

 

i thought honda uses regular penzoil? <-- i spelled that wrong =) thats what ron told me over at pfluger

 

thats what the mechanics use in the shop but i think the stuff in the bottle that you buy is mobile

 

From Honda's web site, maintenance FAQs - Motor Oil FAQs:

Why should I wait to change the oil the first time?

Your Honda engine was delivered with an oil that is specially formulated for new engines that have not yet developed their "natural" wear patterns and may contain minute particles from the manufacturing process.

American Honda strongly recommends this special oil be left in the engine long enough for these wear patterns to develop, usually until the first maintenance interval specified in your Owner's Manual, based on your specific driving conditions.

If you choose to change your oil now, you should use conventional oil with a lot of moly. Texaco/Havoline is one of them.

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so they don't officially have a specific time on when you can change to synthetic?

 

there is a long debate to exactly when its ok to change

 

Change whenever you want to.

As far as I know, Honda uses Penzoil.

Leave the stock oil in for at least 3k miles though. It does have some kinda additives to help your engine break in better.