What type and grade of oil do you use? I use Royal Purple 5W30, I was thinking of going to 10W30, will the 10/30 harm or do anything to my motor and will my car run the same? I only drive my R in the summer.

 

I generally use Castrol or Valvoline dino (nonsynthetic oil) in 5w30.

ITR owners can argue about this for weeks, but I've never seen any reason to buy expensive oil. You're changing it every few thousand miles, anyway.

 

The acura manual reccomends changing the oil every 7500 i believe, and because these are pretty high performance cars ive always used synthetic 10w/30 usually Mobil One. Does anyone have this problem, burning alot of oil when hitting VTEC (5700) or just when driving hard, i have to replace about a quart a month. Please respond with help. I was thinking of getting a new head gaskit and a 5 quart oil pan.

 

There are a hell of a lot of B series users who claim that Mobile One just burns, and that's all there is to it.

I wish I had something more useful to contribute to your problem.

The fact that so many people say it burns, and Ichisima's recommendation that expensive oil is a waste of money is what kept me using dino oil all this time.

 

Castrol GTX 5w/30 here and not a prob yet.

Oh, I highly recommend changing your oil @ 2,500 to 3,000 mile intervals, not every 7,500. Just doesn't seem safe to me IMO, even if Honda calls for it.

 

Oh you misunderstand me, because my car burns a quart a month i repeatedly put oil in it.

 

 

I use 5W30 Mobil 1.

According to the ITR owner's manual, you can use 10W30 as long as the temperature is over 20 degrees F. But it says that 5W30 is still preferred at ALL temperatures.

 

got this info off my mate who spoke to a tuner whos the authorised distributor for spoon in the U.K, hes sayin 10w/40 for the winter and 5w/30 for the summer. butt that could be for the uk

 

I use 5W30 Mobil One Synthetic oil. It tends to run a little rich and burn some oil when it gets into Vtec. I just dont really care I just keep adding oil to it.