import-tooner

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

Sinner

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

Nick

95GSRTT

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

aznballer

10w-30 valvoline high milage oil

toolowsol

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)

Chris F

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

and I run Mobil1 15w50 in my car.

1Bar GSR

I run castrol 10w-40

FOrSfEd

royal purple 10w30 for me

blackeg

was also running castrol gtx 10-40

Maverik4k

mobil 1 syn 10w-30

1boostedcivic

Mobil 1 synthetic 15w30

Si[R]

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boosted_dc2

mobil non-syn 10w-40.

Landon

Charles B.

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ms1motorsports

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

USDM 4G VTEC

Mazola corn oil for me

Valvoline Syn Blend 10w-30 for my engine

RACEPAK

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how often do you change oil with the castrol?

import-tooner

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?

1Bar GSR

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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!

HXMan

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

TheShodan

iTrader: (14)

Me--- Castrol SYNTEC 10w-30

My brother --- AMSOIL 5w-30

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

djfob

Mobil 1 10-30

Cyphear

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

turbodan4

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

xrunner86x

Mobil1 10W-30