I have a few oil quandries that I hope somebody can help with:
1) I'm running an AutoRX treatment in my GF's 98 Beetle (800 miles so far on an extremely sludged engine) an my 01 F150 (50 miles so far on a fairly clean engine). My gut reaction for a dino rinse for these was a deisel engine oil, so I bought some 15w-40 Delo 400. With the cold weather of New England will this damage the vehicles? The truck does short comutes each day(15 min each way) and the car does longer trips about twice a week. Considering the mileage we put on, I expect to change them in late Dec.
2) My mother just bought a 2004 Accord Coupe EX with the V6/6 speed combo. Does Honda have a sludge issue like Toyota with their V6's? This car will be doing extreme duty with a 2 mile commute back and forth each day. For example, she had a 2000 accord with only 23k on it as of yesterday. Sees hwy use once a month if that.
I'm thinking M1 0w-20 for warranty purposes. Any thoughts? Thanks!
[ October 20, 2003, 11:59 AM: Message edited by: crashz ]
1) I'm running an AutoRX treatment in my GF's 98 Beetle (800 miles so far on an extremely sludged engine) an my 01 F150 (50 miles so far on a fairly clean engine). My gut reaction for a dino rinse for these was a deisel engine oil, so I bought some 15w-40 Delo 400. With the cold weather of New England will this damage the vehicles? The truck does short comutes each day(15 min each way) and the car does longer trips about twice a week. Considering the mileage we put on, I expect to change them in late Dec.
2) My mother just bought a 2004 Accord Coupe EX with the V6/6 speed combo. Does Honda have a sludge issue like Toyota with their V6's? This car will be doing extreme duty with a 2 mile commute back and forth each day. For example, she had a 2000 accord with only 23k on it as of yesterday. Sees hwy use once a month if that.
I'm thinking M1 0w-20 for warranty purposes. Any thoughts? Thanks!
[ October 20, 2003, 11:59 AM: Message edited by: crashz ]