5-20 oil on 98 Accord-I4?
Dear Experts,
I bring my 98 4-cyl Accord to Honda dealer for regular oil change. Lately, they started use 5-20 oil for oil changes for all the cars. The advisor told me that unless I explicitly tell them otherwise, they will be using 5-20 oil as default. My question is: Since my car is not new(7 years, 105K miles), can I still use 5-20 engine oil? Will it offer less protection than 5-30 or 10-40? After all, 5-20 oil is newer and more expensive. Some people tell me to switch to 10-40 oil as car ages. When should I be switching to that grade? Thanks for your help in advance. EZ |
Re: 5-20 oil on 98 Accord-I4?
I would just go with what the dealer recommends. that's usually the best
thing. i'm wondering about that weight of oil myself because i have a real old civic that calls for 5w-30 and i wonder if it would be better with 5w-20. -jeff "eh" <eh@nospam.com> wrote in message news:tOEuf.56$L96.175@news.oracle.com... > Dear Experts, > > I bring my 98 4-cyl Accord to Honda dealer for regular oil change. > Lately, they started use 5-20 oil for oil changes for all the cars. > The advisor told me that unless I explicitly tell them otherwise, they > will be using 5-20 oil as default. > > My question is: Since my car is not new(7 years, 105K miles), > can I still use 5-20 engine oil? Will it offer less protection than > 5-30 or 10-40? After all, 5-20 oil is newer and more expensive. > > Some people tell me to switch to 10-40 oil as car ages. When should > I be switching to that grade? > > Thanks for your help in advance. > > EZ > > |
Re: 5-20 oil on 98 Accord-I4?
hondaman wrote:
> I would just go with what the dealer recommends. that's usually the > best thing. i'm wondering about that weight of oil myself because i > have a real old civic that calls for 5w-30 and i wonder if it would > be better with 5w-20. I would go with whatever the manual specifies, irregardless of what the dealer says. I assume it is not under warranty, so if anything goes wrong, the owner foots the bill. > > -jeff > "eh" <eh@nospam.com> wrote in message > news:tOEuf.56$L96.175@news.oracle.com... >> Dear Experts, >> >> I bring my 98 4-cyl Accord to Honda dealer for regular oil change. >> Lately, they started use 5-20 oil for oil changes for all the cars. >> The advisor told me that unless I explicitly tell them otherwise, >> they will be using 5-20 oil as default. >> >> My question is: Since my car is not new(7 years, 105K miles), >> can I still use 5-20 engine oil? Will it offer less protection than >> 5-30 or 10-40? After all, 5-20 oil is newer and more expensive. >> >> Some people tell me to switch to 10-40 oil as car ages. When should >> I be switching to that grade? >> >> Thanks for your help in advance. >> >> EZ |
Re: 5-20 oil on 98 Accord-I4?
In article <8NGdnQx1zbU0ribenZ2dnUVZ_sadnZ2d@comcast.com>,
"L Alpert" <alpertl@xxgmail.com> wrote: > I would go with whatever the manual specifies, irregardless of what the > dealer says. there is no such word as "irregardless". Use either "irrespective" or "regardless". |
Re: 5-20 oil on 98 Accord-I4?
eh wrote:
> Dear Experts, > > I bring my 98 4-cyl Accord to Honda dealer for regular oil change. > Lately, they started use 5-20 oil for oil changes for all the cars. > The advisor told me that unless I explicitly tell them otherwise, they > will be using 5-20 oil as default. > > My question is: Since my car is not new(7 years, 105K miles), > can I still use 5-20 engine oil? Will it offer less protection than > 5-30 or 10-40? After all, 5-20 oil is newer and more expensive. > > Some people tell me to switch to 10-40 oil as car ages. When should > I be switching to that grade? > > Thanks for your help in advance. > > EZ > > I would use whatever grade your original manual calls for, which is probably either 5W-30 or 10W-30. I am not aware of Honda recommending the application of 5W-20 to vehicles which did not originally specify it. John |
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Uhum.... and please do not reiterate ....
"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> > > there is no such word as "irregardless". Use either "irrespective" or > "regardless". > |
Re: 5-20 oil on 98 Accord-I4?
