so i know this might be a stupid question but i wanted to know about how much oil does a d16z6 take? i know its a lil less than 4 quarts? but i wanna know specifically how much..and wat oil is best to use?

 

IIRC its roughly 3.5quarts without changing the filter and 3.8 with a filter change. Use a good 5W-30 weight engine oil. I generally use Castrol GTX and I change every 3,000 miles.

 

wat if i use 10w40?

 

Your engine, I don't personally care what you do. Honda recommends 5W-30 so why run any other weight?

 

says 10w-30 in my book

 

^^^ yeah thats wat mine says..

 

5W-30 is called the "energy conserving oil." The viscosity is not as high and works better in most conditions... your engine won't have to use as much "energy" to push thru the oil. Most people use 10W-30 or 10W-40 if their car is leaking because its thicker, it won't stop it from leaking... it'd just leak slower. But the D motor takes about 3.4-3.5 quarts of oil. I pick up Honda filter and Honda oil... Castrol GTX is great stuff, but I try to keep everything OEM if possible. Believe it or not, it doesn't cost that much more... Unless you are cheap, then pick up Autozone/Oreilley oil with a Fram filter lol. But try to stick with 5W-30, you should notice higher MPG out of your car then when you were using 10W-30 or 10W-40.

 

^^^ good point...one more question..and wats high syntetic oil??

 

High synthetic? Never heard of that, sure you don't mean "High Milelage"?

 

is that wat it means? high millage motor oil?

 

I assume thats what your meaning, I have never heard of High Synthetic oil.

You generally have:

-Full 100% Synthetic
-Synthetic Blend(Which is a blend of Synthetic and regular conventional oil)
-High Milelage oil(suppose to be better for engines with high miles, I think they use 100,000 Plus miles as a refrence, I don't know what exactly is different though from that of regular conventional oil.)
-Regular Conventional oil

 

i was jsut saying it because my owners manual states 10w-30 oil. we always talk about honda knows what their talking about and such, but i do agree with a thinner oil getting better mpg of performance

its almost the same as the famous arguement of using motor oil (as it says in the book) in the trans, yet everyone else says Honda MTF

 

pretty sure it's 3.8

 

get a manual.

 

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as long as the oil is half way to full on the dipstick

 

127.4 quarts. The extra oil will just lubricate the pistons better when they reach BDC.

Get a manual, seriously. There are so many specs, capacities, etc that you need and the manual has them all.

 

LOL! With that much oil I think the oil would be forced to squirt up past the piston rings and lube the piston at all points during its stroke. Cause a nice big stinky smoke cloud for other drivers to

 

The major info to know about motor oil is pretty simple-

Petroleum-based conventional oil-most common, economical, pretty much standard. Ex. Castrol GTX, Valvoline Premium, Mobil 5000, Quaker State, Pennzoil, etc.

High-Mileage-slightly more money than conventional, better additive package to prevent sludge, leakage, blowby, etc. Ex. Castrol GTX High-Mileage, Valvoline Maxlife, Pennzoil High Mileage, etc.

Synthetic Blend-slightly more money than high mileage oils, a mix of conventional oil and synthetic base-stocks. Ex. Castrol Syntec Blend, Valvoline MaxLife, Mobil 7500, etc.

Full Synthetic-most expensive oil available. Best protection for cylinder walls, bearings, and internal parts, slicker than standard petroleum-based oils which decreases wear, increases horsepower slightly by reducing internal friction, and increases gas mileage slightly by reducing internal friction, and longer change intervals save you money and effort having more time between oil changes. Ex. Mobil 1, Lucas, Royal Purple, Pennzoil Synthetic, Castrol Syntec, Valvoline Synpower, etc.

What weight you use depends on owner's manual recommendations. NEVER use oil THINNER than what your owner's manual recommends. EVER. For those who don't know it's pretty simple to figure out. For Honda's there are a few simple options.

5w-20 newer Hondas only-thinnest
5w-30 most Hondas-slightly thicker
10w-30 still more hondas-slightly thicke
10w-40 not factory recommended-used in high-mileage engines with blowby-thicker still
20w-50 last resort-thickest available-worst gas mileage, not recommended-too thick

hope this helps!!!