Ok, guys. I'd like your advice, please.
I haven't looked in a while, but I'm sure my Honda Prelude manual says "don't use synthetic oil" - it's about a page or two after "your new spanky car is a thirsty bugger and will only drink the fine wine, not the low octane stuff".
I know lots of you have switched to synthetic after a while. I have 20,000 kms on my car (that's something-or-other miles), so I have a few questions.
Thanks for the help, guys... I do feel kind of stupid for not knowing all this myself...
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Martin Moran
Stock 2000 Prelude SH
Sebring Silver Metallic
"When you're caffineated, all is right with the world..."
I haven't looked in a while, but I'm sure my Honda Prelude manual says "don't use synthetic oil" - it's about a page or two after "your new spanky car is a thirsty bugger and will only drink the fine wine, not the low octane stuff".
I know lots of you have switched to synthetic after a while. I have 20,000 kms on my car (that's something-or-other miles), so I have a few questions.
- is it "too late" in everyone's opiniion to switch to synthetic?
- what are the advantages of synthetic oil, anyway?
- why does Honda not recommend synthetics (I always assumed they were for high performance engines like ours, motorbikes, etc.)?
- same weight synthetic? What are you running, I drop in 5W30 (or whatever) as it says on the engine.
- does it make that much of a difference when I oil change every 5000kms (2500-2800 miles)?
- I normally go through a litre (quart) of oil or so between oil changes. Will this stop with a synthetic?
Thanks for the help, guys... I do feel kind of stupid for not knowing all this myself...

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Martin Moran
Stock 2000 Prelude SH
Sebring Silver Metallic
"When you're caffineated, all is right with the world..."
