How often do you change ur earl?
 

I was reading a review about different oil filters and came across this statement

"Honda recommends that you change the oil in your Prelude every 7500 miles. Many dealers attempt to get you change the oil in your car every 3000 miles. Changing your oil every 3000 miles is basically a complete waste of your money, and bad for the environment. (That used oil needs to go somewhere...)

In general on Hondas or not how often do you change your oil? I do it every 3000 but now Im reconsidering.

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3000 is way to early imo. I usually go at 5000 since I use cheapo oil. Whatever is one sale at wal-mart.

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I change my oil and filter every 3000 miles... how is it bad for the environment? Unless you dump it outside... I put it in gallon jugs and take it to a local gas station, they send it off to a recycling plant...

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i change every 5000 but use synthetic

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i change it 2-3k whether it be cheapo or synthetic.

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mobile1 + oem filter
filter every 2500, oil every 5000

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My truck is super cool and tells me when it's time to change it. It usually says to change it about every 6000 miles, but it depends on driving conditions.
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why would you do that?

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I drive a Mustang, it is more high tech than your gay Hondas. It has a built in feature that uses the motor to burn off the bad oil so it changes its own oil. It also has a light like Dr. Boost's truck except mine says "low oil" ;)

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Remember though Whitey, you still own a "gay honda" ;)

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I do? ???

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i have an oil light too. did anyone else notice the title says earl not oil? ???

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I change my oil when it starts getting dark. so thats about every 1000-1500 miles, and i beat the living ---- out of my cars.. but when i tear my motors down they look BRAND NEW inside.

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or if it starts to eat gas like crazy. :-\

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i'm guessing you were talking to me? The filter element can break down or get clogged, but modile1 is good for atleast 5k miles. I also read some test done on a RX-7 that showed the same thing.

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HAHA yeah i kept being like WTF when i read through the thread why hasn't anyone noticed this.

Yeah I store my car all winter so i change it once right before i put it away, then in the spring i drive a few hundred miles with the old oil just to clean things out then i put in syntetic and that usualy gives me a complete summers worth of driving.

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yeah its ebonics bitch

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i change mine every 2500 miles, but i run the piss out of it daily :y

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You shouldnt change the oil right before you put it up for the winter because your engine gets moisture in it over time and that mixes with your oil. If you drive your car on a daily basis then that moisture is burned off and you don't have to worry about it. So Id say to just change your oil at the start of when you take the car out. and maybe once more in between.

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lol

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:y

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Yeah I just don't like the idea of letting all the crap that in the oil from a summer worth of driving settle down for a whole winter, and I don't really mind paying an extra 20 bucks once a year.

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i change it every 1500 miles...it's a new build and i baby that car (it's not my daily driver) ;D

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every 30,000 or so :-X its my dads car so i dont really care too much :8

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Thats disgussing. :-X

Haha reminds me of one time in highschool when i changed an oil for a friend. The conversation leading up to it was somthing like as fallows:

I don't really remember what i said first but it had to do with oil changes.
Friend: What??
Me: You know, changing the oil in your car?
Friend: Umm... I have no idea what your talking about.
Me: WTF!! You mean you've never changed the oil in your car??!!!!
Friend: No
Me: How long have you had it?
Friend: A couple years
Me: How many miles have you put on it?
Friend: 20k miles or so.
Me: We are going to the auto parts store RIGHT NOW!!!

Needless to say I had to stab the oil filter with a screwdriver in order to get enough tourqe on it to remove the fucker and the oil was so fucked up and thick it took probley 15 minutes for it to drain. Absolutely disgusting.

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i've pulled the plug on a car before and had NOTHING come out. After some persuasion with a coathanger (reminded me of...nvm) and filling the crank case with gas and letting it sit i finally managed to *drain* it.

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You did like, a week ago lol, what happened to the civic?

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I change the oil about every 4 months, no matter what. Mileage ain't ----, beeitch. :6

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My old zc burnt oil like a biatch so I just kept adding. 12 months proably about 15k miles on it before I just pulled the motor :)

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I usually dont have a engine in my Civic long enough to warrant a oil change :D

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thats something to be proud of

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I sold the Civic last summer in August to to my friend to pay for the Mustang. I've been Honda free for 7 months now.

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did you have to resort to methadone treatments to get clean?

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I've been taking method man wafers for 12 months. I'm as clean as a bean ;)

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my oil is constantly changed, when it drips out of the drain plug and i add a quart every once in a while

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i change mine whenever i feel like it with the cheapest stuff at walmart.

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i change mine every 2k-3k because i can never tell what my dipstick reads because the tool that owned my car before me decided to get an aftermarket one ::), i guess it adds a whole lot of power. but i use the synthetic stuff from firestone because my friend works there and hooks it up with $10 oil changes

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a new OEM dipstick is $5

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3k

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my oil gets dark after 3k or so the way to drive my vehicles, so I change it between 2k and 4k usually.