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| Thread ID: 97211 | 2009-02-07 21:24:00 | Honda Logo engine oil 1999 or 2000 | Sweep (90) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 745826 | 2009-02-07 21:24:00 | Yesterday I was presented with a 4 litre container of engine oil because the owner of the above vehicle was was told that she does not need engine oil and it comes in a sealed unit. I have not seen the vehicle in question at this time but does Honda manufacture engines that do not require lubrication? Personally I find this a little hard to believe. I have not checked fluid levels for her car personally. The vehicle probably does not use much oil as she does not drive it very far and if she gets an oil change every six months then of course she may get a top up at that time and that may be all that is needed. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 745827 | 2009-02-07 22:09:00 | At least she will save some money on servicing:eek: | plod (107) | ||
| 745828 | 2009-02-08 00:24:00 | Thanks for that Plod. I will not bother with service ever again because I have an engine that does not require this. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 745829 | 2009-02-08 00:24:00 | I Googled it and found that it DOES require oil changes and oil filter replacements too - but on an extended life rate whereas Honda says it can go for much longer service intervals. Chrysler tried this once and had to buy a lot of engines. Beware! |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 745830 | 2009-02-08 01:32:00 | Yeah, but I'll bet Chrysler's engines were not up to the "swiss watch" standard of Honda engineering. I've been in Japanese cars (Honda or Mazda) for over three decades and not once have I ever had to add oil between scheduled services despite doing a lot of high speed kilometres up and down the country. The oil level never dropped more than a few millimetres down the dipstick. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 745831 | 2009-02-08 02:43:00 | What Billy said x2 (but only for two decades :) ) | johcar (6283) | ||
| 745832 | 2009-02-08 02:47:00 | Billy, Billy, Billy! :waughh: The engines in Chryslers were the very-touted Mitsubishis . I think - correct me if I'm wrong here - that "Mitsubishi" is a Japanese company . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 745833 | 2009-02-08 03:00:00 | Billy, Billy, Billy! :waughh: The engines in Chryslers were the very-touted Mitsubishis . I think - correct me if I'm wrong here - that "Mitsubishi" is a Japanese company . Aaaah Joe, if they were the same 6 cylinder engines that were in the NZ Mitsis in the 90's, then that is understandable . SWMBO worked for one of NZ's largest companies and if I remember right they gave a barrel of trouble in their pretty large fleet . The Toyotas they had at the same time never gave a problem . What Billy sez is correct though . I have driven Jap since the first Corollas in the late 60's . Never had a Jap car that used oil or blew a motor . Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 745834 | 2009-02-08 03:15:00 | Billy, Billy, Billy! :waughh: The engines in Chryslers were the very-touted Mitsubishis . I think - correct me if I'm wrong here - that "Mitsubishi" is a Japanese company . mitsi's are **** . Their cyclone engines were renown for their oil consumption, even from new . |
plod (107) | ||
| 745835 | 2009-02-08 03:57:00 | We had a Ford Telstar 2.0L, the year maybe a 1985 or something, we bought at 1992, that wasn't that reliable, no rust but had alternator related issues which at 2008 it required $1,000+ repairs, we didn't go for. Mazda and Toyota and the Ford above, we tended to do 6 month oil changes ourselves, its been all that is required. We just use the car for commuting. Ford and Toyota they use them each day to city and back. The Mazda just now and then, perhaps 3 or 4 trips a week to the local supermarket / community shopping area. We don't use them for holidaying. Never been an issue. As an example the Mazda, at the moment the odometre is at 150,000km, we bought in 1995/96, it is a 1992 model, we assume the odometre was fiddled with, but in that 13 years we had it we ourselves only clocked up, up to 150,000km, 6 monthly oil changes ourselves. Still going strong. I expect another 4 years out of it. 1.3L automatic and it consumes 6L of petrol per 100km from my estimate. A German brand one, not sure what the prev owner did, cos we got in auction, was gonna do the oil change after the trip, we went from Wellington to Te Anau and back basically on the return leg near Fox Glacier the low oil indicator came on. We topped up oil at the next station. Before we set off it had mid level oil on the dipstick. So dunno. |
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