All:

I went to the dealer for the free oil change (I get 9 oil changes free for
my new CRV EX). I asked them about what kind the oil they use (since last
time I saw the remind sticker from Kendall). They told me they use the
Kendall oil so I asked in the manual Honda recommends to use Honda oil why
they use Kendall? they said they use whatever oil recommend or meet
requirement from Honda, he also said actually they bought the oil from Honda
!!!
Anyone hear about this?

Thanks

Hai

Oil is oil. Get over it. It's free!




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How to turn off 'Maintenance Required" light:

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In article <40a515f9.95013111 (AT) news (DOT) txol.net>, rex (AT) inoli (DOT) com wrote:

I don't recall that ever being the case!

On 14 May 2004 18:22:41 GMT, drpimpdaddi (AT) aol (DOT) comprende (He Hate
Retards and Morons) wrote:

STFU! Free is free!




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How to turn off 'Maintenance Required" light:

1. Hold trip/reset button on dash
2. Turn key to "ON" or start engine
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My new civic has a 10,000 mile change interval for the "normal"
service, which is decribed as pretty normal sorts of driving for
people who do not live in extreme climates, the mountains or do mostly
short trip / city driving. I will go to the synthetic for my first
change, but I don't imagine Honda would suggest a schedule that would
lead to oil related engine failures on a popular car just to
underestimate total ownership costs. I don't see anything that seems
real evidence based when I read all these oil threads on this group,
just a lot of "well, my car has x miles and blah blah blah" or "dude,
your engine will ROAST--it's cheap insurance blahh blah blah" I'll
write back in 4 years when I click over 100K and we'll see how it is
doing.

Yes, I agree that 10K seems like a long time, but I guess the oil
doesn't care how I feel.

"Hai Pham" <haipham (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote


The last I read is that Honda has a contract with Exxon/Mobil for Honda
service oil in the US. I doubt very much that Honda has switched to
Kendall.

Most dealers buy oil from their own choice of sources, not through Honda.

John

In article <PrqdnX9K2c3tjDjdRVn-sQ (AT) comcast (DOT) com>, haipham (AT) yahoo (DOT) com says...
I don't know. As long as it meets the spec required by the manufacturer,
you can't go wrong.
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Alex

All:

As I said before, I agree if the oil meets specs it is OK. The problem I
have is in Honda manual, they claim Honda oil is designed for "optimize
performance" but their own dealers uses someone else oil.

Hai
"Alex Rodriguez" <adr5 (AT) columbia (DOT) edu> wrote

Alright enough is enough.
There are 30 different brand names of motor oil, and only a handful of oil
refinery that make it. Before using any oil it must meet the American
Petroleum Institute (API) ratings and be the correct multigrade oil
viscosity stated on the engine oil cap or in your owners manuel. Hai, being
a Honda owner for many years the only thing you must be concerned with is
using Honda brand name power steering fluid, and transmission fluid. I would
probably bet Honda motor oil is relabeled Valvoline, or Pennzoil. Your
dealer will fill your Honda with bulk oil of whatever brand he can get the
best deal on. Hai, if I were you I would do my own oil changes if possible
because you can make sure you engine gets what it needs. If you are
particular you will use Synthetic or a Synthetic blend oils.
Hope this helps.
Mike

"Hai Pham" <haipham (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote