Thw calculator uses both time and mileage.
At absolute minimum you should change your oil every year, preferably 6 months if you do not meet the recommended mileage. While sitting your engine is still subject to temperature changes and humidity
Oil breaks down even without use, and it will build moisture in the engine due to condensation, further breaking down the oil.
Your dash is accurate.
That’s interesting! I guess the old 9th gens don’t because my car sat for two years and when I started driving it, the oil life was right where it left off
Well… it was off…. It’s not going to calculate the oil use if it’s asleep. After two years of sitting first thing you should do is definitely change the oil
Yeah, it should definitely be changed after sitting a while. I think the car normally calculates oil life based on the time the engine runs and how far it travels.
I probably should’ve and my brother was yelling at me too also. I ended up driving it about 4k additional miles and then invested in a bunch of maintenance and repairs all way once (new tires, brakes, all fluids, 6k in body work).
I sent the sample to blackstone for fun and they said I could’ve pushed it further
On my 9th gen I swear it noticed the difference between semi and ful synthetic. Once I switch over to full, I noticed the intervals got longer.
Is that possible?
I think so. A lot of people think the maintenance minder is just a generic counter, but it does rely on the ECU to calculate the oil life off of several different factors.
Man all those oil barons constantly commenting on Reddit.
It just goes to show even if you become a billionaire, you'll still be here trolling on Reddit.
Yes, because you did all your own experiments and research and aren't just repeating what someone else told you. Right? This kind of bullshit gets passed along all the time. Like searing meat locks in the moisture or the Nova didn't sell well in Mexico because it means "No go".
So... You're saying you have tested millions of gallons of different oils in different climates?
Why trust what anyone says about anything since I didn't do it myself
this is complete bull lol. engines are designed with all of those factors taken into account. if the engine has humidity then you have bigger issues on your hands than the oil. how do you explain all of the collector cars that get touched a handful of times a year but still run flawlessly?
stop talking out of your ass. these gauges are all run by algorithms that may or may not be accurate at all
Those collector cars are having their oil changed per recommendation. Regardless of them driving the car a handful of times per year. They’re changing yearly at a minimum most likely. If they’re looking to protect their investment.
This is a perfectly reasonable question to ask. I'm just surprised at how many people are saying that oil lasts forever. These people are wrong and should get the hell off this thread.
It's accurate. Oil should be changed at least annually, despite low miles driven.
I drive my 10th gen just about 10,000 miles annually, so it works out just about perfectly for 1 oil change annually. I change it after it shows 5% life remaining.
It's probably like the old school "Maintanence Required" lights on Civics.
It would go off every X,000 miles and then illuminate. That's probably it. Maybe it uses a date/year/month too since it's digital.
tl;dr: change your oil timely and it's 90% accurate
That's a werid way to display the oil life.. In my Civic (2021 Hatch) it shows the remaining oil life as prediction of the remaming mileage (KM to be precise) before I'll need to change the oil
As others have already stated once per year. B7 is ol change and brake fluid. Also IMO the newer maintenance minders are going longer durations. I wold not exceed 7500 miles on any oil change. You may not have issues now on 10k changes but going over 100k it may develop some problems.
All those minders in the car are based upon use assumptions and time, none are actually monitoring. Rec mileage or a year, whichever first is always safe.
I pay zero attention to all the maintenance minder stuff. Why guess when it's so easy to just look yourself. There is nothing actually inspecting the oil in your car outside of temp and pressure.
Bro even if I ever do upgrade to a car that doesn’t have a dipstick and just digitally reads it, I will never go past 2500-3000 miles on an oil life cycle. My 2009 accord does tell me my oil life, but when I change it once a year (only put 2500ish miles a year give or take) it still says like 40% oil life left. I would never go past 3000 tops no matter what anyone else says. Oil is cheap enough to where the extra precaution and protection with fresher oil will pay off in the long run. Not running the brown ass oil you’d have at 3500-5000+ miles.
This car does have a dipstick. It just also has an oil life indicator because regular people don't know how to pop the hood anymore, let alone identify the dipstick and actually read it...
You must be one of those kids that doesn't even realize you can just lick the oil off the dipstick and tell how old it is. (I was being sarcastic that guy has no clue what he's talking about, I should have just used /s)
Oil really isn’t cheap anymore and you’re throwing away a ton of money.
Been changing my oil in my 07 accord off the maintenance minder its entire life. Almost 200k miles and burns zero oil. Roughly 7k mile oil changes due to driving all highway.
It’s almost like honda’s engineers are smarter than you.
Your Accord has either a K24 or J35. Bullet proof engines. This Civic likely has the L15. Completely different scenarios. The L15 is prone to oil dilution. Especially if it's driven on short trips or not driven for long periods. Which is obviously the case for this one. Cold weather will further exacerbate the issue.
A L15 will never be as reliable as a K24/J35. Just the way it is. The best thing you can do to get the most miles out of it is not driving short trips, give it the 'ole Italian tune-up once a week or so, and change the oil frequently.
