i am currently runing mobil 1 5w30 and im burning oil. i wanted to know if i can switch back to conventional oil to see if it stops. is there any problems if i switch back. i heard its bad for the motor, and once u go synthetic u should not go back

 

I wouldn’t. All Hondas burn some oil. How much oil are you burning? Maybe try running 10w 30

-Aaron

 

def. not!

using full synthetic and then switching back to a non-synthetic can fug up a lot of your seals and **** really bad

90% of the time when people complain about synthetic oil being bad, it's because they switched from it to a non-synthetic and screwed up their seals

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B18OnTop &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> All Hondas burn some oil. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Wrong.

I go a full 2,500 miles betwween changes without burning a drop. I may add a cap

full ocassionally if the level is a nail under the second dot, but, the next time I

check it's a nail above.

&lt;---- Uses 5w30 Castrol GTX Dyno

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Azcheron &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">def. not!

using full synthetic and then switching back to a non-synthetic can fug up a lot of your seals and **** really bad

90% of the time when people complain about synthetic oil being bad, it's because they switched from it to a non-synthetic and screwed up their seals</TD></TR></TABLE>

Wrong info and common myth, synthetic and dino are totally compatible.

 

Switching from synthetic to conventional oil is plenty safe in a modern engine. More than enough R owners have used M1 5w30, switched to a conventional oil or tried a higher weight (10w30, 10w40) and have reduced oil consumption by doing so.

Learn about oil here... http://theoildrop.server101.com/cgi/ultimatebb.cgi ... and try a 10w30.

 

switching from mobil 1 5w-30 synthetic to castrol gtx 10w-30

 

Royal Purple! or REDLINE!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by IBriaIN &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Royal Purple! or REDLINE!</TD></TR></TABLE>

royal purple.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by IBriaIN &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Royal Purple! or REDLINE!</TD></TR></TABLE>
royal purple sucks compared to castrol 0w30 (german), which is
group ACEA A3 rated.

 

hope so i just did it on my wifes car.

&lt;--- cheapo

 

sure it's safe. I just went from Castrol syntec to chevron dino juice. Didn't have a choice in this matter, since mikehonda did emergency dipstick t00b repair

 

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royal purple sucks compared to castrol 0w30 (german), which is
group ACEA A3 rated.</TD></TR></TABLE>

so what does that mean?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EVOL &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
royal purple sucks compared to castrol 0w30 (german), which is
group ACEA A3 rated.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I used to burn a quart at least every oil change, but i switched to the german castrol and i burn maybe a quarter quart and thats it

 

Generally synthetic oil burns faster from my experiences. I just castrol GTX 5w30 and it seems to burn about a quart, maybe a little less, b/t oil changes.