engine oil thoughts

[Dy_]

anyone had experience with mobil synth s 10w-40?

also what do you guys think of that going into my civic 87xxx kms..i know its recommended 10-30 but it is getting old. its not burning any oil though and and been maintained very well.

[aaronng]

87xxxkm is young! Wait til you hit 200xxxkm. Then you can say that your car is old.

Just stick to 10w-30 if you have no problems now.

[Dy_]

ahah its old as in years old! i put in a 10-50[penrite hpr10] and it sucks ass.

[aaronng]

ahah its old as in years old! i put in a 10-50[penrite hpr10] and it sucks ass.

Being an EJ8, it can't be that old anyway.

I hope you have gone back to a 10w-30 oil. 10w-50 is too viscous. Well, I've used even 10w-40 on a new engine and it's fine. If you feel that you want something more viscous, then you can use that.

[stk-civic]

use FEO which is 10-40 anyway

[EG30]

synth S very good oil for the buck, stay in grade quality pretty good and mobil 1 not that much better for a lot more $.

try 5w30 as well and see if you like it, a quality full syn 5w30 like castrol edge has fair bit less drag on engine than the run of the mill 10w30 ( ie FEO, valvoline and Penzoil 10w30 ) and a lot slippery as well. The castrol often on special at supercheap at bargain prices ie $30, sometimes $40 but normally $48. Valvoline Durablend 5w30 semi syn very good as well.

[aaronng]

use FEO which is 10-40 anyway

FEO is 10w-30.

[Dy_]

yeah im leaning abit towards to mobil synth s..was just tryna do abit of research on it.
I work at supercheap so i get a fair bit of discount on the edge stuff as well as mobil. i think i'll give the mobil a try first.

thanks guys!