Whats the best synthetic motor oil to run. Also, whats the best oil filter?

 

Off the shelf: German Castrol Syntec (0W-30).

Full group IV synthetic (Mobil 1 is a refined group III; not a full synthetic).

If you want info on oil, go to http://www.bobistheoilguy.com. Most of the people on here who reply to oil threads don't have a clue.

 

Best oil and filter:

AMSOIL. hands down. Find me another oil that you may safely run for 25k miles. I'm just telling you its better than Mobil1 too. If you want specifics, PM me.

First off, its a REAL synthetic, made in a lab. Its not cheap tho, 5.50 a quart, but it did make my D16 feel more "revvy". Note that I know my engine very very well, and no one else would notice the difference.

 

mobil 1 , royal purple,

 

bobtheoilguy.com is teh ****. most people on there recomend amsoil.
that is what i run now

 

Motul 5w40 in my D16Z6/Y8 and it run great and more revvy. Start ups are awesome and sounds very nice.

 

royal purple is the number 1 synthetic on the market.....its can withstand for friction than any other synthetic on the market and comes in a Kobe Bryant colored bottle////Kobe Bryant that muthasucker nuts on wet ochie wally wallys whether he scheming in Jamaica or In BALi BAli heard about the way he stuck his ***** in his baby collie collie

 

Big believer in the Amsoil oil. Even run the Trans oil in my Trans. Honest felt an improvement in the shifting. Big thumbs up here for amsoil.

 

Amsoil makes great stuff, but they're damned pricey. Also, Amsoil buys their base stock from Mobil, they don't make their own base stock.

I've been running Mobil-1 5W30 Oil & M1-104 Filter since oil change #1 @ 3,500 miles and I've had zero issues (~66K, 8.5yrs, daily driver). Doesn't burn oil, good compression all around, can't really complain.


Modified by MonkeyBoy668 at 6:16 PM 8/28/2005

 

Motul is the ****! B-series, I reccomend 8100 5w30. Right around $7 a litre (for those metrically uneducated, that's a hair more than a quart).

 

I agree with Redline96LX... AMSOIL

 

i like mobil 1. royal purple is a fully synthetic oil and is pretty good but it doesnt have the detergents in it that mobil 1 does. and for people who are only using fully synthetic oil so they can run for 7 thousand miles before an oil change are insane! and dont really care about their motor. i use mobil 1 5w-30 and mobil 1 filter and i change my oil every 2500 miles. its expensive but its worth it!

 

no, 2500 mile oil changes is insane, dude, you need to do some more homework. HONDA reccomends 7500 miles and thats with a natual oil. If you take care of your entire car and know what your doing, yes, 10k miles on a synthetic is fine. I run 25k miles with amsoil, however i check ti frequently, and the filter only goes 12.5k miles.

 

I dunno about oil but the best filter you can get is OEM honda

 

i run mobil one but i just jumped on the bandwagon.....

 

Amsoil Full Synthetic with an OEM Honda Oil Filter.

 

where can i get amsoil?

 

I used to run Castrol Racing RS 10w60 and that was one of the best oils I've ever tried... Even a 60 mile highway trip in full-throttle in 4th speed (7200rpm) didn't make my car burn even a 0.1 quart... that was when I had 1994 B16-hatch... that oil was like IT WAS MADE JUST FOR THAT SPECIFIC CAR... awesome

Now I have a 96 DX and it just doesn't need a racing oil

Now I use Shell Ultra 5w40... and it's great...

As for filters... I always use Honda OEM... it just gives me the piece of mind...

 

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http://www.amsoil.com

Gets a big from me

 

mobil 1 works well.

 

**** that 2500 mile **** get a bypass filter and some amsoil and you are good for about 100-200,000 miles with just filter changes. go ahead and flame away but first read up at http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/ they have wear scans and oil annalys from all the major brands of oil. before you flam just read up

 

mobil1 5w30 for me, i'll try amsoil on my next oil change. it's just freakin driving me nuts to change oil every 3 months so i just wait til i hit every 3k miles

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by KKVTi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I used to run Castrol Racing RS 10w60 and that was one of the best oils I've ever tried... Even a 60 mile highway trip in full-throttle in 4th speed (7200rpm) didn't make my car burn even a 0.1 quart... that was when I had 1994 B16-hatch... that oil was like IT WAS MADE JUST FOR THAT SPECIFIC CAR... awesome

Now I have a 96 DX and it just doesn't need a racing oil

Now I use Shell Ultra 5w40... and it's great...

As for filters... I always use Honda OEM... it just gives me the piece of mind...</TD></TR></TABLE>

40 and 60 wieght? i ran 5-w30 in my old b18b civic and never burned an ounce....

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Redline96LX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">no, 2500 mile oil changes is insane, dude, you need to do some more homework. HONDA reccomends 7500 miles and thats with a natual oil. If you take care of your entire car and know what your doing, yes, 10k miles on a synthetic is fine. I run 25k miles with amsoil, however i check ti frequently, and the filter only goes 12.5k miles.</TD></TR></TABLE>Honda recommends 7500 miles if you drive like a grandmother and aren't driving in "extreme" conditions. Extreme conditions are as follows:
Regularly driving less than 5 miles per trip, or in freezing temperatures, less than 10 miles
Driving in extremely hot (over 90'F) conditions
Extensive idling or long periods of stop-and-go driving
Driving in mountainous conditions
Driving on muddy, dusty, or de-iced roads

If you autocross, road race, "street race", or otherwise stress your car in ways a 98 year old grandmother wouldn't, it's a given that you should follow the extreme maintenance schedule.

That said, the extreme maintenance schedule is 6 months or 3750 miles, whichever comes first. And I'll admit that 2500 miles is kind of silly.

But let's put it another way: Does it hurt the engine if to change the fluids more often than they should? Does it hurt the engine to change them less often than they should? Which side of that fence would you rather be on?

 

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Maybe if you fly to Japan to get one. The US one's are rebadged FRAM