Doeboy9350

I Have a 2001 Accord 3.0. I was wondering what oil is better for everyday driving? I would think that the honda oil is good because it is made by honda for honda motors. However, oils like Mobil1 are know to be top of the line oils. What is better? The same goes for the filters? I would like to hear you opinions, Thanks.

Eddiebx

honda oil is not made by honda. honda oil is made by other manufacturers and then relabeled with a honda label.

as far as oils go everyone has their own preferences, so i would jsut get any brand you like in the proper viscosity for your motor.

as far as filters, oem honda filters are not bad and purolator pure ones, fram x10s, and mobil 1 filters are all good quality filters.

the more importnat thing is to change your oil and filter on time, than to worry about if your using the best filter and the best oils.

knucklehead11

oh, and just a rule of thumb that should always be followed:

never buy Fram... EVER

Eddiebx

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by knucklehead11 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">oh, and just a rule of thumb that should always be followed:

never buy Fram... EVER</TD></TR></TABLE>

the higher line of fram filters are pretty good, i think its called the x10 or ultraguard or soemthing. that oil forum did a review on it and it came out good.

Heat

For my '99 LX I4 I use Castrol GTX with a Honda OEM filter (~ $5.50 or so from the dealer).

For a V6 I would probably use Mobil 1 and the Honda OEM filter. Buy it in 5 quart jugs from Wal-Mart, will be ~ $20 or so (much cheaper than buying it by the quart).

ilikehonda

castrol is a good oil, along with mobil 1. oem filter or wix.

YeuEmMaiMai

Honda changes my oil for under $25 so I let them do it. Since most of my driving is on the FWY, I change it every 5K

BLKFLSH

I use Castrol Syntec. They actually have the Honda name on the label. I thought about Mobile 1, but it was very expensive, and I could not find 5-20w in the five quart bottle. I usually go by the dealer and get 5 oil filters at a time, so I don't have to keep going back. Make sure to get the crush washers (for the drain plug) with the filters.

iam7head

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Eddiebx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">honda oil is not made by honda. honda oil is made by other manufacturers and then relabeled with a honda label.

as far as oils go everyone has their own preferences, so i would jsut get any brand you like in the proper viscosity for your motor.

as far as filters, oem honda filters are not bad and purolator pure ones, fram x10s, and mobil 1 filters are all good quality filters.

the more importnat thing is to change your oil and filter on time, than to worry about if your using the best filter and the best oils.</TD></TR></TABLE>

they are Mobile Clean 5000, just about the cheapest sh-t you can buy today.

someone on s2ki ran a oil test and found out what they are

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Eddiebx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

the higher line of fram filters are pretty good, i think its called the x10 or ultraguard or soemthing. that oil forum did a review on it and it came out good.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yes, the high end fram filter is very very good actually, but the thing is if you only swaping juice every 3 k and your motor is in good shape, there's more than enough filter to handle the "dirt"

Valvoline=

brake juice, syn. grease, motor oil

MaxLife is one of the best oil for older vehicle, it's a synblend formula that is not a fortified "add-on" like most of the oil out there.

Black Ex Coupe

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by iam7head &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

they are Mobile Clean 5000, just about the cheapest sh-t you can buy today.

someone on s2ki ran a oil test and found out what they are

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that's a pretty interesting fact and yeah it is about the cheapest oil you can buy

pos_cd5

u will do fine with honda motor oil if you drive you dont drive your car hard. but if you like most of us, who are 'spirited drivers' and/or track our cars once ina while you will benefit from forking up a lil more $$ for full synthetics such as mobil 1.

as far as filters go, just stick with OEM honda.

CARMandP

Yes, Honda oil is made by Mobil and for those of you who are interested, Fram makes Honda's oil filters The only complaint I have ever had with Fram filters is they are the only ones that leave the oil filter o-ring on the block when you take the filter off. That was the problem that Honda had with the 04 CR-V catching fire. The first oil change, people didn't check to make sure that the oil o-ring had been removed with the filter and it was leaking. They said a manufacturing problem with the new filters. Sounds like the Fram filters to me.

92ehatch

honda and toyota both use mobil

Tech-Nics

i'd just take my car to get an oil change at places like Jiffy Lube and ask them to use the oil filter i supply which is the BLUE honda oil filter. and then use High end Oil cause i tend to drive my car a bit hard...but he can take it heh...

hondaccord

I use royal purple, with the lucas full synthetic stablizer, and also a K&N fillter. I know next time that I am going to go with castrol full synthetic, and haven't decied on the fillter. The lucas realy helps, but royal purple is to expensive.

Black Ex Coupe

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CARMandP &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yes, Honda oil is made by Mobil and for those of you who are interested, Fram makes Honda's oil filters The only complaint I have ever had with Fram filters is they are the only ones that leave the oil filter o-ring on the block when you take the filter off. That was the problem that Honda had with the 04 CR-V catching fire. The first oil change, people didn't check to make sure that the oil o-ring had been removed with the filter and it was leaking. They said a manufacturing problem with the new filters. Sounds like the Fram filters to me. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I thought only certain honda filters are made by fram?

Eddiebx

hell i run mobil 5000 in my beater and shes doing good,

ricebike

i've scored Purolator's premium plus oil filters for 1 cent after coupon & mail-in rebate for july 2-29...

(w/ stamp & taxes, it actually came out to ~25 cents per filter)

stocked up on this for my family's cars (i got 16 w/ 4 different mailing addys)
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Y, changing oil's not that hard; if you're local, I'll do it for $10 (you supply parts)

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hondaaccord, did you read bobistheoilguy.com about the lucas oil stabilizer? just a good quality oil is sufficient

jakeiscool

Im using Castrol Syntec European blend 0w-30. Its supposed to be the best according to a motor wear test.

Ross 2.0

For the most part as long as you don't get no name parts or store brand oil you will be fine. Just be sure to do it on itme

hondaccord

it seems to make some differance, but I will read that thanks

hondaccord

ok after reading that I think I will stick away from it all together. So yeah just a good oil like castroil. a side question though. Does any one think those 15k 30k or 60k motor oils actualy last? I just couldn't do that to my car.

hondaccord

ok after reading that I think I will stick away from it all together. So yeah just a good oil like castroil. a side question though. Does any one think those 15k 30k or 60k mile motor oils actualy last? I just couldn't do that to my car.

ricebike

i've seen them on other boards... but my or wifey's car arent that new...

piston blowby a big factor in keeping these long-life oils from being contaminated prematurely... w/ my car reaching 210K and wifey's only @ 106K, i'm ok w/ regular dino oil and regular filter changes @ least every 4-5 months

georgeda

Heat: Where do you get Honda filters for $5.50? In Daytona Beach they are $7.00!