Synthetic Oil for Euro

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Originally Posted by aaronx88

Hi,

Did anyone find out from Honda Australia that using any other oil other than Honda FEO will possibly void the warranty? If no one has, I will give them an email tomorrow.

Aaron

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Well, the dealer puts in Magnatec for their scheduled service. My car had better be under warranty.

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Originally Posted by aaronng

Well, the dealer puts in Magnatec for their scheduled service. My car had better be under warranty.

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Relax dude!

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Originally Posted by aaronx88

Hi,

Did anyone find out from Honda Australia that using any other oil other than Honda FEO will possibly void the warranty? If no one has, I will give them an email tomorrow.

Aaron

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I emailed both Honda & Mobil prior to changing to Mobil 1 & I have a written reply from Honda that provided the oil viscosity is the same or better there will be no issue's with warranty. I made sure that I had it in writting before changing. :thumbsup:

Is the Castrol Synth-R 5w30 ok for 1 year or 10,000km? (which ever comes first?)

Some people do 10,000km change on dino oil... but maybe the engine will last 300,000km instead of 500,000.... which doesn't really make a diff if they sell it around 100,000 to 200,000km?

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Originally Posted by Chris_F

thanks.

Just curious to what would be the better option:
use oem honda oil (taking no risks with warranty) but having it changed ever 5000km (it doesn't seem to last the full 10000km with my driving style/conditions)

option two is using mobil 1 ever 10,000km (possibly infringing on the warranty?)

hm, what to do...

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Originally Posted by yfin

Relax dude!

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Hehe, my Castrol Formula R 5W-30 is sitting in my living room. I am so tempted to change it. My next service is in November.. Worth it to change now? Or should I leave the Magnatec in the engine til Nov?

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Originally Posted by aaronng

Hehe, my Castrol Formula R 5W-30 is sitting in my living room. I am so tempted to change it. My next service is in November.. Worth it to change now? Or should I leave the Magnatec in the engine til Nov?

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That depends on how many kms you have travelled on the existing oil and with the Euro. It is up to you.

Not that much. I did my 6 month service at the end of May with about 7000km, and now I am about to reach 10,000km. I don't like the roughness at higher revs that I get with Magnatec though.

The general rule of thumb with oil changes is 6 months or 10k whichever comes first. There is some thought that using synthetic oil you can double the time frame & km's, but I am happy to do the schedule changes even when using fully synthetic.
There seems to be a general theme running in this thread that when using mineral oil the engine in the Euro tends to run a bit rough at high RPM. I have been using synthetic oil since new & the engine revs out all the time very smoothly.
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Originally Posted by Eurotony

The general rule of thumb with oil changes is 6 months or 10k whichever comes first. There is some thought that using synthetic oil you can double the time frame & km's, but I am happy to do the schedule changes even when using fully synthetic.
There seems to be a general theme running in this thread that when using mineral oil the engine in the Euro tends to run a bit rough at high RPM. I have been using synthetic oil since new & the engine revs out all the time very smoothly.
:wave:

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It's only the Hondas that have a 6 month /10,000km schedule I think. Holden asks for 12 months / 15000km which I find is too long. Gf's Astra has already failed to start once due to the cylinder flooding with petrol when the car was off. And then the throttle body was gummed.

Yeah, I to will still stick to the 6 month service even with synthetic.

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Originally Posted by Eurotony

I have been using full synthetic in my car since the 1k service. The dealer does not reccomend using synthetic but he obviously wants to sell me his oil at a huge mark up. I checked with both Honda & Mobil prior to swapping over & they both said that they had no issue with the change. Have I noticed any significant differences? No not really. The engine does rev very freely & the oil always remains very clean. The fuel consumption around town is what I would expect & on the open road is better than I would expect. I've done over 40k now & the benefits of using synthetic are probably subjective but I feel better knowing that I am using a better oil in the car.
Eurotony
2004 Euro luxury 5auto

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Eurotony, when you said you've checked with Honda, do you mean the dealers or Honda Australia? I've just got a response from Honda Australia and they strongly recommend Honda FEO and they said

"If you encounter a concern with the vehicle due to the use of non genuine products it would not be covered under the New Car Warranty. The details of the Warranty are explained in full on page X of the Owners Service & Warranty Manual. "


WTF !!!! I am getting it clarified..

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Originally Posted by ahcash

Eurotony, when you said you've checked with Honda, do you mean the dealers or Honda Australia? I've just got a response from Honda Australia and they strongly recommend Honda FEO and they said

"If you encounter a concern with the vehicle due to the use of non genuine products it would not be covered under the New Car Warranty. The details of the Warranty are explained in full on page X of the Owners Service & Warranty Manual. "


WTF !!!! I am getting it clarified..

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I checked with Honda Australia & they said all will be Ok using Synthetic of the same grade

hmmz, Honda told me they don't recommend blowing so much $$ on oil when it requires to be changed so often :)