What weight and brand of oil do you use on your turbo'd hondas?

 

I used to use mobile 1 when I had money, now that I'm broke I use castrol syn blend.

Nick

 

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i use 5w 30 usually but sometimes 10w30. I think im gonna bump it up to a higher weight though.

 

10w-30 valvoline high milage oil

 

I just switched from 5w-30 to 15w-50 and i like it much better, I don't burn near as much and my oil pressure stays higher at idle, (previously 19, now 24psi)

 

I switched to Canola oil recently, trying to cut down on the saturated fat.

and I run Mobil1 15w50 in my car.

 

I run castrol 10w-40

 

royal purple 10w30 for me

 

was also running castrol gtx 10-40

 

mobil 1 syn 10w-30

 

Mobil 1 synthetic 15w30

 

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mobil non-syn 10w-40.

Landon

 

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Kendall 15-50 with a quart of Lucas oil stabilizer. Works great to keep the walls lubricated on cold starts.

 

Mazola corn oil for me

Valvoline Syn Blend 10w-30 for my engine

 

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how often do you change oil with the castrol?

 

Here is what I'm wondering. With the oil runing through the turbo, it would probably break down sooner becuase it is so hot. With a synthetic it would help to keep the oil from breaking down at the high temperature and also help lube the motor. I just can't justify spending the money on synthetic oil. Also, I'm running valvoline 10w-30 right now and my car doesn't smoke until I start boosting. Would a higher weight oil help take care of that?

 

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I changed it every 2000 miles on the dot a little earlier if I dont think Ill be able to change it at 2000 I dont let it go any over!

 

Castrol Syntec...5w40....its the good **** made in belgium!

 

Me--- Castrol SYNTEC 10w-30

My brother --- AMSOIL 5w-30

My wife -- Mobil 1 tri-synthetic - 5w-30

 

Mobil 1 10-30

 

My friend did an oil analysis in his auto-tech college. He found that castrol (non-synthetic) was actually one of the worst, and mobile 1 and amsoil were good, as expected (i dont think they tested royal purple). Suprrisingly Super tech (the $4.17 5 gallon walmart special) is one of the better oils. Basically as he said it the oils that advertise the most turned out to be the worst.

oh, and i run mobile 1 except for currently because i got a motor with bad oil rings (it was like that when i bought it) from a local shop so I use supertech.

Heres another resource if you'd like to read details http://www.bobistheoilguy.com


Modified by Cyphear at 8:24 PM 8/25/2004

 

I started with 15w-50 mobil 1 changed to 10w-30 and oil turned to water almost burned up quick and i blew the seals on my turbo have to rebuild turbo now switched back to 15w-50 smoother operation

 

Mobil1 10W-30