"eh" <eh@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:tOEuf.56$L96.175@news.oracle.com... > Dear Experts, > > I bring my 98 4-cyl Accord to Honda dealer for regular oil change. > Lately, they started use 5-20 oil for oil changes for all the cars. > The advisor told me that unless I explicitly tell them otherwise, they > will be using 5-20 oil as default. > > My question is: Since my car is not new(7 years, 105K miles), > can I still use 5-20 engine oil? Will it offer less protection than > 5-30 or 10-40? After all, 5-20 oil is newer and more expensive. > > Some people tell me to switch to 10-40 oil as car ages. When should > I be switching to that grade? > > Thanks for your help in advance. > > EZ > > 10W-40 was common in older cars, which tended to become oil-burners with age. It doesn't flow as freely as 5W-30 so it doesn't lubricate quite as well. All things being equal, all viscosities would be fine. It is the film strength, not the viscosity, that provides the wear protection. But low viscosity helps the oil actually get to where the lubrication is needed, so in the real world of modern engines it lubricates better. I agree with the others, though; if Honda felt 5W-20 was the right choice they would have specified it. Changing to 10W-40 in a Honda is an end-of-life move; an acknowledgement that something has already gone wrong (like an inadequate air filter being used for too long, or too infrequent oil changes) and the engine is being nursed along another year or two. Improvements in engine production have ended the oil consumption problem in most engines. Mike |
Please do not reiterate
> Date: Wed, Jan 4 2006 5:32 am > From: "Eye Indo" > > [...] please do not reiterate .... Do not reiterate what? |
Re: 5-20 oil on 98 Accord-I4?
On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 02:05:57 GMT, "hondaman" <jeffscomp@hotmail.com>
wrote: >I would just go with what the dealer recommends. that's usually the best >thing. i'm wondering about that weight of oil myself because i have a real >old civic that calls for 5w-30 and i wonder if it would be better with >5w-20. Here is what I learned about the chemistry of motor oil about 8 years ago (I needed the information for a technical paper). The information may be out of date, but I would think it still applies. So called multiviscosity oil (a misnomer) contains hydrocarbon polymers. Polymers are molecules built around long chains of carbon atoms, maybe 100 or so atoms in the chain. Plastics are polymers. DNA is a polymer. Polymer just means a long chain of similar units. These long molecules are tightly coiled up at low temperature (due to hydrogen bonds) but at higher temperatures, the molecules uncoil and get tangled together. This "tangling" effectively gives the oil a higher viscosity and is what causes the viscosity of the oil to remain higher as the temperature is increasaed. The problem is, as I understand it, that for oils with a wide difference between low and high temperature viscosity (such as 10W-40) such a large quantity of polymer must be added that the polymers begins to gunk things up. So it is best to stay with an oil where the two numbers are closer together. My Honda owners manual recommends 5W-30, but allows 10W-30 in certain temperature ranges. Down here in Texas (where the temperature right now is 81 degrees) it never gets cold enough to neede the lower viscosity oil, so I always insist on 10W-30. The polymer problem MAY be why Honda and other manufacturers have gone to 5W-20 as a recommendation. On the other hand, there are many characteristics of motor oil that are a lot more important than actual viscosity. As another poster has said, these include such things as film strength, ability to hold contaminants in suspension, etc. Modern motor oils are far superior to the stuff I had to pour in my car 50 years ago and are an important part of the reason why automobile engines can easily go 200,000 miles or more with no problems. Just my $0.02 worth. Elliot Richmond Freelance Science Writer and Editor |
Re: 5-20 oil on 98 Accord-I4?
Tell the advisor that you do not want to pay for the more expensive 5W-20
oil when the cheaper 5W-30 is just fine for your vehicle. "eh" <eh@nospam.com> wrote in message news:tOEuf.56$L96.175@news.oracle.com... > Dear Experts, > > I bring my 98 4-cyl Accord to Honda dealer for regular oil change. > Lately, they started use 5-20 oil for oil changes for all the cars. > The advisor told me that unless I explicitly tell them otherwise, they > will be using 5-20 oil as default. > > My question is: Since my car is not new(7 years, 105K miles), > can I still use 5-20 engine oil? Will it offer less protection than > 5-30 or 10-40? After all, 5-20 oil is newer and more expensive. > > Some people tell me to switch to 10-40 oil as car ages. When should > I be switching to that grade? > > Thanks for your help in advance. > > EZ > > |
Re: Please do not reiterate
Hmmm...
