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[Rich Ski]

Hello,

    My name is Rich we ( my wife Linda of 55 years ) live in N.J and we are the owners of a 2022 Honda CR V touring with 10,500 miles on her. I am 78 and have serviced all of my vehicles, cars, trucks , tractors etc. I built our home from the ground up in 1972 with the guidance and help from Linda's dad. I worked in Nestles coffee plant until I retired in 2016 after 45 years there. We had previous Hondas, a 1998 Civic and a 2015 CR V touring . Previous Toyota's are a 1982 4X4, which I still have that plows snow to get us out of our 1/4 mile dirt road to a main back road. A 2002 Highlander , a 1992 4x4 Toyota truck that I gave to my oldest twin son, and he still has it on the road. And I have a 2016 Toyota Limited 4x4 truck.

    I have changed the oil twice now on her car ( Mobil 1 -  0 -20 ) and Honda filters, the first change at 3800 and the next at 7513. I know , I probably did them a bit too soon according to the book but the oil turned black both times at around 700 to a 1000 miles. I now know the turbo's effect on oil. Am I being too critical of this. If I did extend the changes I would not go beyond 4,500 - 5,000 miles. I have read a few things that have opened my eyes with this engine, should I be this critical ??  Any members here have anything to educate me on the 1.5 turbo engine ?

    Thank you Much !!

    Rich K 

Edited August 16 by Rich Ski

[Trevor]

Hi Rich....welcome to the Club

 

Back in the day, oil changes were carried out on petrol engines at around every 6000 miles.
Diesel engines weren't so common place back in the early 1980's (taxi's and lorries mostly).

The oil would always come out black and oil (and fuel) quality wasn't so good then.

If the oil is black then its pretty much doing its job and capturing the carbon deposits within, hence dark colour.
My philosphy on a petrol engine is that if the oil has gone quite dark with carbon then I would change it (usually in excess of 5 - 6k miles) along with the filter. A diesel engine would be about the same duration but would turn black a lot sooner as the fuel deposits more soot/carbon than petrol)

This would give the modern generation turbos a fighting chance of durability for many years to come.