Should I change my oil?

[ctrboiii]

I purchased my '21 FK8 new about a year ago and recently got a maintenance minder letting me know that my oil life is at 15%. The issue is that I'm only at 2K miles and wasn't planning on getting my first oil change until I hit the 5K mark. I was searching through the forum and it seems like most people don't get this maintenance minder until well past 5K miles. I also checked the dipstick and my oil level was fine so I don't believe it's due to a leak. Could it just be the car notifying me that the 1 year mark is approaching or is that not a factor for the oil life percentage? Will I need to go ahead and get the oil changed now?

Thanks!

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[VTecYoSelfB4UWreckYoSelf]

I'm guessing the car is going off of time and not intervals. Factory oil usually lasts for about 10k miles.

 

[wildbilly32]

You will get lots of opinions on this question. I would change the oil. I know...I know "but it's synthetic...". That doesn't mean it was made by Unicorns! This is a turbo engine. Turbos make a lot of heat which is "shared" with the oil. So many things go into when an oil is done and way beyond my pay grade. My 2019 has a total of @4.5k miles and has had three oil changes. Am I overdoing it? Not in my opinion. Dirt, fuel, combustion by products and moisture end up in the oil. None of that stuff is good from the insides of the engine. 5k miles? Nope too long for me. 10k miles? OH HELL NO!!! BTW I believe the oil minder does have a time calculation component in it's logic...for a good reason.

 

[gxl]

The maintenance minder is based on 1 year or 10k miles. Takes into account other conditions as well. Follow the maintenance minder for the first oil change, since that sounds like factory oil. After that, change as much as you like.

 

[wildbilly32]

10k miles oil change brought to you by the Honda Marketing Dept...

 

[MoodySara]

My CTR goes almost 10K miles before the MM says it needs new oil.
My wife's 2.0T Accord only goes about 3,500. Her driving is mostly low-speed rural town driving, and she doesn't rack up many miles per year.
I assume Honda knows what it's doing with the MM and follow it.

 

[wildbilly32]

My CTR goes almost 10K miles before the MM says it needs new oil.
My wife's 2.0T Accord only goes about 3,500. Her driving is mostly low-speed rural town driving, and she doesn't rack up many miles per year.
I assume Honda knows what it's doing with the MM and follow it.

To each their own.

I trust a high performance engine builder(not Honda engines) I know more than Honda.

 

[SmokeGhost]

I only trust a UOA (used oil analysis) to determine OCI (oil change interval)

 

[CTRnFun]

After a year, the oil gets moisture and other contaminants in it. This is more of a best practice I would say. You can go further, but do you want to risk it.

 

[ctrboiii]

The maintenance minder is based on 1 year or 10k miles. Takes into account other conditions as well. Follow the maintenance minder for the first oil change, since that sounds like factory oil. After that, change as much as you like.

Gotcha, that makes sense. I was just concerned because I kept seeing everyone talk about how the factory oil has additives that are necessary during the break-in period for the first 5k miles but if there’s no harm changing it out early I’d rather listen to the maintenance minder. Thanks!

 

[sLing]

Typically if I'm buying a used vehicle I would change all the fluids just to be safe.

 

[Methane Herder]

I'm pretty sure I can change oil and filter every 3k miles for quite some time (myself) before I spend more than what it costs to rebuild/replace a little tightly wound, turbocharged, Honda 4 cylinder engine (can't do myself). Just doing the beer math here.

MH

 

[SethNES]

Might as well change it because 40-50 dollars doing it yourself with synthetic and a good filter is a lot better than running on old oil. Just change it yourself if you can or if not then still not too expensive unless go to dealership for some reason to do it.

 

[FK8CW2019]

My CTR goes almost 10K miles before the MM says it needs new oil.
My wife's 2.0T Accord only goes about 3,500. Her driving is mostly low-speed rural town driving, and she doesn't rack up many miles per year.
I assume Honda knows what it's doing with the MM and follow it.

I think your wife is not telling you something

 

[MoodySara]

I think your wife is not telling you something

Possibly.
Her car before the Accord was a Subaru WRX.
Before the WRX she had a Civic Si.
She does know how to put a boot in it.
She's 73 now so maybe she's lost a tenth or two.

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