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Originally Posted by Rolow
Ok I have a 2007 Civic SI Thats almost a year old and has 1544 miles on it. The oil life indicator is at 70%
My question is do I wait for the indicator to get to the 15% or is there an equivalent to the 15% in months?
The car has not had its first oil change yet. When I bought it the dealer said that Honda uses special break in oil and it should be left in till the oil life indicator went down to 15%. Is the special break in oil a real thing or a dealer myth? I'm asking because thats the first time I've heard of special break in oil.
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Its really up to you :]
The maintenance minder will come on at 15% oil life left.
The way the % works is it spans a total of 7,000 Miles.
If you regularly do oil changes at 3,000 miles, then you will want to change it around 40-45% (3000 is apprx 42% of 7000).
I try to change mine at the 50% mark or 3500k.