I've got a quick (noob type) question about the oil I am using in my 2010 Civic with an R18A. I currently use Valvoline 10W-40 drum oil (Was using 10W-40 Castrol Magnetec before). When I say drum oil, it means my friend has a mechanic workshop and buys them in 150L drums... so I pay him like $3 a liter and scoop it into my own clean container to bring home for oil changes.
I've got 25,800KMs on the odometer as of today so the next oil change is around the 28K mark. I change my oil every 5000KM or so, have pushed it to 7000KM once though cause I was moving house and the place was so messy I couldn't even move myself, let alone the car into the driveway. Filter gets changed at 15K (before the 20K in manual) with an OEM Honda one.
Now I'm not the best with oils, but Honda dealership FEO genuine oil is 10W-30. Should I be switching to 10W-30 oil? Or will 10W-40 be fine? I'm not a hard driver and rarely drive... in fact car spent all June tucked away cause I was using the bus in winter to work for free heating... plus petrol is a bit dear.
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