Rickmeister 48
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I apologize if this was covered before,I searched and didn't see it.
It's time for my first oil change and it's free from the dealer but they only want to do the oil and not the filter. That is what the MM calls for and does have codes for both just the oil and the oil and the filter.
This is my first new car in over eight years and I've never heard of just changing the oil and not the filter. Isn't the filter going to be full of dirty oil that will just contaminate the new oil right away?
Also, what exactly drivers the MM? Mine has gone off with under 4000 on it and I've heard people talk about getting WAY more mileage with the synthetic blend of oil that goes into these civics. Just to be safe, is there any kind of an issue with actually changing the filter with every oil change? Will it screw up the MM in any way or can it be reset before it actually pops up and says to change the filter? Just want to be sure cause after they do this first one for free and show me how to access everything, I'm going to start doing it myself. Thanks for any help!
It's time for my first oil change and it's free from the dealer but they only want to do the oil and not the filter. That is what the MM calls for and does have codes for both just the oil and the oil and the filter.
This is my first new car in over eight years and I've never heard of just changing the oil and not the filter. Isn't the filter going to be full of dirty oil that will just contaminate the new oil right away?
Also, what exactly drivers the MM? Mine has gone off with under 4000 on it and I've heard people talk about getting WAY more mileage with the synthetic blend of oil that goes into these civics. Just to be safe, is there any kind of an issue with actually changing the filter with every oil change? Will it screw up the MM in any way or can it be reset before it actually pops up and says to change the filter? Just want to be sure cause after they do this first one for free and show me how to access everything, I'm going to start doing it myself. Thanks for any help!
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