GTX 5w20, 5100 miles, 2000 Civic

[Jim Allen]

Originally Posted By: Patman

The 2000 Civic's manual did call for 5w30 originally, but in 2001 they started specifying 5w20.


Been considering the same move with our 2000 Accord V6 for the same reasons. I get the same sort of boring tests with our V6 on Castrol 5W30, though I make my own "Syntec Blend" by using 1qt Syntec and 4 qts GTX. Been running a 1 year OCI that way, around 6K miles (more by time than miles). This time, I'm stretching it out to 7500 miles absolute, which will be 15-16 months. Will definitely do a used oil analysis on that drain! I have some 5W20 GTX and Syntec bought for my Ford, but since I ave some other oil for it now, I may just do a swaparoo and put it into the Honda.

 

[Dave Hess]

1 Liter of oil in 5100 miles of use. I guess your Civic isn't the only one that consumed a bunch of oil when using 5w20.

Our old 1998 Civic drank oil when I used 5w20, switched back to 10w30 and consumption went down to zero.

 

[Patman]

Originally Posted By: LT4 Vette
1 Liter of oil in 5100 miles of use. I guess your Civic isn't the only one that consumed a bunch of oil when using 5w20.

Our old 1998 Civic drank oil when I used 5w20, switched back to 10w30 and consumption went down to zero.

When I first switched it over to GTX 5w20 it didn't use any oil though, it was only once I switched it to Petro Canada's 5w20 that the consumption began.

 

[buster]

High VI. I wonder if this is a group III?

 

[chevrofreak]

I've long figured that GTX was a synthetic blend that just wasn't advertised as such.

 

[strombony]

Originally Posted By: buster
High VI. I wonder if this is a group III?



AT $16.00/5qt jug it sure as shizzy better be!!!!