what kind of oil should I use for my 94 EX 4cyl. I know now some people are putting in 5w-30 in some cars, but i thought it was only 10w-30 or 40, my car has 153k so what oil should I use?

I know when I had my 91 VW i used 20w-50 and that had 171k when it died.

 

sup i have a 95 accord lx wiht 94000 and i use 5w-30 and its runs great wiht it plus the manual recomends it too

 

But with all those miles it would be best to run 10W 30W. Use Valvoline high mileage. But 5W 30W would run right through it like water.

 

So your saying that Using 5w-30 is bad for high miles engine. will i got a 86 lx-i with 303,000 miles and street and drag it most of the time. use Mobil 1 full Synthetic oil. and there no probs. so u saying it bad for high miles engine is wrong. if it was a old american beater yeah.lol. I been using 5w-30 for a long time. so KNOWTOMORROW3001 dont give bad info. laters

 

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And on what facts are you basing this advice? I ran 5W-30 on my '90 Civic Si with over 265,000 miles on it. Between 4,000 mile change intervals, the engine only consumed 6 ounces of oil.

 

Hey Im not afraid to admit Im wrong. Its just what I was told. So are you guys saying It would be better to run the 5w 30w sorry for giving bad info.

 

whats thicker 5w-30 or 10w-30 and whats the differesnce between them.
what if I put 20w-50 like i did in my VW?

 

Do you even know what is the W stand for?

 

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Whiskers?? Wagon?? Wheelbarrow?? Watch?? Washington?? come on, help me out here dude!

 

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the first number is a measure of the oils viscosity (thickness) when it is cold, the 2nd number is its viscosity when it is hot. so 5w30 and 10w30 aren't too much different. the biggest thing is that the 5w30 will move easier when the car is first started

20w50??? was that reccomended by VW?

 

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the first number is a measure of the oils viscosity (thickness) when it is cold, the 2nd number is its viscosity when it is hot. so 5w30 and 10w30 aren't too much different. the biggest thing is that the 5w30 will move easier when the car is first started

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when I had brought my VW to a tuner shop thats what oil they put in it, plus it had 170k miles on it also.

 

. It is not but to put thinner oil but thicker would work better. If your car has oil leaks, it will leak more which is common to high mileage engines. If you hear ticking sounds in the engine, thicker oil will decrease the noise.

 

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thank you jweller, but here my little version for the aveage joe(me)

example-10w30(a type of multi-grade oil, aka all season oil)

the number is stand for viscosity or the resistance to flow, the higher the thicker or slower to flow.

"oil viscosity refers to the thickness or fludity of the oil. it measure of an oil's ability to flow."

the frist number(10) is followed by the W, which stand for WINTER, yes, every guys in autozone keep telling you it stand for weight but this info is straight from my text book in college.

W stand for winter, little more info, no it doesnt mean your oil would be 10 for the whole winter time, winter simply refer to the viscosity at zero degree F. think of cold morning, snowy winter time.

the number after the W(30) is the viscosity of the oil when it's in 210 degree F, think of normal operation temp. of your engine after fully warm up.

the rating show us how will the oil react in those two temp.(cold and hot)

in some sunny area like california, you might see some automaker putting in 5w20 instead of 10w30, because the car would never really see much action in snow.

 

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the ticking sound could be alot of thing, dont just expect put oil and it would magically disappear, it helps like you said

ticking..Um gap those valve

 

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in some sunny area like california, you might see some automaker putting in 5w20 instead of 10w30, because the car would never really see much action in snow.
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Wouldn't it be better to run a lower viscosity in the winter? Honda recommmends 5w30 (not that it matters).

 

10w-30 is straight money.