Oil and Filters... - Honda Prelude Forum

jsmooney · 01-20-2003, 10:09 AM

I am about to change my oil, I've had the thing for a year and have put castrol in it 4 times and put valvoline in it once. I have decided that I may want to put synthetic in there. I know this has been discussed before. Once you go to synthetic, you cannot go back. I am thinking of Royal Purple (expensive as ish), Castrol, and Mobil 1. I may go with Castrol. What kinda sythetic do you guys use? What about K&N oil filters? Can you really go past 3000 miles on a change SAFELY withj synthetic?

DanYO · 01-20-2003, 12:23 PM

i use mobil 1 synthetic and honda oil filter, ran out of them since last change so i'm using mobil 1 filter right now.

conundrum07 · 01-20-2003, 01:13 PM

As far as synthetic goes, you cannot beat Mobil 1. Ive read several places that it is the best, and I use it in my car. As far as going past 3k, I dont see why yuo should. If you care about your car, change it at least every 3000.

red92s · 01-20-2003, 01:42 PM

There was a HUGE thread about oil in the ITR forum over on honda-tech.com (20 pages or so). A chemical engineer or something like that pointed out bad things in Mobil 1's additives package and several other people also reported bad results with it.

mehawz · 01-20-2003, 02:36 PM

read my last thread in General forum. depending on mileage, it might not be a good idea, my car leaks like crazy, and never did on max life. if you're not using max life try it, it's a semi-synthetic. my advice on synthetic oil is if it ain't broke don't fix it. i've had a bad experience. my oil consumption doubled at $5 a quart.
-Grant

LudedudeSi · 01-20-2003, 07:06 PM

I need to change my oil soon too. i have never done it myself so hopefully it isnt to hard. is mobil one ok to use because thats what was put in my car after the swap. also what other filters can i use besides the oem ones?

j_t_heilbrun · 01-20-2003, 07:31 PM

Wix or NAPA filters are probably the best

irishpilot · 01-20-2003, 11:30 PM

Honda OEM filters and mobil 1 filters are the best to use... this has been tested. I personally use castrol semi-syntec right now.

When my motor is rebuilt I personlly would either use castrol or mobil 1 sythetic... my reasoning is basically if porsche, ferrari, and jaguar, as well as all the touring class super cars "supras, nsx" use it, it has to be good?

Just my .02

ECHprelude · 01-21-2003, 01:09 AM

i will never use mobile 1 filters again. i used 2 of them before on two different ocaisions. both times the filter's seal started to leak. good thing the filter is right above the exhaust so when it started to leak, the smoke was a dead givaway.

phatz · 01-21-2003, 07:47 AM

I only USE honda OEM FILTERS.. Stick to OEM, usually you can never go wrong..

j_t_heilbrun · 01-21-2003, 12:07 PM

no one makes a filter that is bad for your car. There are just better ones. Honda OEM filters are made by FRAM. and fram sucks. Also WIX or NAPA filters offer a lifetime warranty that if your engine fails due to a problem with any of their filters they will pay 100% of the cost to replace the engine. See if your local Honda dealer will do that.

G_Loc · 01-21-2003, 12:15 PM

<- Bosch Premium filters

vile10 · 01-21-2003, 02:29 PM

mobil or castrol syn. (whichever on sale in walmart) and OEM filter

4bidden · 01-21-2003, 04:28 PM

I just got 5qts of Amsoil and an Amsoil filter for $35

It helps that your friend'd Dad is a dealer

19924ws · 01-21-2003, 04:54 PM

I use Mobil 1 sythetic and a Bosch filter. Usually costs about $30 a change

pastarocket · 01-21-2003, 04:59 PM

Amsoil is probably number one on my list ... (Oil field back ground) and some of our boats we never changed oil on . If at all possible use an amsoil filtration system(amsoil dealer can help with that) . The thing is to do an oil analisys if you normally cange at 3000 miles than check it then ...if it is o.k check it again at 5000... it is not uncommon to go as much as 10000 on an oil change...Also for what it is worth before I used amsoil I used Mobile 1 with very good success.. Had a 1987 accord lxi that had nothing but Mobile 1 since break in, when I sold it it had over 200,000 miles and compression that was 180 exactly on all four. Pulled the valve cover to change the timing belt and was spotless no brown or amber film like regular oil and that was at 150,000 no troubles or problems.

regards Chris

Red4WS · 01-23-2003, 03:47 PM

www.Ntpog.org did a huge write up on the different filters...usdm honda filters sucked ass...Napa was the best along with Wix and another one but I forgot. You should be able to go to 5,000 miles fine on synthetic...but its so cheap, why?

LudedudeSi · 01-23-2003, 04:05 PM

Synthetic and cheap shouldnt be used in the same sentence. is that what you are talking about?? its like 5 bucks a quart for mobil1.

vile10 · 01-23-2003, 05:58 PM

however, there are "expensive" syn like amsoil or royal purple ($6/qt?) and "cheaper" syn (mobil, castrol $4/qt)

Absolut · 01-24-2003, 03:44 PM

Redline synthetic is like $10/qt
I used it once, fraking $60 oil change... didnt notice a differance. Though I do use Redline oil in my tranny in both the Prelude and the Miata...