Thin to thick oil converts?

[dblshock]

like the Civic for what it is, only bug-a-boo is dilution in the colder weather so doing the 0/40 and hoping.






Parked next to that new little Jaguar in BRG yesterday, my clean Honda looked even better IMO..lol.. this edition really has the lines though.

 

[bbhero]

Very cool car indeed.

 

[dblshock]

plenty out there to buy too, I could have bought 3 of them for the price of that F Jag I parked next to yesterday..and talk about a wimp driver, geez the guy really needed a few hundred thousand push-ups.

 

[TheKracken]

Originally Posted By: dblshock
plenty out there to buy too, I could have bought 3 of them for the price of that F Jag I parked next to yesterday..and talk about a wimp driver, geez the guy really needed a few hundred thousand push-ups.


You have a pretty good looking ride. Do cars in your neck of the woods tend to rust pretty fast like in MN?

 

[dblshock]

this Civic has a synthetic felt carpet on the underside and wheel wells, never seen anything like that.

..anyway my ex still driving our '03 Accord 275k rust free and my '06 Highlander had zero when I sold it recently so it depends...my used 4Runner has no body rust but of course the frame did..I treated and undercoated it this summer (lot of work)
but no I don't sweat rust right now.

 

[dblshock]

Oh just bought a M1 0/40 jug on sale $14 A/R.. like that in the 5/30 spec 4.0L

 

[dblshock]

short of a perma polar vortex I'm not moving off the 0/40 cause we just haven't seen it beat here.

 

[webfors]

There is no such thing as thick vs thin. There is enough viscosity for an application or there isn't. Think of it in those terms.

 

[FZ1]

Handsome Civic. Wash it,wax it,and put some tire dressing on.

 

[tig1]

Originally Posted By: webfors
There is no such thing as thick vs thin. There is enough viscosity for an application or there isn't. Think of it in those terms.


Hold it!!! Let's not add common since to this debate.

 

[SilverFusion2010]

There is nothing common about common sense

 

[tig1]

Originally Posted By: SilverFusion2010
There is nothing common about common sense


Not anymore there isn't.

 

[Ducked]

Originally Posted By: webfors
There is no such thing as thick vs thin. There is enough viscosity for an application or there isn't. Think of it in those terms.


OK, in those terms:-

Sometimes there is, sometimes there isn't.

Not so simple now, eh?

 

[aquariuscsm]

Originally Posted By: dblshock
like the Civic for what it is, only bug-a-boo is dilution in the colder weather so doing the 0/40 and hoping.






Parked next to that new little Jaguar in BRG yesterday, my clean Honda looked even better IMO..lol.. this edition really has the lines though.


That's a beautiful car.

 

[RemingtonHill]

I'm a fan of the new Civic. I especially like the type-R and don't normally care for cars like it.

 

[chrisri]

Originally Posted By: webfors
There is no such thing as thick vs thin. There is enough viscosity for an application or there isn't. Think of it in those terms.

Very true. There is a room for improvement without going overly thick with choosing ACEA spec oil over Api. A5/B5 5w30 would be perfect for U.S market.

 

[dblshock]

Originally Posted By: aquariuscsm
Originally Posted By: dblshock
like the Civic for what it is, only bug-a-boo is dilution in the colder weather so doing the 0/40 and hoping.






Parked next to that new little Jaguar in BRG yesterday, my clean Honda looked even better IMO..lol.. this edition really has the lines though.


That's a beautiful car.



Honda design really killed the new coupe... right down to the glass, when clean is stunning..lots are loaded with them and this one sold for $27k tax title all out the door as pictured...on 0/40 the engine should go 400k..

 

[dblshock]

...and I agree car body design took a nice step-up last couple years across the board, pretty cool stuff rolling out there these days...just shake off the stupid CAFE lube specs and your golden.

 

[jeff78]

That Civic coupe reminds me of the old CRX.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

Originally Posted By: tig1
Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite
Originally Posted By: camrydriver111
If its good enough for Dr Haas its good enough for me, 0W20 is fine
You have a 12 Litre sump that doesn't get warm on the way to work?

Haas does not apply


How about me? In my 2007 Fusion I have logged 1 trip to Maine and 21 trips to Florida. 10K OCIs and some trips with 7500 miles when I left. Also I lot of local miles in between trips. M1 0-20AFE, 4.5 qt sump, and never added oil, in fact never drops off the full mark. Pretty Cool!



I meant hyper cars that are spec'd for 5w40 or xXw60 with a large sump and get driven a short-moderate distance and never heat the oil above 70C - so the oil viscosity is never below 12cSt. If you are specd for 0W20 and you got a Ford ( or maybe a Honda) You should be good to go

But not me I have bad luck

Did your fusion spec 5w30?!