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    B16a2: Which Synthetic oil?

    I've decided to go fully synthetic for my next service.

    I've been using Honda 10w30 SL for a while and since in do a lot of stop start/short distance driving (my workplace is 3 kays from home and i pick up my missus from the city during gridlock) after 5000km (when i do my services) the oil is pretty sludgy.

    What do u guys recommend? I've got my eye on Mobil 1 10w50, but at 75 bucks its a little exxy. I've also been told that Castrol Sport 5w30 is too thin.

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    try nulon full synth (gold bottle) ive been using it in my 3 cars for a whilenow found it very good
    and not to pricey found 1 of my cars runs a hell of a lot cleaner and
    better from it also dont have any of the probs it had with the oem oil it was using
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    try motul 10w40, not sure if u can get 10w30, but motul is great.

    I've found castrol edge abit light also
    Evo IX - THE FINAL EVOLUTION

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    If you search the forums for "engine oil", you will find a lot of information.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Limbo View Post
    try motul 10w40, not sure if u can get 10w30, but motul is great.

    I've found castrol edge abit light also
    I've run the Castrol Edge for the last 2 oil changes in my (JDM B16) EG.. seems to rev a lot easier now however I wouldnt use this oil for a daily driver !! I was paranoid about it being too thin especially on a 15 year old (original internals) motor etc. however it doesnt seem to be using (burning) any oil etc. and valvetrain noise etc is acceptable.

    I'd like to try the motul next but not sure where to by it ?

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    try autobarn, they sell motul
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    Thanks for the posts guys, I bought some Nulon 10w40 fully-synth at Supercheap as I live ages away from Autobarn. Maybe next time i'll get the Motul.

    I'll post my review of the Nulon after 5000 kms which will probably be sometime in March.

    BTW Aaronng thanx, I tried searching before i posted, but couldnt find any good threads, the 'Engine oil' search didnt find me much info unfortunately..
    Last edited by Mikecivic78; 12-12-2009 at 12:49 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikecivic78 View Post
    Thanks for the posts guys, I bought some Nulon 10w40 fully-synth at Supercheap as I live ages away from Autobarn. Maybe next time i'll get the Motul.

    I'll post my review of the Nulon after 5000 kms which will probably be sometime in March.

    BTW Aaronng thanx, I tried searching before i posted, but couldnt find any good threads, the 'Engine oil' search didnt find me much info unfortunately..
    You need to set the search to "search titles only".
    On the first page of my search results:
    http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...ght=engine+oil
    http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...ght=engine+oil
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    Quote Originally Posted by aaronng View Post
    You need to set the search to "search titles only".
    On the first page of my search results:
    http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...ght=engine+oil
    http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...ght=engine+oil
    Thanks Aaronng, thats where i've been going wrong Up until now I've just been doing keyword searches for entire posts. Oh well, i guess u live and learn.

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