Engine Oil for the S2000

**aaronng** · 30-11-2007 05:44 PM

Originally Posted by .::F[L]Y::.

isnt honda FEO just re badged castrol oil?

Nope, FEO is made by Caltex, not Castrol.

**troys2000** · 03-02-2008 01:06 PM

does the thiner oils get used heaps quicker??

**vtek** · 03-02-2008 01:58 PM

yes but the f20c needs light weight oil, so the only thing you can do is keep toping up the oil if its low.

**andiiso** · 03-02-2008 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by aaronng

Yup, 5 at -18ºC and 30 at 100ºC. Last time when I was at Wakie, I used the 0w-40 and it was good.

Also, 0 and 5 are the same viscosity, except that 0 flows at up to 10ºC lower than 5.

just to make sure, so the 0w-40 and 5w-30 .. the 5 and 0 are same except 5 goes down to -18C and 0 goes to approx -28C ?

**aaronng** · 03-02-2008 02:32 PM

Originally Posted by andiiso

just to make sure, so the 0w-40 and 5w-30 .. the 5 and 0 are same except 5 goes down to -18C and 0 goes to approx -28C ?

5 goes lower than -18C, it goes to about -40 C. 0 will go lower than that (I made a mistake before, it's not 10 C lower, it's 10 F). So about -46 C.

If you take 5 and 0 oil, test the viscosity at -18 C, they should both be the same.

**andiiso** · 03-02-2008 02:39 PM

oic .. thats good to know cos recently i bought wrong oil (0w-40) haha and was gonna go swap with my friend for his 5w-50 even tho big difference in price (i dun realli mind lolz) cos i thought would be way too thin for me.

**aaronng** · 03-02-2008 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by andiiso

oic .. thats good to know cos recently i bought wrong oil (0w-40) haha and was gonna go swap with my friend for his 5w-50 even tho big difference in price (i dun realli mind lolz) cos i thought would be way too thin for me.

For the Australian climate, 0 and 5 doesn't matter. The 2nd number matters more. 40 is fine, 50 is too thick. Not much point using 50 unless you have an old F22a engine which was specced for 10w-40 before.

**NVD52K** · 03-02-2008 09:18 PM

elf 10w40 is what i use

**ludecrs** · 03-02-2008 09:38 PM

I use Mobil 1 10-30

Thinking of trying the 0-40 next as my car has nearly 100km's.

**datzlr** · 08-02-2008 08:10 AM

i use full syn elf oil

awesome oil

**aznsiko** · 08-02-2008 07:45 PM

ive tried
SHELL HELIX ECO-10 (10-30) completely shit...
ROYAL PURPLE (10-40) loss viscosity at about 3500KM shit...

now back to

GENUINE HONDA OIL "FEO" think i will just stick to this..

ive been told not much oil can put up with 9000RPM.. and last the duration it is expected to.. so that explains it...