Civic EX Oil
Mista Bone
winger wrote in message
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>My '97 Civic EX recommends 5w-30 oil. Most garages around here
>(upstate NY) do not have this weight. They use 10-30 or 10-40 and
>claim this will do fine.
>
>Short of buying it myself and having the garage install it, I would
>like some opinions of using 10-30 or 10-40.
>
>thanks
>
>
>
BobsGL1500
>(upstate NY) do not have this weight. They use 10-30 or 10-40 and
>claim this will do fine.
>
>Short of buying it myself and having the garage install it, I would
>like some opinions of using 10-30 or 10-40.
>
>thanks
Just go to a Wal-Mart or K-Mart, they have it available.
na
would be fine but I would use what the manual recommends and I would stop
trying to re engineer the honda design unless you know something the rest
of us dont
winger wrote in message
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Joe J.
winger wrote in message
<97sk6sgkn1nl33f48...@news.mindspring.com>...
>My '97 Civic EX recommends 5w-30 oil. Most garages around here
>(upstate NY) do not have this weight. They use 10-30 or 10-40 and
>claim this will do fine.
>
>Short of buying it myself and having the garage install it, I would
>like some opinions of using 10-30 or 10-40.
>
>thanks
>
My manual recommends, and I use, 5W-30. Most new cars use it also. Don't
know why it would be so uncommon at garages in your area. I've got over
200K miles on my 90 Si, so 5W-30 must be doing an adequate job. Joe
Kevin McMurtrie
winger <winger@> wrote:
>My '97 Civic EX recommends 5w-30 oil. Most garages around here
>(upstate NY) do not have this weight. They use 10-30 or 10-40 and
>claim this will do fine.
>
>Short of buying it myself and having the garage install it, I would
>like some opinions of using 10-30 or 10-40.
>
>thanks
>
They're nuts. It's too cold in NY now for 10W anything. The first
number is the cold rating and the second is the hot rating. 5W-30
behaves like cold 5 weight oil when it's cold and like hot 30 weight oil
when it's hot.
10W-30 is a slightly better oil than 5W-30, because it contains less
viscosity modifiers, but it can be harmful when the engine is very cold.
10W-30 might not flow well enough in your weather. 10W-30 is a good oil
for places like the SF Bay Area where a really friggin cold morning is
47F.
10W-40 in a Honda just makes the engine less efficient. You shouldn't
use a higher hot weight unless your engine is really worn out and burns
too much 30 weight.
Gareth Cranny
being what I use in our damn winters...Begin in NY, I'd use the 0w there in
the winter too. If it comes down to it, simply buy your oil at Wal-Mart...
--
Gareth
98 Honda Civic Si
Honda Acura Drivers Association
http://hada.homepage.ca
winger <winger@> wrote in message
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Pars
Kevin McMurtrie wrote:
> In article <97sk6sgkn1nl33f48...@news.mindspring.com>,
> winger <winger@> wrote:
>
> >My '97 Civic EX recommends 5w-30 oil. Most garages around here
> >(upstate NY) do not have this weight. They use 10-30 or 10-40 and
> >claim this will do fine.
> >
> >Short of buying it myself and having the garage install it, I would
> >like some opinions of using 10-30 or 10-40.
> >
> >thanks
> >
>
> They're nuts. It's too cold in NY now for 10W anything. The first
> number is the cold rating and the second is the hot rating. 5W-30
> behaves like cold 5 weight oil when it's cold and like hot 30 weight oil
> when it's hot.
>
> 10W-30 is a slightly better oil than 5W-30, because it contains less
> viscosity modifiers, but it can be harmful when the engine is very cold.
> 10W-30 might not flow well enough in your weather. 10W-30 is a good oil
> for places like the SF Bay Area where a really friggin cold morning is
> 47F.
I've heard that synthetic oil flows better in extreme cold when compared to
normal 5w-30.
mred
Pars <par...@interlog.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> I've heard that synthetic oil flows better in extreme cold when compared
to
> normal 5w-30.
True
>
> > 10W-40 in a Honda just makes the engine less efficient. You shouldn't
> > use a higher hot weight unless your engine is really worn out and burns
> > too much 30 weight.
Most manufacturers do NOT recommend a 10w 40 motor oil because the long
chain polymers breakdown too quickly.
The consensus is to use a multi-grade oil with the shortest span between
grades, as being the best oil for your car.
I think if you check your manual on late model cars 10w 40 is specifically
not recommended.
There are many good sites on the web that will get you unbiased information
on oils.
ed/ontario.kanada
Bror Jace
I live in upstate New York (near Saratoga) and if your
garage does not want to put in 5W30, switch garages. Heck,
even dealerships offer specials on simnple things like oil
changes in the hoopes they'll get you in the habit of going
there when more expensive procedures are required.
In short, go somewhere else. 10W30 is just too thick when
the temps get into single digits and especially below zero
farenheight.
--- Bror Jace
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mred
Bror Jace <brorjace...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote in message
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> Winger,
> I live in upstate New York (near Saratoga) and if your
> garage does not want to put in 5W30, switch garages. Heck,
> even dealerships offer specials on simnple things like oil
> changes in the hoopes they'll get you in the habit of going
> there when more expensive procedures are required.
>
> In short, go somewhere else. 10W30 is just too thick when
> the temps get into single digits and especially below zero
> farenheight.
>
> --- Bror Jace
>
NY. but the last two winters have been relatively mild , even today is about
40*F and raining a little.
However since my oil will stay in during January and February I use 5w30 in
case it does fall well below freezing and when it goes down to -15-25*F I
use a block heater to relieve the strain on the starter, and battery and all
moving parts.
Come March it will be 10w30 again.Sometimes we get +75-80*F in March.
ed/ontario/kanada