Recent content by SiRDOHC

In hearing so many good things about VRP on here I just wish I had some problematic engines to try it on and track improvements!. That Honda I talk of is still on the road with the oil burning engine many years later with solid quarter panels and all! , Albeit it doesn’t see daily use…. It...

I can't be the only one that sometimes wonders how this oil could have helped oil burners that you have long sold off or scrapped. I'll start: I had 2000 Civic SiR with the B16A2 that started burning oil at around 90k miles, which turned into a quart every 1000miles habit by the time it got to...

This is the thing about this dynamic force engine. It runs so **** cool that it makes you wonder what goal a Xw30 is even going to accomplish unless you are hill climbing anywhere on the equator line. This is coming someone who has exclusively used Xw30 in it and am questioning it as the fuel...

I have used these in the summer. The first is Canadian Tire rebottled PUP which is was discontinued and now brought back as “Extended Performance” Have also used Actual yellow bottle PUP 5w30. In winter have used 0w30 Euro LX and M1 AFE. Very consistent characteristics from the MM(PUP)...

I would run 5w30 in warmer climate just like I ran in VQs in the past, but grade aside I would be doing short intervals, have seen these produce coal like sludge first hand.

Thats funny, I just saw and heard one running in a parking lot and thought sheesh , it doesn’t sound too healthy for a Honda (Ticking and clicking).Assume 5w20 all its life as per cap. I’d run a euro w30 in it and see where that takes it.

That is insane @ $19.77. Crazy that it would last more than a couple of days going into the summer months. Goes to show how uninformed the average oil buyer is, bypassing it because it is not xw20. I made another post about this oil a while back. They were clearing out QS EURO line as well. I...

It is still kicking around in my neck of the woods but inventory is scant.

I am using this in the 5w30 variety. I like to think it is just rebottled PuP, but even if it isnt, it is still a very good oil for the price. What city are you finding this deal? I think I got the last of this stuff in my city for $25/jug.

Yes, even if it doesn't burn oil. Ringland deposits are sort of like clogged arteries. Not really a problem...... until they are. Think of topping up your old engine like someone who is older and needs blood thinners to stay alive. It's best if you can avoid going down that path when younger...

Drawbacks of being more viscous than it needs to be for the conditions. I have no baseline for what kind of fuel consumption in severe winter is achievable with 0w16, that was my mistake for jumping the gun on 0w30. In the summer I have seen first hand that the difference in consumption is...

I'm in Canada and want something I can get off the shelf at Canadian Tire or Walmart. I guess my point is I don't know if there are any benefits to a 0w30 in this engine in an extreme winter and there might only be drawbacks. If the heating system struggles to maintain cabin heat in most of...

I missed the start of this thread as I was taking a bit of a much needed BITOG break, and chimmed in on another thread about my findings after a cold long winter using 0w30 AFE in this engine. I don’t have any 0w20 or 0w16 experience as I jumped the gun and went straight to a 0w30 after break...

After completing a full winter of real world testing, using 0w30 AFE in my D4S Rav4, City and Hwy mpg was just brutal as compared to spring and summer. I know all of the contributors to this worsened mpg that are at play in winter but oil temp /viscosity is the largest one. We experience severe...

For the same reason the same folks might use a 40wt in a different application that "call" for 30wt. Critical thinking is a kind of thinking in which you question, analyze, interpret, evaluate and make a judgement about what you read, hear, say, or write. The term critical comes from the Greek...