This must generate a ton of ad revenue for journalists... It doesn't make sense how the Civic is the poster child of fuel dilution. Every single direct injection car does this...
Yes. They usually are.
Even the ones that show over 5% dilution, which is the limit that Oil Analyzers can measure, do not show any increase in wear metals. Cheaper oils do show viscosity drops, but with wear metals not climbing the oil is still doing it's job.
I disagree, they are usually right
Wow, I spoke yesterday to a sales person at the dealership and was told there was no free oil change with this TSB. Which dealer did it for you?
The oil change is part of the TSB and should be free. The oil filter is not, so that would come out of pocket.
That is what I have learned and was surprised when told otherwise. I thought the free oil change might be offered in the US only.
What was this Physical change, and were did you get that information from ?
On older models They replaced the AC module to match the newer version on some 18s and all 19s. It does not in fact "fix" the oil dilution problem. It merely helps mitigate the dilution.
Thanks, so this is the AC Module, either being replaced, or re-programmed, so that the engine warms up faster (at the expense of heating the passenger compartment).
are you getting kickbacks from Honda? or maybe trying to stay in good faith with your dealership? I've followed your posts for quite some times and you always say the most narrow statements possible.
Honda Downtown in Toronto. My notice indicated that an oil change was included free of charge.
Great. Found out in the meantime someone else had it done there. Closest dealer to my location too.
You got me. Total Honda shill.
ahahahahha. Every single time someone on facebook says, " I sniffed my oil and its smells of gas" or "These cars have bad dilution should I be worried" I just explain how this works, screenshot an oil analysis and link them to the the oil analysis thread and point out that not a single one has shown the oil shearing down or losing protection, even on the few who have more than expected dilution. They usually shut up and dont reply after that
My dealership doesn't even know I exist. I have taken my car back to them once for my first free oil change and that's the last they've heard of me. I do all my own work and my car has been problem free thus far.
My "narrow statements" are based from the data we're accumulating on this issue. I'm am so sick of seeing people like you on these forums screaming how bad fuel dilution is WITH ABSOLUTELY ZERO DATA TO BACK UP THAT CLAIM.
Please, I honestly mean this. Provide the community with some data that justifies these claims of fuel dilution causing engine problems. Until that actually happens, I'll keep repeating the findings of our collected data.
We now have 36 different samples collected and not one of them shows elevated wear metals or completely failed oil viscosity from fuel dilutions.
https://www.civicx.com/threads/oil-analysis-database.21607/#post-364703
