Re: 5W-30 vs. 10W-30
 

"TWW" <twaugh5@cox.net> wrote in message
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> "TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in message
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>> "TWW" <twaugh5@cox.net> wrote in news:OCRFf.20991$oG.1312@dukeread09:
>> >
>> > Our local Honda dealer only offers 5-20 for all Hondas new and old
>> > with the claim that Honda has authorized this. My Prelude calls for
>> > 5-30 or possibly 10-30 in hot weather which we have in abundance here
>> > in mid GA in Summer. Am I right to be uneasy about using 5-20.
>>
>> What year is your Prelude? How many miles?
>>
> 01 62k miles. I have been running 5-30 Mobil 1 for the past 30k miles,
> rather than risk the Honda 5-20. Maybe overkill though since I change oil
> every 3700 miles anyway.

What's the "risk" with the factory recommended 5w-20? My '01 Accord EX-v6
with 148,000 miles and 7k between changes is still running strong, running
smooth and starting up on the first try.

I bought a Honda for durability and economics. You seem to be wasting a bit
of the economical advantage of a Honda.

Re: 5W-30 vs. 10W-30
 

"TWW" <twaugh5@cox.net> wrote in news:6USFf.21003$oG.6468@dukeread09:

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> "TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in message
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>> "TWW" <twaugh5@cox.net> wrote in news:OCRFf.20991$oG.1312@dukeread09:
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>> >
>> > Our local Honda dealer only offers 5-20 for all Hondas new and old
>> > with the claim that Honda has authorized this. My Prelude calls
>> > for 5-30 or possibly 10-30 in hot weather which we have in
>> > abundance here in mid GA in Summer. Am I right to be uneasy about
>> > using 5-20.
>>
>>
>>
>> What year is your Prelude? How many miles?
>>
> 01 62k miles. I have been running 5-30 Mobil 1 for the past 30k miles,
> rather than risk the Honda 5-20.



You didn't say that. I assumed you were using mineral oils. Mobil 1 is a
pure synthetic. Honda's 5W-20 is part synthetic, part mineral. Mobil 1 is
the better oil of the two.



> Maybe overkill though since I change
> oil every 3700 miles anyway.


You are performing excellent auto maintenance! You can look forward to long
life from your engine.


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Re: 5W-30 vs. 10W-30
 

"TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in message
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> "TWW" <twaugh5@cox.net> wrote in news:6USFf.21003$oG.6468@dukeread09:
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>> "TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in message
>> news:Xns9762C67F54F53tegger@207.14.113.17...
>>> "TWW" <twaugh5@cox.net> wrote in news:OCRFf.20991$oG.1312@dukeread09:
>>>
>>>
>>> >
>>> > Our local Honda dealer only offers 5-20 for all Hondas new and old
>>> > with the claim that Honda has authorized this. My Prelude calls
>>> > for 5-30 or possibly 10-30 in hot weather which we have in
>>> > abundance here in mid GA in Summer. Am I right to be uneasy about
>>> > using 5-20.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What year is your Prelude? How many miles?
>>>
>> 01 62k miles. I have been running 5-30 Mobil 1 for the past 30k miles,
>> rather than risk the Honda 5-20.
>
>
>
> You didn't say that. I assumed you were using mineral oils. Mobil 1 is a
> pure synthetic. Honda's 5W-20 is part synthetic, part mineral. Mobil 1 is
> the better oil of the two.
>
>
>
>> Maybe overkill though since I change
>> oil every 3700 miles anyway.
>
>
> You are performing excellent auto maintenance! You can look forward to
> long
> life from your engine.
>
I like the Prelude and want to keep it for a long time. Thanks for the
input.

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Re: 5W-30 vs. 10W-30
 

I did google and ran into the AMSOIL oil, amsoil.com.
And I had read all the information on this web site, how accurate of the
information?
TA

TeGGeR® wrote:
>>> > Our local Honda dealer only offers 5-20 for all Hondas new and old
>>> > with the claim that Honda has authorized this. My Prelude calls
>[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>> 01 62k miles. I have been running 5-30 Mobil 1 for the past 30k miles,
>> rather than risk the Honda 5-20.
>
>You didn't say that. I assumed you were using mineral oils. Mobil 1 is a
>pure synthetic. Honda's 5W-20 is part synthetic, part mineral. Mobil 1 is
>the better oil of the two.
>
>> Maybe overkill though since I change
>> oil every 3700 miles anyway.
>
>You are performing excellent auto maintenance! You can look forward to long
>life from your engine.
>

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Re: 5W-30 vs. 10W-30
 

"TA via CarKB.com" <u18620@uwe> wrote in news:5bf98ebf12448@uwe:

> I did google and ran into the AMSOIL oil, amsoil.com.
> And I had read all the information on this web site, how accurate of
> the information?



Functionally, AMSoil and Mobil 1 may be taken as equivalents.

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Re: 5W-30 vs. 10W-30
 

On Mon, 6 Feb 2006 19:12:43 -0500, "TWW" <twaugh5@cox.net> wrote:

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>"TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in message
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>> "warlock162" <bray@dwsd.org> wrote in
>> news:277fb72833c3c5f963ce895d2801d85c@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com:
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>> > I own a 1998 Honda Civic EX Sedan. It has 160,000 miles on it. I
>> > recent got an oil change on it.
>> >
>> > During the life of the car, I have used 5W-30 motor oil. However,
>> > some of the mechanics at my oil change place have said that I should
>> > switch to 10W-30, due to the mileage on my car, and because 10W-30 is
>> > thicker.
>> >
>> > Should I take heed to this advice?
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> No.
>>
>> I tried that a while back and 10W-30 made absolutely NO difference in my
>> oil consumption. My car's been fed 5W-30 since day one. It now has 260,000
>> miles on it and gets over 2,000 miles per US quart.
>>
>> How's your oil consumption?
>
>Our local Honda dealer only offers 5-20 for all Hondas new and old with the
>claim that Honda has authorized this. My Prelude calls for 5-30 or possibly
>10-30 in hot weather which we have in abundance here in mid GA in Summer.
>Am I right to be uneasy about using 5-20.

I use a 5-30 in winter, and a 10-40 in summer for my 88 civic, also in
mid-ga. burns a bit of oil, and a little water in the summer (refill
the expansion bottle once a week basically) but its been 3 years and
no problems on that score.

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Re: 5W-30 vs. 10W-30
 

On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 18:30:10 -0600, Janus <janus_k2@yahoo.nospam>
wrote:

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>>
>> It's the same principle of
>>> why you don't use synthetic oil on old cars. It's so slick that
>it
>>> will leak in almost every seal. Another thing is the piston rings
>>> that might not scrape the oil from the cylinder walls.
>>
>>
>> Utter nonsense.
>>
>
>Okay then fill your car with synthetic and see what happens.

I did it with an 89 volvo340. Had 130k miles on it, did an oil change,
and changed from regular dino-juice to synthetic. not leaked a drop.
Similar experiances with my fathers 89 golf.

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