What oil should I use right after I rebuild my D16A6?

 

10w30 will be fine. if your going to be hammering on it I'd go with 10w40

 

I'd just use the normal 5w-30 that Honda has from the factory. Quaker State is what I use, and also what Honda recommends.

 

just don't use synthetic for while..

 

I'd use Valvoline Maxlife, it has very good anti-friction additives and more zinc than most other oils. A few guys on here that knew way too much about oil recommended it.

 

I just used the normal 5-30. Cranked it over till I got pressure, turn it on, checked for leaks, then went out and mashed it Holdin up fine...probably about 1000 miles so far. Perfect compression still

 

right after rebuild.... and first crank..... get a light oil..... cheap one..... 5-30 its good

after a week or 500 miles change the oil for 10-30 and not synthetic.,,,
our old engines seem not to like synthetic .... at least on my case......

 

if its an old enigne.. it might not like synth.. on a rebuilt with a couple k on her...they love synth

 

Go with penzoil or quaker State they are the same company they have the best additives for conventinal. Stay away from conventional Valvoline that includes maxlife. Those have the worst additives. And Ya Synthetic is cool for rebuilt engines like Mobil1 Valvoline Synpower and Castrol Synthetic. I would go with Mobil1 since its the only true Syntetic.

 

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our old engines seem not to like synthetic .... at least on my case......</TD></TR></TABLE>

I agree, a cheap 5w-30 oil is what you should run right after a rebuild.

Right after a rebuild, I run the motor for 20 minutes and them promptly change the oil. Maybe its a bit over board, but I'd rather get all the possible loose crap out of the motor ASAP.

 

This may be a bit OT, but I've been waiting to spread this around

If you have any questions about oil check this out: http://www.vtr.org/maintain/oil-overview.html.

There is more info than most people will need on oils to make informed decisions.


Modified by 1st-hybrid at 11:31 AM 10/24/2003


Modified by 1st-hybrid at 11:34 AM 10/24/2003

 

I wouldn't say that site has more info than you'll ever need about motor oil... It says/compares nothing about synthetic motor oils.

But still nonetheless, a good informative website!

 

I used NAPA non-detergent 30W oil @ $1.29/qt

 

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Valvoline Synthetic 146 465 -40 &lt;1.5 .12

And a few others

 

You're right - sorry, apparently I'm in '***' mode today, so I need to calm down.

 

No harm no foul man we all have our days. I have my weeks

 

Castrol GTX 5w30 or 10w30 depending on your climate

 

10w 30 is fine. You can run synthetic from day one if you want. Every Porsche, Ferrari, Corvette, M3, etc made today leaves the assembly line with synthetic in the pan.

 

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Just use the 5w30 Quaker State non-synth. that is meant to be in there.

 

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What about 5W-30 Castrol GTX? Im assuming thinner is better because it gets inbetween all the moving parts easier.

 

Check into AMSoil. Best stuff out there.