Question about oil life

[cyirush]

At 1k miles, it shows 30% oil life for me.

How odd. I’m in So Cal and have done all street miles (no tracks, only two short canyon runs). If the MM calculations are linear, I’ll be at close to 10k miles before I’m at 15%.

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[jdml3ia]

~4.5k miles here with 5 track days and 3 oil changes. Oil life indicator went off around ~3.5k miles? Don't remember what the oil life read (whatever hits first).

1st - 0-20w
2nd - 5-30w
3rd - 5-30w
incoming 10-40w after the next track day (couple months from now). She turns 1 year old at the end of the month. I am in SoCal and don't see any "real" cold temps; most of the local track guys are using 30w-40w.

 

[cyirush]

~4.5k miles here with 5 track days and 3 oil changes. Oil life indicator went off around ~3.5k miles? Don't remember what the oil life read (whatever hits first).

1st - 0-20w
2nd - 5-30w
3rd - 5-30w
incoming 10-40w after the next track day (couple months from now). She turns 1 year old at the end of the month. I am in SoCal and don't see any "real" cold temps; most of the local track guys are using 30w-40w.

Why the switch to 10-40w?

 

[TypeRbuilder]

I would leave the first oil in it til about 15%. Then? I change mine every 5k as I have a tune and tons of power....on the TLX Type S. CTR isn't there....yet. And I ran 5w 20 Amsoil, only! as I'm not into thin oils. Had too much blow by on the track with 0w oil. FWIW.

 

[cyirush]

I would leave the first oil in it til about 15%. Then? I change mine every 5k as I have a tune and tons of power....on the TLX Type S. CTR isn't there....yet. And I ran 5w 20 Amsoil, only! as I'm not into thin oils. Had too much blow by on the track with 0w oil. FWIW.

I just changed my oil today at 5700 miles and 50% oil life. If I’d waited ‘till 15% I’d probably have been at ~8-9k. Too long for me!

Fwiw, I talked to the Honda tech who did the oil change. He said the oil looked clean and that he wouldn’t change it early (say, at 1,000, didn’t get his reason). But that he also wouldn’t go much past 5k.

This was the second dealer I went to. The one that sold me the car wouldn’t give me the free oil change as I was at 50% on the MM. They said I needed to be at 15%. Told them I’m not keeping the factory fill in that long! Won’t be using them in the future.

 

[apl360]

The Acura dealership I bought my de5 from also gave me a bunch of free oil changes. I wish I could give them away, I’d rather do my own oil changes using the oil I want, in the weight I want with the filter I want.

 

[PNEUMA]

The Acura dealership I bought my de5 from also gave me a bunch of free oil changes. I wish I could give them away, I’d rather do my own oil changes using the oil I want, in the weight I want with the filter I want.

At the mileage I want

 

[apl360]

At the mileage I want

Especially that!

 

[jdml3ia]

Why the switch to 10-40w?

Track temps (260-275) plus feedback from fk8 (dedicated track cars) owners and curiosity. Last oil change (5-30) looked pretty dark. If I daily drove the R I'd stick with 5-30.

 

[PNEUMA]

Especially that!

I hear you Bro. I don’t buy into any of that dilusional crap about leaving the factory filled oil in for 5k, or more, miles because it is good for the health of your turbocharged engine. Nor because the dealer won’t give me a freebie. I don’t want those people touching my vehicle, nor am I so frugal and inept that I cannot do it myself.

 

[jcm]

i strongly urge you to track your own mileage rather than using the MM

the MM is a digital approximation that in no way accounts for the facts of content in your oil

 

[25FL5]

At 650 miles, and now at 20%. I will change the oil at around 1k miles here.

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