penzoil makes a 5w-20, but since i get 20% off at honda it's like a 1.80 a qt so that's what i put in my girlfriends 02 civic. i would use mobil 1 5w-30 over royal purple or amsoil 5w-20. if you look at the bottle of honda oil, check out who makes it.

i switched to syn at 90k on my old motor, i had no problems.

i would think anything more than say 125K i wouldn't bother switching. if you decide to switch at higher mileage you should mix it with dyno oil for a 1 or 2 oil changes before going full syn.
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Castrol had 5W20 syntec blend and I would give it a try.

 

I read approximately 5 months ago in Honda Tuning about a new oil filter that is reusable. I guess you can clean it out. I've tried looking in my old editions, but can't find it anywhere.

Anyways, I realize that the $4-$8 you spend on a filter is painless, but I'd like to figure out what company or the name of this reusable oil filter. Anyone here know or heard of this. I also wonder how good of a filtering job it does. Personally, I don't think its worth risking it.

 

castrol full synthetic 10w-30

 

i noticed many of you guys use castrol syntec, i was wondering why you chose it?

did you know that mobil 1 sued castrol cause castrol syntec does not meet mobils standard of a full syn oil. the lost, but that's cause their is no chemical definition for what constitues a full syn oil. real syn like redline is made from a gas which mobil 1 still uses in it's formula. castrol on along with others uses a different method which is super refinning dino oil. mobil does do this too, but not 100%. so your really not getting a true syn with some oils which is what your paying for with the redline and amsoil oils. for example valvine max life is highly refined it is just one notch below the category syntec falls into. given the fact castrol syntec is about the same price as mobil 1, your getting jacked.

there used to be a guy on this board before it crashed that knew all kinds of stuff about oil.

sidenote, in no way am i saying castrol syntec is a bad oil. i think your just not getting your moneys worth.

 

It's just the personal preference and I don't think Mobil1 makes 5W20.

 

That's why I've been saying using Mobil 1 5w-30 WILL BE FINE!!!

In fact ANY 5w-30 oil that meets API (American Petroleum Institute) specs will be fine in your new Honda. There was no magical change that occured inside of Honda's engines between 2000 and 2001. Honda just wants to up their fuel economy numbers and this is a valid way to do it without making major changes. Have you noticed all of Honda's cars have improved in fuel economy over their 2000 conterparts? This is one of the ways they have done that.

5W-20 oil is fine to use if you want to, but Honda will not void your warranty and your car will be fine if you use 5w-30 oil.

 

Yes - because the seals are older, the synth oil leaks a lot for poeple that switch after 70K or so miles

 

i switched at like 90k to syn on the f22b1 and it did not burn oil. i also use syn in my 93 JDM H22 which has ???? miles on it, it esn't burn much if any at all. remember H22s are notoriuos oil burners, avg is 1qt every 3K.

 

I'm def. no saying it will happen to everyone. But Oil leaks are common when u switch late to synth.