2025 Honda Accord Hybrid- Pick My Oil

Denso makes oil filters and air filters for Toyota as well. Fantastic build quality. Don't worry about efficiency, these Jepanese companies are into something, they like their flow.
Yes that's what I was getting at but many other OEM filters are not so nice.
 
You also need to understand something. Toyota, Honda, Mazda and Mitsubishi sell cars in places where cars are not fortunate enough to get good gas, good oil and good air. So these motors take all that into account. They are designed for the worst case. If I were you, I would just run P Ultra 0w20 or M1 EP 0w20 and Denso filter and sleep like a log. This Accord is a 500k mile car. Accords are in taxi and Uber fleets and run forever.
 
Recently I read somewhere here that Mazda owners manual just says use API oil, in other words, just change your darn oil lol. Now compare that to GM's Dexos blah blah blah and yet their garbage engines are falling apart. No great oil can fix a crappy design, and no mediocre oil can harm a phenomenal design.
 
Since most here don't read the other thread....

 
I have the sport version. Wish I had sprung the couple extra bucks up front for the EX for the smaller wheels.

The Honda hybrids struggle in the “cold”. If you’re starting off with city driving they can have a hard time getting up to temperature and the mpg’s lag. The current hybrid transmission has an actual overdrive gear that engaged with a clutch pack. That’s the gear on the engine on the power meter display. If it’s cold and you have some freeway driving going 65+ to get the engine running and up to temperature can greatly benefit subsequent mpgs.

I switched from Kirkland 0w20 to M1 truck and suv 0w20, and saw my mpg’s drop from 47.5 to 45. Switching back immediately restored mpg’s. I don’t what others basis for running thicker oils is, but I think you’ll covered by your basic SP 0w20 and don’t need high HTHS or thicker blends.
 
I have the sport version. Wish I had sprung the couple extra bucks up front for the EX for the smaller wheels.

The Honda hybrids struggle in the “cold”. If you’re starting off with city driving they can have a hard time getting up to temperature and the mpg’s lag. The current hybrid transmission has an actual overdrive gear that engaged with a clutch pack. That’s the gear on the engine on the power meter display. If it’s cold and you have some freeway driving going 65+ to get the engine running and up to temperature can greatly benefit subsequent mpgs.

I switched from Kirkland 0w20 to M1 truck and suv 0w20, and saw my mpg’s drop from 47.5 to 45. Switching back immediately restored mpg’s. I don’t what others basis for running thicker oils is, but I think you’ll covered by your basic SP 0w20 and don’t need high HTHS or thicker blends.
How many miles do you have on yours
 
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How many miles do you have on yours
19k and change. I did an early change, with 4k on Kirkland. Then 5k on Kirkland and m1. Currently on Kirkland and coming up on 5k. I don’t know if I can suppress my insatiable need to tinker with cars. I’m at 60% on the OLM and should let it run longer.
 
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No “discernible” MPG hit but in reality we all know that it’s technically not possible for a thicker oil to get equal fuel economy to that of a thinner one. It’s hard to truly measure how much MPG you lose with a thicker oil without a structured lab test, but the hit is definitely there. And even a 0.1 MPG hit can add up to a stromboli’s worth of savings every 10,000 miles 😆
You just had to throw food out there, Hit a BITOG'er where it hurts :D😋
 
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