I recently picked up a new Civic with the 2.0L NA direct injected motor.
Right now it's still on the FF/break-in stage with about 2,000 miles on it but being a member of BITOG, I'm already thinking about what oil and duration I want to run regularly in it.
Honda recommends to run the FF out to when the OLM says to change it, which i most likely will do (or maybe something like 30-40%).
Does anyone have any experience with this engine? I would like to stay with 0W-20 as I have not heard of any fuel/oil dilution problems with this engine. My current ideas are to either run 0w20 Castrol Magnatec and run it for 1/2 the OLM and change it essentially twice per "Honda OCI" with Magnatec so probably every 5-6,000 miles i'd change the oil. My other idea is just pick up 0W20 M1 EP and run it an entire MM OCI. I do drive a lot of highway miles (70hwy/30 city), so I'm not that afraid to run 10-12k miles per OCI but in my current vehicle I've only ever done 6500 miles max.
With either of these choices (or any other input appreciated!) I plan on using the Honda Genuine Filter for two MM OCIs (as the owners manual states).
All input appreciated.
Right now it's still on the FF/break-in stage with about 2,000 miles on it but being a member of BITOG, I'm already thinking about what oil and duration I want to run regularly in it.
Honda recommends to run the FF out to when the OLM says to change it, which i most likely will do (or maybe something like 30-40%).
Does anyone have any experience with this engine? I would like to stay with 0W-20 as I have not heard of any fuel/oil dilution problems with this engine. My current ideas are to either run 0w20 Castrol Magnatec and run it for 1/2 the OLM and change it essentially twice per "Honda OCI" with Magnatec so probably every 5-6,000 miles i'd change the oil. My other idea is just pick up 0W20 M1 EP and run it an entire MM OCI. I do drive a lot of highway miles (70hwy/30 city), so I'm not that afraid to run 10-12k miles per OCI but in my current vehicle I've only ever done 6500 miles max.
With either of these choices (or any other input appreciated!) I plan on using the Honda Genuine Filter for two MM OCIs (as the owners manual states).
All input appreciated.