I live in Iowa and it's just now starting to get cold and snowy out. I am gonna need an oil change pretty soon and was just wondering what would be the best for my engine. Can someone help me out?
Use OEM filters from the dealer. I heard somewhere that it's best to use factory filters for any brand. Has something to do with the valving or something. Besides, they come with a crush washer.
According to the manual, when it starts to get into wintry weather, use 5w30. My dealer sells Castrol, which is good. I use Valvoline, because they kicked me down a bunch of free oil (so I'm officiall recommending them. Really, it is good oil).
That's a little on the high side, even for a Honda. Mine goes through about half a quart in 3,000 miles. You probably going to start smoking a little soon if you aren't already. Watch your oil level and don't let it get too low.
It depends on how hard you drive. If I drive my car HARD a lot during that period, that sounds about right. If I take it easy and drive mostly on the freeway, it burns hardly any oil at all.
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I am also a fan of oem filters even if they are made by Fram. As for oil I would stick with Valvoline Syn power or Mobil 1. In the winter use 5w-30 and switch to 10w-30 in the summer.
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First of all Fram filters suck. So unless fram changes the filter from their normal one before they ship to Honda don't use those. I read the review on the NTPOG of all the filters. I would also like to add that I work at NAPA so yes I'm a little biased. Anyway. The designs int the NTPOG review are out of date in the NAPA filter line. The silver filter has now been moved to a new production plant and now has a better filter cartrige. The filter media is epoxied to the metal end caps and use's a coil spring instead of the button spring. (by the way the button spring is a cheap poor design. It can easily distort and loose it's full tension or if there is a big enough spike in pressure it can fail completly). The silver filter use's a rubber anti drainback valve as do all the other's shown which can deteriorate over time and leak. However the NAPA Silver (WIX) is still just as good as every other filter shown there. The NAPA gold filter has just as much media as OEM uses the coil spring and a neoprene anti drainback valve (the only one in the industry) which won't harden or crack due to the oil or temperature. The can on the Filter is thicker than modil, fram, QS, or any other quick lube filter. The only filter I would recomend is either NAPA filter, baldwin, WIX (or any part's store that has filters made by them), or tha amsoil.
Also you can't use micron rating's as a judgment because there is no industry standard in figuring the rating. I have lot's of info to back all this up. If you have a challenge or question let me know and I'll see what I can find.
I only use Mobil 1 Full synthetic. Just my favorite. They use it in Ferrari, Porsche, BMW, Corvette, etc.... I think it's good enough for my Honda.
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Originally posted by vile10 does switching between 5w-30 and 10w-30 makes difference? i mean noticable one? what's the benefits of doing that?
I don't think you would actually notice but 5w-30 should give a little better performance, gas mileage, and better protection in sub-freezing temperatures. 10w-30 would give less oil consumption, and better protection in over 90 degree temperatures and extended highway driving. My $.02. I personally lean towards 5w-30 in winter and 10w-30 in summer.
Originally posted by vile10 i don't think it's a bid deal, but just reminder that both Mobil and Castro are not FULL Syn anymore, they're not pure
the talk was about there sythetic blends containing less sythetic there is still all sythetic oil from them. there is no point to change from conventional to sythetic oil if you car has a lot of miles.
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