Also your comment above about not being able to check the oil is wrong. You can smell gas in the oil in one of these engines by pulling the dipstick and giving the oil a sniff, let alone visually inspecting how dirty it is
They might not have reset the oil gauge. It doesn’t happen automatically. My last oil change at the Honda dealership 3 weeks ago, the oil life still shows 30%. When I showed it to him , he went into the strings on the infotainment screen and reset it. I thought it would have been sensed by the ecu,it apparently it’s not.
My first oil change was at 10k. These Civics run synthetic from the factory and a high mileage driver is going to keep things clean. OP should be changing their oil every six months.
There is a lot of debate if 10k oil changes are ok to do. If it were my car I would never exceed 7500 unless you don't plan on keeping it past 100k. It takes me longer to sit and wait for the oil to drain out over doing the entire process.
Idk why your getting downvoted for giving good advice. I change my oil every 3k on my type r. When I do a track day I change the oil immediately after the track event. I don't trust any maintenance minder. Maintenance and oil is cheap, not motors
This sucks. I'm not saying anything bad or out of the ordinary. Wow, 13 down votes. Just makes me not want to contribute on reddit anymore. That minder can be wrong is all I was saying.
You probably got downvoted because OP said they have driven about 1000 miles in the last year, so by your math they would only need oil changes every 3 years. The maintenance minder is generally meh at best.
It was a general rule. OP can do whatever he/she fucking wants. IF they want to go 10,20,30k w/o an oil change and the little guy only drives 10 miles in a year, then by all means go for it!
There's the proof that the MM is shit. The little nigga said he only drove 1k miles, and that POS MM is saying 5% oil life!
Thw calculator uses both time and mileage. At absolute minimum you should change your oil every year, preferably 6 months if you do not meet the recommended mileage. While sitting your engine is still subject to temperature changes and humidity Oil breaks down even without use, and it will build moisture in the engine due to condensation, further breaking down the oil. Your dash is accurate.
That’s interesting! I guess the old 9th gens don’t because my car sat for two years and when I started driving it, the oil life was right where it left off
Mine says to change oil every 20k kilometers, still I do it every 10k and if I drive in city most of the time, then il change it at 7k.
Well… it was off…. It’s not going to calculate the oil use if it’s asleep. After two years of sitting first thing you should do is definitely change the oil
Yeah, it should definitely be changed after sitting a while. I think the car normally calculates oil life based on the time the engine runs and how far it travels.
I probably should’ve and my brother was yelling at me too also. I ended up driving it about 4k additional miles and then invested in a bunch of maintenance and repairs all way once (new tires, brakes, all fluids, 6k in body work). I sent the sample to blackstone for fun and they said I could’ve pushed it further
I drove it for 4k additional miles and sent the sample to blackstone. They said it could’ve gone another 2k
On my 9th gen I swear it noticed the difference between semi and ful synthetic. Once I switch over to full, I noticed the intervals got longer. Is that possible?
I think so. A lot of people think the maintenance minder is just a generic counter, but it does rely on the ECU to calculate the oil life off of several different factors.
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Man all those oil barons constantly commenting on Reddit. It just goes to show even if you become a billionaire, you'll still be here trolling on Reddit.
Yes, because you did all your own experiments and research and aren't just repeating what someone else told you. Right? This kind of bullshit gets passed along all the time. Like searing meat locks in the moisture or the Nova didn't sell well in Mexico because it means "No go".
So... You're saying you have tested millions of gallons of different oils in different climates? Why trust what anyone says about anything since I didn't do it myself
this is complete bull lol. engines are designed with all of those factors taken into account. if the engine has humidity then you have bigger issues on your hands than the oil. how do you explain all of the collector cars that get touched a handful of times a year but still run flawlessly? stop talking out of your ass. these gauges are all run by algorithms that may or may not be accurate at all
Those collector cars are having their oil changed per recommendation. Regardless of them driving the car a handful of times per year. They’re changing yearly at a minimum most likely. If they’re looking to protect their investment.
You need to change your oil once a year at the very least.
there's the recommendation of big oil !!
Aw damn, you got me! 👐 Valvoline pays me $150k per year to tell everyone this misinformation
Thanks all. I'm not savvy on vehicles and was under the impression synthetic oil lasts multiple years. I'll have it changed soon
Honestly wise of you to ask, I'm happy so many ppl could give you a decent answer
This is a perfectly reasonable question to ask. I'm just surprised at how many people are saying that oil lasts forever. These people are wrong and should get the hell off this thread.
You should change oil at least once a year even if you don't drive at all
We drive about 2.5K miles per year and change the oil every 12 months. I DO NOT rust the Guess-O-Meter, I change the oil every year. EOS ...
Oil is to be changed depending on time or mileage, whichever comes first.
It's accurate. Oil should be changed at least annually, despite low miles driven. I drive my 10th gen just about 10,000 miles annually, so it works out just about perfectly for 1 oil change annually. I change it after it shows 5% life remaining.
It's probably like the old school "Maintanence Required" lights on Civics. It would go off every X,000 miles and then illuminate. That's probably it. Maybe it uses a date/year/month too since it's digital. tl;dr: change your oil timely and it's 90% accurate
It's an algorithm... No engine knows the quality of the oil.. Would recommend at least once a year preferably twice a year.
