Paulinfiji, I think your maintenance program is par excellance. I feel you could give advice to many of the people on BITOG. I agree with everything you are currently doing. Since Hondas have such a small sump, how much money would you save by switching? Amsoil is a proven performer in harsh winter environments.
Dino vs Synth question
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Originally posted by 427Z06:
Amen.
With increased perception of valvetrain and other noise and the tendency for M1 to show relatively higher levels of iron, I don't see how you can make such a definitve statement. Sounds like an opinion to me.
I don't think I ever said oil X wouldn't sound louder in engine A vs. oil Y. Engines do sound different with different oils. I know my wife's Volvo 850 is just plain more quiet with FRESH oil. Mainly it's a viscosity and to some extent an additive thing.
But again a general statement such as "synthetic oil is louder in all engines than dino oil" is really not true. I am NOT disregarding the numerous folks who report M1 being louder. But is this really a base oil origin cause or a viscosity issue? Most folks using Amsoil, Redline, Schaeffer's say their engines are a tad quieter.
But again a general statement such as "synthetic oil is louder in all engines than dino oil" is really not true. I am NOT disregarding the numerous folks who report M1 being louder. But is this really a base oil origin cause or a viscosity issue? Most folks using Amsoil, Redline, Schaeffer's say their engines are a tad quieter.
Not only is my engine quieter but the oil stays cleaner longer. At 3K the oil looks honey color with amsoil 5W30. When i bought my 2002 Tacoma i bought that crappy prepaid maintence crap till 55K. During that time i was using redline till recently i switched to amsoil 5w30 all i can say i wished i swithced sooner. Ive got one more oil change left and then its all me after that. Amsoil is buy far the best product ive used.
I'd stick with dino unless your doing extended drain intervals, UOA's have shown that dinos can protect engines as well as synthetics under normal drain intervals. Using synthetics is a great idea, but a complete waste if your going to dump them after 3000 miles.
This statement proves my point that other people have, and can support, their own opinions.
Your idle speed, redline speed or any other engine speed won't increase/decrease with viscosity.
The engine idle/rpm speed is programmed into the engine's computer, so it will always make necessary adjustments to keep the rpms in the same exact range regardless of the variations in the oil's thikness or amount of drug it creates.
I agree. Use what the auto manufacturer recommends. The use of synthetic oil in an engine not designed for it is a waste of money. And, changing synthetic every 3000 miles is a colossal waste of money. It still amazes me the number of forum members who change their synthetic oil every 3000 miles.
Better call the geeksquad and tell them to reformulate Mobil 1. I get 88 hits by searching for "Mobil high iron".
I don't need to provide any references. I am not the one making any bold claims.
I maintain my wife's 2003 Accord which we purchased new. I have changed the oil at 5K intervals since new. At 5k I began using Mobil 1 0w20 and puralater pureone filters.I tried just changing the filter and adding 1/2 qt at 35k. At 250 miles later I checked the oil and found it to be black as coal so at that moment I said to **** with Mobil 1 and changed to Motorcraft 5w20 blend which is less than half the cost of M1. If you plan on 5k oil and filter changes a blend will be just fine.
There is a difference between perception"high iron" and numbers The search querry means nothing without the content and circumstance that resulted in a hit on a search, Pull the numbers on like engines and crunch them. Feel free to crunch numbers as you wish using the vast data base on this forum and you will see that the numbers are not bad. I already did enough to feel comfortable with M1.quote:
Originally posted by Tones:
Better call the geeksquad and tell them to reformulate Mobil 1. I get 88 hits by searching for "Mobil high iron".
I don't need to provide any references. I am not the one making any bold claims.
Here is the link with the data I wasn't to lazy to put together to get a picture .
http://theoildrop.server101.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=000006;p=2#000025
I think this research
http://www.oetg.at/website/wtc2001cd/html/M-21-27-729-LOCKWOOD.pdf
proves my observations.
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