When should I change the oil in my Honda Insight?

When should I change the oil in my Honda Insight?

Regardless of other service needs, your Honda Insight needs an oil change—which will include changing the filter and lubricating joints—every 7,500 miles.

How much oil does a 2011 Honda Insight take?

Model: Honda Insight, ZE2 (2009 – 2014) (USA)

Engine Capacity/Filter
Insight Hybrid (2009 – 2011) LDA3 3.2 l 3.38 US Quarts / Filter: 0.2 l 0.21 US Quarts
Insight Hybrid (2011 – 2014) LDA3 3.2 l 3.38 US Quarts / Filter: 0.2 l 0.21 US Quarts
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What percentage should you get your oil changed?

Make sure the monitor is reset every time the oil is changed and I would change it between 40 and 20 percent.

How do you reset the oil light on a 2011 Honda Insight?

Press the “SEL/ RESET” button on the steering wheel repeatedly until engine oil life is displayed. Press and hold the “SEL/RESET” button for more than 10 seconds. The oil life reset mode will be shown on the multi information display.

What kind of oil does a 2011 Honda Insight take?

Valvoline Synthetic Motor Oil 0W-20 5 Quart.

How do you reset a 2010 Honda Insight?

To reset Your 2010 Honda Insight oil life indicator, press and hold the SEL/RESET button for more than 10 seconds. The oil life reset mode will be shown on the multi-information display. Select RESET by pressing the INFO button. Then press the “RESET button to reset the oil life display.

What kind of gas mileage does a 2011 Honda Insight get?

by Case from Atlanta, Ga on Tue Mar 08 2011 After 3,000 miles I am still enjoying the handling and good gas mileage of my 2011 Insight. I get about 50 mpg city and 40 mpg highway; the city mileage is consistly higher than the EPA rating (40 mpg). It’s not a sports car, but has much better perfomance than the other small cars that I drove.

How often should I change my Honda engine oil?

With fresh engine oil, your percentage is 100%. It drops over time as you put miles on your Honda. So at 40%, your oil still has 40% of its lifetime remaining to do its job before it needs to be replaced. At 15%, your oil still has 15% lifetime remaining, and so on. At 5%, consider having your oil changed in the next 500 miles.

What does the oil life percentage on a Honda tell you?

The oil life percentage on your dashboard measures the quality of your engine’s oil. It is NOT an indication of oil level, so you may NOT need to add oil to the engine. The oil life percentage is just another part of a maintenance minder system meant to save Honda owners time and money. With fresh engine oil, your percentage starts/resets at 100%.

When to change the oil on a Honda Accord?

It drops over time as you put miles on your Honda. So at 40%, your oil still has 40% of its lifetime remaining to do its job before it needs to be replaced. At 15%, your oil still has 15% lifetime remaining, and so on. At 5%, consider having your oil changed in the next 500 miles. Oil pressure Indicator is different than Oil Life Percentage.