Oil For H22A

[H22JET]

Due in for a service now, can get my hands on CASTROL EDGE TITANIUM FULL SYNTHETIC 5W-30 for only $30
***PROBLEM***
I have been hearing lots of negative feedback about this oil such as burning to fast and blowing to much smoke but could be not true cause my mate used this oil in his Integra and loved it.
Is it worth servicing my H22A with around 200,000ks on it with this oil? if not what else u reccomend???

[EG52NV]

200,000km is a tad high for such thin oil IMO

[EG52NV]

If your afraid of thick oils try penrite HPR 5 full synthetic 5w-40

[H22JET]

isnt 5w-40 thick? so it will burn oil easy i think

[curtis265]

5-40 is quite thin when hot.. i would try a 10-40'

thick generally doesn't burn as easily

[trism]

5-40 is quite thin when hot.. i would try a 10-40'

thick generally doesn't burn as easily

Gonna disagree there.

A 5w40 and a 10w40 are going to be the same viscosity when hot. That's what the 40 is. The difference between them is the cold temp, which in this situation I'd agree with the 10w, as the 5w will burn more on initial start up.

[curtis265]

my mistake had the wrong way


h22jet what sort of compression results do you have?

[Wru]

I've always used 10W-60 in both the h22a's that I've had. Recommended for a h22a is 5W-30.

Really don't be overly fussed by your oil choice, it's not like you're driving some fully built 17:1 comp ratio track monster and revving it out over 9000rpm all day.

[H22JET]

I havnt checked my compression results, so if i get the castrol 5w-30 is it worth it or do you guys recommend something like 10w-30 or 10w-40? currently my car always has white smoke every morning for a few minutes as i let it idel while warming up engine

[H22JET]

that oil is made for the 4 cylinder jap engines but lotsof people complain saying it burns there oil alot so that is why im here asking a question to know your experiences of oils

[dness]

White smoke is normal in the morning. Especially on cold mornings & nights.
I use 0w-40 but if I can't get my hands on some, I'll settle for 10w-40.

Preludes tend to burn a bit of oil, you'll have to check the levels once every couple of weeks.

And I personally don't recommend idling the car to warm up the engine, esp a NA car. It does more harm than good and is pointless.

[H22JET]

i must disagree that it cart harm an engine if you let it warm up, if you turn on your engine on a cold morning and just drive off the oil is still cold. You drive and rub metal againt metal in your internals