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Old 10-08-2014, 11:06 AM
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Hi, I got a 2008 H Accord with 79K miles on it. In how many miles should I get oil change?
 
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Old 10-08-2014, 11:35 AM
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That should have an oil-life calculator, you can display % of remaining life.
A wild guess would be somewhere from 5k or 7k miles interval, but that depends a tremendous amount on your driving style.
 
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Old 10-08-2014, 01:15 PM
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I think its showing 50% as of today.
 
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Old 10-08-2014, 02:21 PM
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Some info. is already in the owner's manual; but, this thread has some more info.:

https://www.hondaaccordforum.com/for...-minder-52234/
 
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Old 10-08-2014, 06:40 PM
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See the link Redbull posted above, BUT remember one thing, if you are taking your car some place that is using low quality oil the maintenance minder does not know that. If you are using a high quality Kendall full synthetic then you should be able to run it down to 15% where as with most quick change places you should try and change it around 50%. Cars are getting smarter, but one thing they can't do yet is know what grade of oil is in the engine. Now that I say that that would be an interesting feature.
 
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Old 10-09-2014, 12:03 AM
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The maintenance minder also will not tell you if the oil level gets low. Check your dipstick every fill-up, at least until you are confident that it doesn't consume oil.
 
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