lsturboswap

what is the best oil to put into my car?

BoostedRedline

royal purple hands down

h2392si

Castrol all the way. Have used it in many hondas and acuras that ive owned and NEVER had any problems. Good luck.

phondataz

Everyone has their own opinon..pretty much any FULL synthetic is a good oil, but royal purple is one of the best

Padawan

There is no "best", and any quality 5W-30 will work very well in your motor.

4ghatch

anyone running 5w-30 roial purple i've got a case + 5 quarts here lmk

Agent_EM1

I am gonna get burned with this answer.... But Walmart SUPER TECH Full Synthetic Oil. It's made by WPP and has had many great reviews... I also use the Super-Tech Oil Filters for like $2.50 at Wal-mart because they're made by Champion who makes oil filters for Mobil 1 and K&N. I've been very impressed with Super Tech and might even start using it in my EM1... I've tried it out on my other cars and it's been holding its own and doing very good.

B16b-EJ8

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I would have to agree. I run Motuel, but have run Castrol, Q, Mobil 1, royal purple, ect, ect.

No problems with any of them

redline5th

I've always used castrol here.

Agent_EM1

How is Royal Purpler? It says on its bottle that it's the only oil where you feel the difference. Is this true? Can you really feel a difference using Royal Purple? I'm not trying to be sarcastic here, i'm looking into trying it out. Thanks.

97civicdx

I use Valvoline, Mobil,, Formula Shell. What ever 5/30 oil is on sale, hehe... on my 97 dx with 170k miles on engine. I picked up a 99 SI which was spoiled with Mobil 1 since new so I just continue with it.

B16b-EJ8

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Dont know about "feeling" the difference, but my engine runs smooth with it...but even smoother with Motuel

RiceKillinSI

On an episode of Horsepower TV they changed all fluids to Royal Purple on a Camaro(engine oil, tranny fluid and differential fluid) and got 8hp on a dynojet. I don't know how much Royal Purple would help on a Honda, but it should improve engine performance a little.

yoffer

Im going to change my oil this time to Royal Purple. BUt i have been using Castrol for the last month or so. I have always used Castrol and Mobile 1 and i love them both and have had no problems.

Agent_EM1

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I'll have to try Royal Purple on my EM1 pretty soon.

SkertySkerty

i dont care what neone says but first of synthetic oil is water based i will never put that **** in my car ever second off royal purple isnt the **** either good yes but i have a fully built all motor b20vtec and i will use nothing but 10w30 SHELL OIL in the summer and 5w30 in winter but im in new olreans if you were its cold often just 5w30 but SHELL is the best oil for any honda trust me on this it may sound stupid but it is 100% OIL no additives no water nothing good **** buy it use it have fun

maynards_ek

Synthetic is not truly water based. And if you are running shell non-detergent oil then you are asking for problems down the road. Have you ever seen what mechanics call a "pennzoil motor"? It looks like someone dumped tar in your motor. How clean are the internals when using your shell oil?

yoffer

Yea i heard about that Pennzoil crap. Leaves some crappy beezwax resisdue in your engine. So glad i never used pennzoil. I have nothing bad to say about Shell oil but i dont think that its everything that you say it to be.(not trying to be a D*** or anything)

cambopheonix56

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SkertySkerty &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i dont care what neone says but first of synthetic oil is water based i will never put that **** in my car ever second off royal purple isnt the **** either good yes but i have a fully built all motor b20vtec and i will use nothing but 10w30 SHELL OIL in the summer and 5w30 in winter but im in new olreans if you were its cold often just 5w30 but SHELL is the best oil for any honda trust me on this it may sound stupid but it is 100% OIL no additives no water nothing good **** buy it use it have fun </TD></TR></TABLE>

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maynards_ek

I wasn't ******* shell oil per se. I was really just talking about non-detergent oil in general. I have personally only used mobil1, and it always comes out clean. Besides, we could run water in the crank case and still have a car that runs. Honda reliability ftw!

Boostedb20EH2

Royal purple is not worth your money.

yoffer

Neither is Mobile 1, but try telling that to the people that have been using it for years.

Boostedb20EH2

Im just saying,its supposed to be the high brand "king of oils". I'll stick with the castrol and use the money i saved to buy myself an oil filter.

camp_kill_yourself

ROYAL MOTHER ****** PURPLE ALL THE WAY U WILL FEEL A DIFFERENCE it is expensive i have a b18c and thats all i use remember if u go synthetic thats all u can use no more cheap oil

EGhatch87

i used wal-mart super tech to brake in my motor now i use leading edge and never had any problems