Oil for 1600 Mile Trip

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Originally Posted By: mclasser
I'd use the 5W30 Quaker State Ultimate Durability. Honda 4-bangers of that era really aren't oil snobs. I'm running 5W30 in my sig Accord right now and haven't noticed a difference in gas mileage or anything. Like someone above said, save the 5W20 for your harsh MN winters.

Make sure to use a quality filter as well.


The trip is a move to a warmer climate. Job relocation otherwise I'd stay in the -30 winters. So I won't really need the lightweight oil any more and nobody bought a 5qt unopened jug of Mobil 020 for $10 at our garage sale. Idiots!

 

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Originally Posted By: 285south
Originally Posted By: thunderfog
4k RPM at 80mph? Yowzers.

Use the 5w-20.


Dodge Neon 2000 can go faster than that. 4k RPM at 90mph!


What does speed have to do with RPM? Completely different cars and gear ratios/red lines. I'm talking highway cruising speed but I'm glad your sweet Neon can go faster than my sweet Civic???

 

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So it looks like 5w30 wins. That's the jug at the front of my shelf, too. Then I'll probably use the Mobil 1 0w-20 next year mixed with 0w-40 for the summer oil change.

 

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Honda engines are easy on oil, 4000-5000 RPM is nothing for Honda engines, my S2000 is spinning at 5000 RPM at 90 MPH and it can run hours without any problem.

Mixing Mobil 1 0W20 with 0W40 is what I have in my S2000 engine now, the regular 10W30(conventional or synthetic) has HTHS around 3.0-3.1, with 40% 0W20 and 60% 0W40 the HTHS is around 3.4 for 4500-5000 RPM most of the time.