In a week an a half or so (Dec. 13th) I'll be leaving rainy old Olympia and going to visit Disneyland for a week. This is about 2200 miles roundtrip. The car is a '95 Honda Accord, 4 cylinder w/V-TEC. 134k miles, uses very little oil. Anyway, I'm just finishing up the second clean phase of an ARX seal treatment. I'll change that oil out with 1000 miles on it on Dec. 11th. I've been running Chevron Supreme 10W-30 for the ARXing so far, but I'm wondering if I should go with something a little thicker for the road trip.
Part of me says "It will be cool outside, the oil temps won't get too high, I won't have to worry about the oil getting too thin."
The other part of me knows that I'll be driving through some mountain ranges, and that I love to fly through mountain ranges at high speeds (as long as the roads are clear and dry of course
).
Do you guys think 12 cSt Chevron Supreme 10W-30, with it's 3.1 HT/HS would be fine for this run, or should I thicken it up with a quart or two of Delo 400 15W-40? Does anyone think I should run straight Delo?
Mapquest says that Olympia to Anaheim is about just over 1100 miles, so this 2200 miles roundtrip will be just about a perfect distance for my second rinse phase. When I get back home I'll be changing it out for one last 3k mile run of Chevron Supreme 10W-30, so cold weather starting will not be an issue at all.
EDIT: Added type of car an vehicle miles.
[ December 03, 2004, 05:18 AM: Message edited by: Palut ]
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