The question is above, answers appreciated.

I think the dealer uses Castrol GT 5-20.

Can someone confirm this soon?

Thanx!!

 

ya i believe its castrol 520 but now our dealership moved onto catrol syn blend 520 for all cars..i usually put 4qt, kind hard to tell with the orange dipstick

 

Thanx man,

Isn't syn blend synthetic? Thats weird that a dealer would go synthetic on a stock car.
Especially because once you go synthetic you have to use it forever.

Cheers

 

mobile 1 ftw

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Budget Racer &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Thanx man,

Isn't syn blend synthetic? Thats weird that a dealer would go synthetic on a stock car.
Especially because once you go synthetic you have to use it forever.

Cheers
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I don't know if you have to use it forever... I'm using Castrol Syntec for the first time right now, the other times I used the regular Castrol. And I think an '07 should hold the same, so yeah, about 4qt should do it. In the '06 manual it says 3.9, and I think it should be the same for the '07

 

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I agree Mobil 1 is great if your racing. Otherwise it's a waste of money. My girl doesn't race.


And yeah I've always heard if you start using a synthetic oil, then you should never go back to the regular oil.

 

try the car manual

 

I put OEM honda oil.

 

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And yeah I've always heard if you start using a synthetic oil, then you should never go back to the regular oil.</TD></TR></TABLE>

You can switch back and forth whenever you want!!

 

There is nothing special about synthetic when it comes to being able to mix (if you run low) or switch back.

All wives tales.

 

I have a 07 Ex I use mobile 1 full syn. And just over 4. The book says 4.2 but i use just under 4.5 and it runs great. DO you Know how to reset the oil life % meter? I do!

 

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4.2-4.5?!...thats like si amouts. i believe book says 3.9 (4 qts) for non-si's. lol

 

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haha because honda makes oil,syn mobil 1 FTW

 

on stock cars i dont see the point of synthetic oil...only modified ones is it useful IMO.

 

OK first of all YOu cant go back to dino if u use synthetic is ABSOLUTELY FALSE!
Especially as mentioned they use Synthetic blend. Thats basically dino with better additives.

IF you want to use regular oil use Mobil clean 5000, Castrol gxe or another good oil IMo based on oil analysis tests is Pennzoil

 

ps. I will run M1 in my civic. Whats 10 bucks extra anyway?

but yah most likely most of our cars will reach 200+ k miles without any oil related problems!!

im keeping my car forever so yah synthetic FTW

 

After you break in your car with the stock "break in" oil that comes in your car from the dealership. You should put in any kind of synthetic. you CAN go back to non syn. oil but its not going to be noticable if you dont. In the long wrong you should keep syntheic oil in your car. but its not going hurt your car unless you switch it when your car is still using the "break in" oil from factory

read it in the manual (screw the patriots)

 

you can switch back and forth without a problem. imo synthetic is worth it, whether youre driving a grocery getter or race car. sure your car isnt going to break down, just because you use conventional oil, but synthetic oil keeps your engine cleaner, longer. it probably actually saves you money, because, if you want to, you can extend your oil change intervals to almost double that of conventional oil. i havent hit 5k yet, but when i do, its nothing but mobil1 from there on.



top is synthetic oil, bottom is conventional...speaks for itself

 

that picture doesn't mean that conventional wont keep your engine clean it just means it cant last as long. It burns off and turns into sludge if you over - run it.

But again tis true that synthetic oil has a better addictive package to help clean out the engine.

 

Most dealerships (and quicky lubes) use a pneumatic-driven pump system that outputs through a hand gun with a digital meter. I pump about 4.300qt's to get to the top of the dipstick.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Bulli Kid &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">that picture doesn't mean that conventional wont keep your engine clean it just means it cant last as long. It burns off and turns into sludge if you over - run it.

But again tis true that synthetic oil has a better addictive package to help clean out the engine. </TD></TR></TABLE>

derrr yes it does...this picture is after only 384 hours...thats only 16 days...i mean, its 16 straight days but still...its like the equivalent of driving a car for like 3-4 months.

 

Does anybody know how good this brand called "ROYAL PURPLE" is? My buddy at work says he uses it in his MS Protege and it's great.

Can anybody else back this up?

 

i heard royal purple is really good in terms of engine performance, but word is that it potentially increases the vehicles emissions, but i'm not 100% sure though.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sixonethree &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i heard royal purple is really good in terms of engine performance, but word is that it potentially increases the vehicles emissions, but i'm not 100% sure though.</TD></TR></TABLE>

ive heard about the royal purple oil raising emmissions too

 

according to honda....regular 06+ civics are 3.9 qts.
si are 5.1 qts. 5w30