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If anyone has changed their own oil on the Ridgeline I would like to know things such as what it looked like in terms of color, consistency and any shavings or other debris found.
The reason I am asking is that I just now noticed a sticker the dealer placed on the windshield recommending my first oil change at 3,750 miles. How I missed that sticker I will never know! It shocked me because after reading a thread here about oil changes and the computer's maintenance reminder, I asked three different people at the dealership this question the day I picked up my RTL. All three, spoken to at different times and not together, said the computer will tell you when you need to change oil - they did not give me a specific mileage number. Now all of a sudden I see that someone most likely in the service department put that 3,750 mile sticker on.
The threads on this subject I've read have no definitive answer as most people are either going to change oil by the computer % (15%. if I remember right, is when it is required) or go the way they always have with other cars using time and mileage factors. I've also learned the brake-in oil in the Ridge is suppose to stay in longer than in older cars when steel shavings would collect rather fast during break-in.
So, if you've changed your own oil, at what mileage did you change it and what did you find.
The reason I am asking is that I just now noticed a sticker the dealer placed on the windshield recommending my first oil change at 3,750 miles. How I missed that sticker I will never know! It shocked me because after reading a thread here about oil changes and the computer's maintenance reminder, I asked three different people at the dealership this question the day I picked up my RTL. All three, spoken to at different times and not together, said the computer will tell you when you need to change oil - they did not give me a specific mileage number. Now all of a sudden I see that someone most likely in the service department put that 3,750 mile sticker on.
The threads on this subject I've read have no definitive answer as most people are either going to change oil by the computer % (15%. if I remember right, is when it is required) or go the way they always have with other cars using time and mileage factors. I've also learned the brake-in oil in the Ridge is suppose to stay in longer than in older cars when steel shavings would collect rather fast during break-in.
So, if you've changed your own oil, at what mileage did you change it and what did you find.