Hot WX Oil ??

[SteveON]

A summer (HOT WX) oil question.

I have a 1991 Honda Accord with 130 K miles on it.
Palmdale/Lancaster CA area gets up to 105 to 110 in the summer and I drive ~ 100 miles a day to and from work. I change oil abut every 3 K miles running Dino (Penz usually). By the way, traffic moves pretty fast out here(75+), and I do keep up

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Getting ready to Auto-RX the engine, had a conversation with Frank from Auto RX today and he's seems to be a great guy.

So to my question. After I get done with the clean up job using Auto RX, what sort of oil would the board recommend. I've been looking at the US version of Walmart Synth, probably a 10 W 30 or higher and going to a 5 K change cycle.

Comments?

 

[Jakebrake]

I grew up in Bakersfield, so I know a little bit about the climate you are in. These are my favorites:
Dino...Chevron Supreme 10w-30
Synthetic...Mobil 1 10w-30
Both are readily available and can be had at a reasonable price.

 

[dagmando]

It is a Honda with 130K miles and I am assuming it runs fine. Continue your regular oil changes with the dino oil like you have and enjoy another 130K miles.

 

[SteveON]

"It is a Honda with 130K miles and I am assuming it runs fine"

Well...it actually uses/looses some oil, maybe 1 Qt over 2 to 3 K miles. I think it's a rear seal, hence the Auto RX experiment. Also my driving style is a bit hard, 80+ in Hot WX

I'll report over time on how things go.

 

[sprintman]

The new dino Pennzoils seem to be awesome. These guys have made a major turnaround and the 15W40 LL result just posted confirmed it IMO. I use it with Auto-Rx currently in my Outback for a 2nd clean.

 

[TooSlick]

Steve,

Spent 4.5 years as an officer stationed at the Air Force Rocket Propulsion Lab at Edwards AFB, back in the mid 1980's ....

There is a very successful Amsoil dealer in Lancaster, named Gene Young - he use to live on Fern, just north of Avenue "K", between 10th west and Sierra Hwy.

Look him up in the Yellow Pages and try the Amsoil 10w-30 or 10w-40 in this high mileage motor. I ran the 10w-30 synthetic in my 1985 Jetta year round out there and it worked very well. No oil consumption at all with 12,000 mile change intervals ....

TooSlick

 

[Al]

Either Amsoil as TooSlick said or Mobil 1 10W-30. Since you are using some oil, You probably need a slightly heavier weight. I would maybe lean to a 40 wt. A solution would be 0W-40 Mobil 1, Delvac 1 (5W-40) or some Mobil 1 15W-50 (25%) mixed in with the 10W-30. You should be able to go 7.5 K miles to 12 K miles on an oil change with either Mobil 1 or Amsoil.

I would stay away from the ST Synthetic. But if you go this route-do a change at say 6K and an oil sample. We would love to see one.

If you are not going to Mobil 1 or Amsoil due to the high usage- I would consider switching to the 10W-40 Chevron Supreme, GTX, or Pennzoil

[ June 05, 2003, 07:50 AM: Message edited by: Al ]