I've been running Castrol GTX 5W30, a full synthetic oil...with Hastings or Wix brand oil filters. The first owner ran Castrol 5W30 synthetic as well, with the older OEM Honda Oil Filters (back when they were made by Purolator(?)).
The car consumes very little oil and no leaks, either.
I'm convinced that synthetic oil and quality filters are worth the expense.
(And a FRAM filter does not equal quality.)
In your case, I'd track down the leak and fix it.(as others stated earlier) ..then switch to 5W30 or 5W40.
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Last edited by NorCal DC4; Nov 24, 2004 at 01:42 PM.