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Haven't been on here in a while, just wondering what your thoughts are for engine oil in a d16y8 about to hit 200,000km (exactly on 198,000).
I've been using castrol magnatec 10w-40 for 3-4 years have had no problems, however now its hitting winter and the car's about to hit 200,000km, thought it might be time to try another oil for lesser oil/petrol consumption.
I'm going to get a new fuel filter from honda today too.
Thanks ozhonda.
Penrite hpr5 5w40 or something else with a decent zinc content and is full synthetic
Use thicker oil in winter and with high mileage i think 20-50 would be ideal.
Wtf you should use THINNER oil in winter
even 10w40 is ideal, depends if you burning oil or anything too
i use nulon 15-50 street&track oil. really good oil. my engine burns but with this oil it wont eat as much as other brands, which i weird but yeah. i recommend that brand.
Why are you guys using 20W-50 or 15W-50 on a small NA engine is beyond me =|
If your engine is really that ****ed 10W-50 [FYI that's what I use on my Turbo] is the heaviest I would go...
5W-40 like Fredoops suggested would be the the recommendation pending engine condition...
What are the cons of using a heavier oil like 20W-50Quote:
Originally Posted by DreadAngel
I bought Castrol GTX 15W-40 for my Del sol which is completely standard. Would that oil be ok for the engine (140,000km) I have no idea about how to select an oil yet.
10-40 is fine.
Thats what I use in my d15b4 which has 510, 000 ks.
I tried some thicker oil once because I thought with such high k's the rings would be ****ed but it burnt oil like crazy and felt sluggish, went back to 10-40 and it runs fine
Using heavy weight oils in 'Hi-Tech' NA is like running the human body on fats/oils, eventually your heart will give out... Same with the car, the engine may not be burning oil or that noisy, but that's because you're making the engine struggle. As for oil sensitive systems such as VTEC, I don't want to think about the consequences.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blaze
So what you're telling me is that using 15w-40 is probably harming my engine and even more so after vtec point? If you were in my shoes and your car was standard what oil would you be using? (assuming your car was a del sol)Quote:
Originally Posted by DreadAngel
Once the cars warm the consistency would be the same, it's start from cold thats the issue.
10W-30 in my EK 216,000
5 civics at work ranging from 150k EKs to 450,000kms EGs and we all use 10w-30