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Nov 17, 2007 | 05:50 PM

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Fungi

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Re: storing the car for winter, those of you who do......do you put your car up on jacks?

Nov 17, 2007 | 07:11 PM

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JonasM

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From: Euclid, OH

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Originally Posted by Fungi,Nov 17 2007, 09:47 PM

Yes oil is cheap guy.........but like I said, I have only less than 1,500 Klm on my 2007 S2K and when I phoneed my dealer, they said to wait till the indicator shows about 15% before I should change the oil....right now it is showing 90%. I don't know if those of you with older S2K have the same type of oil indicator, telling you when you should change your oil. I would think that my dealer would like to change my oil and make that money, but they told me the oil is still okay. In this case I would not argue with them.

There's a difference between the initial oil fill, which (IMO and Honda's) you should leave in for the specified period, and later oil changes. 2K on an oil that was from a change is plenty to add impurities. Change it. For 1500km, 2 answers apply: 1) you've barely got past break-in, and it's good to leave the factory oil in for a longer time, and 2) 1500km is a short enough interval that the oil probably hasn't had much time to get dirty.

OP should have it changed. You should leave it alone. But get more mileage on that car in the spring!

JonasM

Nov 17, 2007 | 07:13 PM

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JonasM

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From: Euclid, OH

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Originally Posted by Fungi,Nov 17 2007, 09:50 PM

Re: storing the car for winter, those of you who do......do you put your car up on jacks?

In general, no. An unloaded suspension is not a good thing. Some who do use jacks have them low enough so that most of the car's weight is still on the suspension.

I just pump up the tires to 45-50psi to minimize flat spots.

JonasM