Maintenance Minder Question
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11-28-2013, 04:42 PM
My daughters have Civics, and the maintenance minder has been good as far as oil life goes. I use Castrol GTX and have had the used oil analyzed a couple times. The lab said that I could have gone somewhat longer.
If you really want to change your oil every 3500, I think you're wasting money doing it too often. But it's your money, not mine, so I won't stop you. It certainly doesn't HURT to change it too often. (Might hurt the environment, but doesn't hurt the car.)Winstonchan1977@msn.com
Normally, you can't reset your maintenance minder until it gets down to 15% and the warning lamp comes on. When that happens, it shows a letter and some combination of numbers. Say "A-1-2" or something like that. The letter is the oil change, and the number(s) are the other maintenance items. Look in your maintenance booklet for all the things that go along with #1, #2, #3, etc. Even if you ignore the oil timing, you can still use the maintenance monitor to schedule the other stuff.
Did you miss anything? I don't know. Each time the maintenance-minder came on, did you make note of the number(s) that show up? If so, then you can check the maintenance list to see whether you missed anything. I don't own an Accord right now, and the maint.list for a Civic probably isn't exactly the same.
AT fluid - was it dirty? You really want to drain/fill that fluid before it gets dirty. That is one fluid that I'd be happy to replace more often than the schedule calls for.
Brake fluid - was it dark/muddy? Probably 3 years is an OK interval. That stuff absorbs moisture from the air & that makes it get a bit corrosive.
Power steering - you probably replaced that a bit early, but no worries.
Engine air filter - Probably too early, but if you drive in dusty area maybe it was needed. That schedule is a bit strange, because the maintenance-minder can't tell whether the filter is real dirty or not. But it's easy to open up & look for yourself. When that filter gets dirty, you can see that it's dirty. Did you change the 42k airfilter yourself? Was it dirty?
If you really want to change your oil every 3500, I think you're wasting money doing it too often. But it's your money, not mine, so I won't stop you. It certainly doesn't HURT to change it too often. (Might hurt the environment, but doesn't hurt the car.)Winstonchan1977@msn.com
Normally, you can't reset your maintenance minder until it gets down to 15% and the warning lamp comes on. When that happens, it shows a letter and some combination of numbers. Say "A-1-2" or something like that. The letter is the oil change, and the number(s) are the other maintenance items. Look in your maintenance booklet for all the things that go along with #1, #2, #3, etc. Even if you ignore the oil timing, you can still use the maintenance monitor to schedule the other stuff.
Did you miss anything? I don't know. Each time the maintenance-minder came on, did you make note of the number(s) that show up? If so, then you can check the maintenance list to see whether you missed anything. I don't own an Accord right now, and the maint.list for a Civic probably isn't exactly the same.
AT fluid - was it dirty? You really want to drain/fill that fluid before it gets dirty. That is one fluid that I'd be happy to replace more often than the schedule calls for.
Brake fluid - was it dark/muddy? Probably 3 years is an OK interval. That stuff absorbs moisture from the air & that makes it get a bit corrosive.
Power steering - you probably replaced that a bit early, but no worries.
Engine air filter - Probably too early, but if you drive in dusty area maybe it was needed. That schedule is a bit strange, because the maintenance-minder can't tell whether the filter is real dirty or not. But it's easy to open up & look for yourself. When that filter gets dirty, you can see that it's dirty. Did you change the 42k airfilter yourself? Was it dirty?
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