Engine Oil questions

[EK1.6LCIV]

I get the oil at the same price... in short, there is never a sale that I would buy oil from a superdodge or autoshed...

and even if I did have to pay $5 more, Id still rather not use castrol anything in my car... lol

[outatime]

but isnt Honda FEO a rebadged Castrol?

[Tai]

Been using Castrol edge 5-30 for winter and 10-30 for summer for my dc2r for 2 years.

Engine still is fine without burning oil and has about 130,xxx kms.

Just make sure you change oil often around 5000-6000kms religiously.

[aaronng]

Is there any easy way to tell by looking at labels on bottles if they are a group III / IV / V product?

or this is something u work out based on the API Service rating?

Nope, you have to check their technical data sheets, which are on their website.

[aaronng]

dollar for dollar, Id take the pepsi challenge and say its better using oem fluids for daily driving than castrol products

Honda OEM fluids are not made by Honda. LOL.

It's like taking the Pepsi challenge and picking Pepsi but in reality the Pepsi plant had shut down and all Pepsi is now being made by Home Brand and relabeled.

And I'd rather take cheap Mobil 2000, Castrol Edge 5w-30 or Shell Helix Plus 10w-40 over FEO any day. I'd pick FEO over GTX3 and other mineral oils though.

[Sir_vtec]

hey aarong, would please explain why you would rather mobil2000 and shell helix plus over FEO? Just curious

What do you see thats so bad in FEO?

[aaronng]

hey aarong, would please explain why you would rather mobil2000 and shell helix plus over FEO? Just curious

What do you see thats so bad in FEO?

FEO = mineral oil formulated for price and at the correct specified viscosity for Hondas (10w-30)

Mobil 2000 and Shell Helix Plus (blue bottle) = semi synthetic, which is mineral with a synthetic additive package. The viscosity is 10w-40, which is 1 step thicker than the spec for new cars but just nice for older engines (personally, I also use 10w-40 in my newish car).

If both were the same price, which they are at retail, I'd pick the Mobil 2000 and Helix Plus because they are semi synthetic and would protect at least the same and most probably better than FEO. Australian Honda FEO is different to the Japan Honda FEO. In Japan, you get the option of a fully synthetic FEO, which is developed for the high end Hondas like the S2000 and NSX. If I was in Japan, I'd pick that synthetic FEO over anything else, short of Motul 300V.

[Killa From Manila]

dont get EK1.6LCIV started on oem oil filters lmao

[eg5civic]

Well guys i got a bottle of 0w-40 Castrol Edge, mate got me a hookup

I'm going to change the oil tomorrow hopefully and see how it goes along with an oem filter (cant get a hamp one any time soon and i want this 25w-40 oil gone)

The car will be tracked, but of course it is always warmed up before being driven hard,
As for budget for oils, when it comes down to it i'l pay through my arse for oil, as its the lifeblood of the motor, and if RP is the best and will offer that little bit extra protection i'd pay for it

So aarong the 0w-40 is the goods? not too thin?

[aaronng]

0w-40 is fine. At -18 ºC, viscosity is the same as a 5w. At Gold Coast temperatures, they are very very close, probably the same. At 100 ºC, which is the operating temperature of the engine oil, the 0w-40 is thicker than 10w-30.

[eg5civic]

awesome, well as i said i'll change it and see if a knock appears, oil leaks ect

0w-40 would be good for the track too? i might go Rp next i just wanted to try EDGE again as i'm comig to sydney to pick up some rims soon is all and didnt want to fork out big dollars for oil thats gonnna have 2000kms knocked off its life in a week or two

[SHOGUNOVDDRK]

I know there are other threads as a i searched but wanted to make a thread as i have a few personal questions
Spammer fags telling me to search gtfo

Rule #1 of spam thread, don't ask for advice.

OT: IMO try what others use and see what you like the most, that doesn't mean every service change to a new oil but give a bit of everything a go IMO.

Tell us how it goes man