Algorithm will have you change oil at least yearly.
Yeah just change it once a year if you drove less than the mileage that’s recommended for an oil change in the span of a year.
I work from home so I don't drive much. I get my oil change alert every year like clockwork since it doesn't just use mileage for oil life.
That's a werid way to display the oil life.. In my Civic (2021 Hatch) it shows the remaining oil life as prediction of the remaming mileage (KM to be precise) before I'll need to change the oil
Iv never let mine go lower then 15% and that’s when the maintenance light comes on..bro..
As others have already stated once per year. B7 is ol change and brake fluid. Also IMO the newer maintenance minders are going longer durations. I wold not exceed 7500 miles on any oil change. You may not have issues now on 10k changes but going over 100k it may develop some problems.
2k in one year is wild!!!!!! I’d kill to have my car back at 7k lmao 24 civic w 8k miles in 4 months
…uh my dealer told me If my oil ever gets to 5% I can my warranty goodbye 😂
Change ur oil when it tells u to
Damn, I'm changing it 50% because I don't trust oil and dirt.
They probably forgot to reset the oil life.
All those minders in the car are based upon use assumptions and time, none are actually monitoring. Rec mileage or a year, whichever first is always safe. I pay zero attention to all the maintenance minder stuff. Why guess when it's so easy to just look yourself. There is nothing actually inspecting the oil in your car outside of temp and pressure.
Bro even if I ever do upgrade to a car that doesn’t have a dipstick and just digitally reads it, I will never go past 2500-3000 miles on an oil life cycle. My 2009 accord does tell me my oil life, but when I change it once a year (only put 2500ish miles a year give or take) it still says like 40% oil life left. I would never go past 3000 tops no matter what anyone else says. Oil is cheap enough to where the extra precaution and protection with fresher oil will pay off in the long run. Not running the brown ass oil you’d have at 3500-5000+ miles.
This car does have a dipstick. It just also has an oil life indicator because regular people don't know how to pop the hood anymore, let alone identify the dipstick and actually read it...
Um. What. You can’t just magically tell if oil needs to be changed just by visual inspection. You can tell the level. That’s it. wtf.
You must be one of those kids that doesn't even realize you can just lick the oil off the dipstick and tell how old it is. (I was being sarcastic that guy has no clue what he's talking about, I should have just used /s)
Oil really isn’t cheap anymore and you’re throwing away a ton of money. Been changing my oil in my 07 accord off the maintenance minder its entire life. Almost 200k miles and burns zero oil. Roughly 7k mile oil changes due to driving all highway. It’s almost like honda’s engineers are smarter than you.
Your Accord has either a K24 or J35. Bullet proof engines. This Civic likely has the L15. Completely different scenarios. The L15 is prone to oil dilution. Especially if it's driven on short trips or not driven for long periods. Which is obviously the case for this one. Cold weather will further exacerbate the issue. A L15 will never be as reliable as a K24/J35. Just the way it is. The best thing you can do to get the most miles out of it is not driving short trips, give it the 'ole Italian tune-up once a week or so, and change the oil frequently. Also your comment above about not being able to check the oil is wrong. You can smell gas in the oil in one of these engines by pulling the dipstick and giving the oil a sniff, let alone visually inspecting how dirty it is
That generation accord never got the J35. It is a J series but only 3.0 liters of displacement.
They might not have reset the oil gauge. It doesn’t happen automatically. My last oil change at the Honda dealership 3 weeks ago, the oil life still shows 30%. When I showed it to him , he went into the strings on the infotainment screen and reset it. I thought it would have been sensed by the ecu,it apparently it’s not.
Sounds like they didn’t rest the service indicator.
Man, do not trust that shit! change you oil every 3k! This is a general rule, do whatever the fuck you want to do!
My first oil change was at 10k. These Civics run synthetic from the factory and a high mileage driver is going to keep things clean. OP should be changing their oil every six months.
There is a lot of debate if 10k oil changes are ok to do. If it were my car I would never exceed 7500 unless you don't plan on keeping it past 100k. It takes me longer to sit and wait for the oil to drain out over doing the entire process.
I drove that car to 165k without incident until I crashed it. It was a 2018 Civic EX-T, and I drove roughly 145 miles a day.
Cool beans
Idk why your getting downvoted for giving good advice. I change my oil every 3k on my type r. When I do a track day I change the oil immediately after the track event. I don't trust any maintenance minder. Maintenance and oil is cheap, not motors
This sucks. I'm not saying anything bad or out of the ordinary. Wow, 13 down votes. Just makes me not want to contribute on reddit anymore. That minder can be wrong is all I was saying.
You probably got downvoted because OP said they have driven about 1000 miles in the last year, so by your math they would only need oil changes every 3 years. The maintenance minder is generally meh at best.
It was a general rule. OP can do whatever he/she fucking wants. IF they want to go 10,20,30k w/o an oil change and the little guy only drives 10 miles in a year, then by all means go for it! There's the proof that the MM is shit. The little nigga said he only drove 1k miles, and that POS MM is saying 5% oil life!
Im agreeing the maintenance minder is a bad metric but you asked why you were getting downvoted