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Any oil you buy at the store is going to work with your motor, as long as its close to the weight your motor needs. Most Honda motors are 5w30. So you could use 10W30, 5W30, 10W40 even perhaps. But what I am here to tell you is that you need to take advantage of the technology that is out there for protecting your motor. Get into additives. Or oil that has additives directly in it. The best **** oil on the market, and I have tested almost all of them, is definitely Leading Edge.
www.lelube.com Leading edge is ester based oil, using base stocks from popular/leading brands you buy at AutoZone. It’s like, as you could say, Mobile 1 on steroids, or something along those lines. If you put this oil to the test on a bearing FALEX machine you learn real quick why its called the dominator around here. Here is a little chart to clue you in.
BEARING WEAR TEST: Lbs of force on bearing before bearing SIEZED and was scared heavily.
Leading Edge 5W30 blend - I ran out of weights…25+ LBS of weight and the **** bearing is still spinning! DOMINATOR.
Mobil 1 5W30 Synthetic - 3 LBS of weight and a large scar on the bearing appeared and it seized.
Not only that, but you could get a rag, and WIPE off the bearing, and the lubricant, and the stupid bearing would still take 10+ LBS of weight because the ester based chemical in it bonds to the metal. To get the entire LE off the bearing, you have to spray the **** out of it with CARB cleaner and wipe it off with a new rag. When doing the oil tests on every brand, including NEO, MOTUL, AMSOIL, TORCO, etc, you could add just 1 drop, 1 DROP of the LE to any of them and it would instantly triple, or quadruple the weight you could add to the bearing.
Well, if doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out this kind of oil protects your motor better than anything you can buy at AutoZone. In fact, I know one guy who’s oil pump failed, and he STILL DID A PASS DOWN THE TRACK WITH 0 OIL PRESSURE AND THE MOTOR DID NOT BLOW UP! You want to try that with your Mobil 1?
The point is, you want to keep your turbo lubed with the best oil you can buy with money. At least a moly based lubricant, or ester based for sure. Your turbo gets hot, and you need metal on metal protection. And the extra heat and wear a turbo causes to your motor needs extra attention. Use oil that protects the metal. I wish I sold this stuff, it’s like a Goldmine. It’s hard to get.