I actually answered Elmo's post where he stated that there was no such word etc .... So I used the same "error", by using a similar "not correct word". HTH. "karl" <ottokarl@cognisurf.com> wrote in message news:1136396178.533950.209390@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com... > Do not reiterate what? |
Re: 5-20 oil on 98 Accord-I4?
for the right price i would use the more advanced motor oil 5w-20. more than
likely it is a better oil for your car. your owners manual was written before that oil was even thought of probably and now it's out and if your manual could be rewritten it may actually be calling for w20. i wouldn't worry about it. if the car is running good and you talk to the dealer and they tell you its a better oil. than you can use it. -jeff "Grahame" <grahame.news@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:OPXuf.34502$X25.703433@news20.bellglobal.com. .. > Tell the advisor that you do not want to pay for the more expensive 5W-20 > oil when the cheaper 5W-30 is just fine for your vehicle. > > "eh" <eh@nospam.com> wrote in message > news:tOEuf.56$L96.175@news.oracle.com... >> Dear Experts, >> >> I bring my 98 4-cyl Accord to Honda dealer for regular oil change. >> Lately, they started use 5-20 oil for oil changes for all the cars. >> The advisor told me that unless I explicitly tell them otherwise, they >> will be using 5-20 oil as default. >> >> My question is: Since my car is not new(7 years, 105K miles), >> can I still use 5-20 engine oil? Will it offer less protection than >> 5-30 or 10-40? After all, 5-20 oil is newer and more expensive. >> >> Some people tell me to switch to 10-40 oil as car ages. When should >> I be switching to that grade? >> >> Thanks for your help in advance. >> >> EZ >> >> > > |
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Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
> In article <8NGdnQx1zbU0ribenZ2dnUVZ_sadnZ2d@comcast.com>, > "L Alpert" <alpertl@xxgmail.com> wrote: > >> I would go with whatever the manual specifies, irregardless of what >> the dealer says. > > there is no such word as "irregardless". Use either "irrespective" or > "regardless". As long as the content was understood, the rest is irregardless. |
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L Alpert wrote:
> Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote: >> In article <8NGdnQx1zbU0ribenZ2dnUVZ_sadnZ2d@comcast.com>, >> "L Alpert" <alpertl@xxgmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I would go with whatever the manual specifies, irregardless of what >>> the dealer says. >> >> there is no such word as "irregardless". Use either "irrespective" >> or "regardless". > > As long as the content was understood, the rest is irregardless. BTW: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/irregardless |
Re: 5-20 oil on 98 Accord-I4?
"hondaman" <jeffscomp@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FDYuf.61595$tV6.25497@newssvr27.news.prodigy. net... > for the right price i would use the more advanced motor oil 5w-20. more > than likely it is a better oil for your car. your owners manual was > written before that oil was even thought of probably and now it's out and > if your manual could be rewritten it may actually be calling for w20. i > wouldn't worry about it. if the car is running good and you talk to the > dealer and they tell you its a better oil. than you can use it. Well said! As oils evolve Honda has changed reccomendations that may differ from your owners manual. The industry specifications continue to change and as oils improve they become better for your vehicle even though they may be a different weight. > "Grahame" <grahame.news@sympatico.ca> wrote in message > news:OPXuf.34502$X25.703433@news20.bellglobal.com. .. >> Tell the advisor that you do not want to pay for the more expensive 5W-20 >> oil when the cheaper 5W-30 is just fine for your vehicle. The two weights are usually the same or very similar in price. There is no one who knows your vehicle better than your dealer. There is no advantage to your dealer to reccomend one over the other, but he has an incentive to give you the right service to maintain you as a customer. There is an official Honda chart that you can ask to see, that will show you what Honda reccomends for your vehicle. I think you will find that your dealer is providing the correct weight of oil for your Accord. Howard >> "eh" <eh@nospam.com> wrote in message >> news:tOEuf.56$L96.175@news.oracle.com... >>> Dear Experts, >>> >>> I bring my 98 4-cyl Accord to Honda dealer for regular oil change. >>> Lately, they started use 5-20 oil for oil changes for all the cars. >>> The advisor told me that unless I explicitly tell them otherwise, they >>> will be using 5-20 oil as default. >>> >>> My question is: Since my car is not new(7 years, 105K miles), >>> can I still use 5-20 engine oil? Will it offer less protection than >>> 5-30 or 10-40? After all, 5-20 oil is newer and more expensive. >>> >>> Some people tell me to switch to 10-40 oil as car ages. When should >>> I be switching to that grade? >>> >>> Thanks for your help in advance. >>> >>> EZ >>> >>> >> >> > > |
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