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Just visited Honda dealership, they told me they could run a test, but their excessive consumption starts at 1L/1000 miles which is basically adding more than 7 quarts between oil changes... Well, so much for Japanese quality :-)

WOW - lots of replies overnight!!! BITOG community is going strong! Interesting thoughts here, appreciate everyone's reply - my opinion is that a quart every 2000 miles is not a big deal, but annoying as [censored]! I considered going to Honda and talking to them about the issue, but tearing the...

Does Honda actually call for synthetic oil in the manual? The reason I am asking because I am wondering if the oil monitor is calibrated for regular or synthetic fill? We have CRV that uses the same engine...

Hello, Last year we purchased used HONDA CR-V with 30k miles only to find out its burning ~2.5 quarts of oil between standard oil changes ( it takes 4 quarts ). The manual calls for filter change every OTHER oil change, but running Mobil 1 ( slightly thicker 10W-30 instead of 0W-20 the manual...

First of all - thanks everyone for ya great replies! BITOG got to be the BEST FORUM online as I had NEVER got so many replies in one day and this is awesome! Most replies were in line with what I expected and think myself. To make this more fun for everyone I am going to share some more...

Hi BITOG folks! I have an old high mileage back up car - Mustang 4.6*V8 that I do not drive much these days. How long can I keep the synthetic oil inside the engine before changing it? I do not drive much, but when I do, its all long highway trips... What is the best place for a buck to get a...

Thanks guys. I found another SV650 here on the forum, and his wear metals are also high, may be even higher per 1000 miles than mine. Although he had a shorter OCI. He tracks his bike though... I wonder if its something about Suzuki motors... Next time I will be using a different oil...

Check out my UOA from SV650 2007. At first I was worried when I checked the report but then I saw yours - its somewhat similar. I do not race but kept the oil for a pretty long time. About a year and >5300 miles... Our wear metals are pretty high... http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/6867/qxqp.jpg

Here is my latest oil analisys. I expected pretty usual stuff, since I do not race or track, and do mostly highway riding in normal summer temps, but I got this report, which makes me a little worried... The only thing I can think of is that I took the sample right at the beginning as I removed...

Seems like the point with European specs is not how to maintain your engine for the least amount of money but how to save the natural resources, at any cost. I mean do you think there is any point in keeping the oil for 20000 miles inside the engine apart of conservation? Oil is cheap here is...

Originally Posted By: Fuzz1 my moms X5 diesel uses Castrol SLX 2 5w30 and is running perfectly on 130 000km. My '96 Corolla is going strong at 463000 km/280k miles...

Little confused about 5W-20 (or 5W-30) recommendation. Thinking of using GC 0W-30, or Mobil 0W-30)... Long highway trips, Philadelphia weather... No exteded OCIs... BTW - are there oversized filters for Mustangs? Would I be better off using 0W or thicker 5W or even 1oW oils? New to Ford V8s...

BTW mine is 7A-FE - its a 96 Rolla..

I used Shell 15W-40 once and the valvetrain noise on cold morning starts was unbearable! ( could have been the filter, but I am inclined to think oil ) And, I am in NJ - so it was not THAT cold -just around freezing. Since then I do not quite like the thicker oils so much... BTW my oil...

Hi, I got Corolla 1.8L with 260000 miles on it ('96). It goes throught a quart of oil every 1000 miles. So I wonder - should I bother draining oil or just replace a filter every 000 miles and keep adding new oil? I usually use synthetic 10W-30... ( now Valvoline from 2 for 1 sale )

I had recently replaced a timing belt on my Corolla 96, 200 000 miles on the engine, and it was not nearly as difficult as I imagined. I could do it again in about an hour, if I had too. The most stupid part of it is that you need to take the valve train cover off to change the belt, not just...

I am using 3600 filters in my Saturn SL, an oversized version of recommended 3614. I had two filters, SuperTech from Walmart and Purolator. I used them both in a past. I can see some sort of device in Purolator at the bottom, some sort of valve, bypass or ADB I do not know. The SuperTech does...

My first GC 0-30 purchase after reading this forum. Stopped at the local AZ, presented PepBoys coupon, and got two boxes of Batch 04 stuff ( which is distributed from NJ where I live ) for 4$/qrt. Not bad, huh?