im changing the oil in my 00 B18C..jdm ITR...and ran the first couple thousand miles on regular CASTROL GTX 5w-30....what oil and weight do u guys reccomend i run in for my next 5 quarts...synthetic, regular, 5w, 10w, MOBIL 1, ROYAL PURPLE..etc....PS: i drive my car hard

 

castrol gtx 5w-30 all the way here.

 

i was hearing from my EG homies that i should run some synthetic...MOBIL 1...AMSOIL...etc..

 

valvoline

 

ive heard good **** bout the VR1 stuff or whatever

 

I know a guy who races his ITR using Chevron 5W 30

Oil is oil.

And the oil subject=old

 

Mobil1 10-30,though some will dissagree ive never had a problem with it.

 

You can continue to run the regular Castrol GTX 5w-30, good stuff. If you want a decent, easily accesible synthetic that's affordable, try Castrol Syntec 5w-30. Mobil 1 is decent, but you might have oil consumption like many other people experience..

I've heard good things about Valvoline synthetic also..

 

aight im out...thanks for the input...ill probably try some synthetic of some sort...peace out

 

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It's your choice really. Castrol, Valvoline are race proven and don't seem to disappear. I know many that have suffered oil loss when useing Mobil 1, Redline, NEO. I wouldn't recommend 5w-20/30, it simply isn't thick enough.

mikehonda: who stuck with Castrol Syntec 10w-30, and da B18C5 doesn't use a drop

 

it seems like you just wanted to know what type of oil you should use so you won't have to worry about other stuff. that's not it man. i'll use no name oil and still be fine as long as i change & check my oil.

 

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This is the first time you're changing the oil in a four-year-old car?

 

M1 5w30 - winter
M1 10w30 - summer

 

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keep on running 5w30

 

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M1 10w30 - summer</TD></TR></TABLE>

The viscosity of both of these should be nearly identical once they reach operating temperature, so there shouldn't be any real problem using the 5W-30 year round.

 

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The viscosity of both of these should be nearly identical once they reach operating temperature, so there shouldn't be any real problem using the 5W-30 year round. </TD></TR></TABLE>

that, and sometimes you get better specs with 5w30

 

I have a 99 jdm itr swap and been using mobil 1 with no problem and running great. 10-w40

 

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Castrol syntec is not a synthetic oil unless you get the German made kind...which is green....Castrol likes to charge their customers synthetic prices for a non synthetic Castrol Syntec....great company!

 

This is the first time you're changing the oil in a four-year-old car?

uuuh actually its in a 93 hatch ....i wish i had a 2000 J-spec ITR

 

So this is the first time you're changing oil in a four-year-old engine? I hope you got the engine used within the past six months, and the engine oil was previously changed many times by the previous owner. (Or, you got the engine new and it was sitting on a shelf for 3-4 years.)

Don't tell me you've been using that engine for four years without changing the oil. Please don't tell me that.

 

The ITR owner's manual recommends 5W30 at all temperatures. Above freezing, 10W30 is acceptable, but 5W30 is still preferred.

 

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Castrol syntec is not a synthetic oil unless you get the German made kind...which is green....Castrol likes to charge their customers synthetic prices for a non synthetic Castrol Syntec....great company!</TD></TR></TABLE>

.RJ said that last week also. Doh!! I forgot.. Those bastards!! So the Castrol Syntec they sell us here is really a synthetic blend?

 

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.RJ said that last week also. Doh!! I forgot.. Those bastards!! So the Castrol Syntec they sell us here is really a synthetic blend? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Well, lets just say that it is no better then GTX. I wish more people would be informed that they are paying for a highly refined dino oil, instead of a true synthetic like mobil 1. Europe gets much higher quality full synthetic oils from Castrol, but not us here in NA. Castrol

 

my ITR drinks Mobil 1. this is actually a recent topic i've posted. basically, all VTEC's...especially ITR's and S2000's drink it up. probably has to do with the extreme high revving.

i'm switching to Amsoil 5W30 in a couple weeks. supposed to be the best stuff. i'm hoping my R isn't thirsty for it like the M1.

my brother has a 2000 Prelude and has the same problem with M1. he recently switched to Castrol Syntec 5W30. we're waiting to see if the "easily-accessible" Castrol lasts as long as the "harder to find" Amsoil.
then we'll decide which oil we'll stick with. i'll post up the results when we know what's up.