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Originally Posted by crazyazn
^I see, I'm using JDM Green Hamp filter + Motul 8100 5w-40 right now...08 CSX-S.
It's recommended to change oil when the Oil Life Meter is at 15%...and that was ~6000km with the OEM 5w-30 (it's "semi-synthetic"...dunno what the means). So I'm planning to take the Motul up to 10k...which should be pretty safe right?
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Nice thing about the K20XX engines is that all the UOAs show them to be very easy on oil.
Check out this report from forums from Bobistheoilguy of a 06 Civic SI (similar engine )
This is how he drives:
"Driving Conditions: I still commute 65 miles round trip each day, but for the past 4 months I've started doing some more in between trips (grad school). On this oil change, I've never driven the car harder. I cruise at 4000 rpms (about 80mph). I hit redline/tap the 8300 rpm fuel cut somewhere between 5-8 times a day, and usually in 2nd, 3rd, nd 4th gear. I sometimes let the engine brake at 6000 rpms for a minute or two.
I never beat on it till it reaches operating temperature (i.e. 15+ minutes of driving). I never drive it until it's been idling for 15-20 seconds, in the cold it's more like 45-60 seconds. I never idle it for more than 2-3 minutes straight. I typically drive it between 3000-4000 rpms to help it warm up."
26-36k on engine: Amsoil Series 2000 0w30
36-50k on engine: Amsoil SSO 0w30
50k-66k on engine: Amsoil SSO 0w30
~66k-77k on engine: Pennzoil Platinum 5w30 (this UOA
Note that this is all in miles. He's been doing 16,000 MILE (24,000km) intervals and his 06 Civic SI is now over 120,000km. And he doesn't baby his car either. He ran this interval 'only' till 10,000miles, (16,000km) because he was curious how Pennzoil Platinum would perform. And it did well.
I would bet a case of beer that your CSX could easily tackle 10,000km no problem, especially with a nice 'synthetic' oil, like M1, Motul 8100v, or PP. Do a UOA at the end of the 10,000km and check if you want even more peace of mind. The info would give you a good baseline on how to run your next several oil changes.