How much is an oil change in WA? Here in sydney it's about $250 at the dealer's. I bring my own oil so it's $200. I only change it at the dealers because so far they've been happy to sort out any problems that I had.
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How much is an oil change in WA? Here in sydney it's about $250 at the dealer's. I bring my own oil so it's $200. I only change it at the dealers because so far they've been happy to sort out any problems that I had.
What $250 just for a ten minute oil change? Serious?
Haven't you serviced yours yet EuroDude? Dealers charge too much here. I can change it myself, but I reckon spend $200, and get them to change anything that I complain about. I just got a new glovebox last week because mine was "warped"
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I got the first 1000km service but honda pay for the labour, so I have yet to pay for dealer labour until the 10,000km service.
Although I may change the oil myself at 5000km for peace of mind (plus there is nothing wrong with the car) - the car is still being run in to a certain extent. Who knows whats in the oil lol
:thumbsup: Regular oil changes are gooood!Quote:
Originally Posted by EuroDude
Why do you guys change so often....? Its a waste of $$ and time unless your trackdayin-it every weekend???
Mineral oil starts to break down after 5000km so its best to change it to keep the engine in good shape and keep up engine performance. Decent Synthetic oil can last 10,000km though, so you have a choice of Mineral $30/5000km or Synth $60/10000km.
Well thats what i've gathered from various sources... :)
Castrol Magnatec mineral oil only lasted 7000km for me. Suddenly it became rough. You could feel the difference. Now I use either Castrol Formula R(Edge) 5w-30 (cheap) or 0w-40 (expensive) depending on how rich I feel. LOL
I am still unconvinced as to the merits at changing oil ever 5000kms - i dont know what u guys are doing to your cars to get the oil to "break down" as you all say...
Might have to look into the 5w-30 edge and change at 15k and see if i notice any difference
Besides the fact Mineral oil breaks down, many ppl change the oil every 5000km simply because it gets dirty over time and because engine performance suffers the longer you leave old oil in there.
With my Civic at 200,000km+, it felt like it regained 20kw when I changed the oil after 10,000km. (using Mobil Synth-S)
If you do mostly short trips (less than 5 minutes) where your oil temperature does not get a chance to reach 100ºC, there will be some buildup of moisture in the engine oil. Then, our petrol has a teensy weensy bit of sulfur in it. When combusted, it produces SO3. When SO3 mixes with water, you get H2SO4, which is sulfuric acid. It's only a low concentration but you know what happens when aluminium mixes with even weak acids. So for those people, it is actually recommended to follow the "severe" service schedule and change their oil more often.
Well my car has done 6000km and I changed the oil today with Honda FEO - my gawd the engine performs great now. So even with new cars, the 5000km oil changes are quite significant performance wise.