i am coming up on 3K miles, and bout to do an oil change. friends say i cant go to synthetic yet cuz im still breakin my motor in, what kind of oil do you guys recommend ?

 

Thats the question of the ages...hahah...

I waited until my second one at @7,000 miles...And have had no problems since...I did however install the Spoon magnetic drain plugs at @600 miles and was a little suprised with what was stuck on it at the first oil change, which was around 3,000 miles...

 

castrol gtx ?

 

Without a frickin' doubt, Mobil 1 0w-20.
Tested good for ~7500 miles.

http://www.bobistheoilguy.com

 

Read the manual. It is generally recomended to NOT do the first oil change before the first scheduled interval based on your driving habits. There is a special break in oil in the crankcase from the factory. FWIW, my dealer uses Castrol GTX.

 

I use Mobil 1 5W-30, but I didn't start on the Synthetic until around 10k miles.

 

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yes. very good oil. all the guys at inline four run this. although they use the synthetic. i have used the normal oil in the past and have been nothing but happy with it. i have gone to full synthetic now after my motor has broken in. i get a really good deal on royal purple so i run that.

http://www.royalpurple.com/techa/faqsa.html#mo3

 

need to change the filter also ? .. fram good ?

 

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Yes, and yes

 

I would drive it around till atleast 4 or 5K before changing... I believe the manual says to wait till 10K. But that seems too long to go on any oil.

 

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get hamp filters from mike at http://www.ipsracing.com

 

fram filter is very cheap and very cheaply made. The 10 dollar one is another story.

around 10K is the ideal time if you planning to use syn. motor oil.

that's unless you have an evo

 

Using Castrol GTX for now, only at 9000 miles though.

 

I run redline 10w-30 since it gonna get warmer and i bought the hamp filter for the hell of it.O by the way fram makes the stock filters for acura/honda just look on the filter it'll say made by fram

 

i use castrol gtx 5w-20

the acura filters that end on A02 are actullay made by fram......the ones that end is A01 aren't.......