I recently bought a '00 Mercury Sable with the 24 valve, Duratech engine. Car's got 80,000 miles.
My wife has a '98 Acura RL 3.5 with 75,000 miles.
Just changed the oil on both this week. Used Pennzoil 5W-30 after reading some of you guys favorable comments and reading several pages with test results. On the Sable I used a Motorcraft 820S filter. On the Acura a ........
Fram TG. OK. OK, I know. Look. I was at Wally's getting supplies and had a list of all the filters that fit the Acura. I get there they only have Fram, a very few Motorcraft and Supertech. No problem if I can get the ST. Right? But the 1st few pages of the manual with the filter size was missing so...... Hey one Fram won't kill a Honda/Acura, will it?
My questions........
1. What dino oil and filter would you guys recommend for these two? I'll probably be changing oil at between 3,000 to 4,000 miles.
1.a) That Acura filter was so small. Couldn't hold much more than a cup. Do you recommend a larger one? How would I find a larger one if so?
2. The Sable calls for 5W-30. The Acura does too but also says if you're in climates that aren't below 20 degrees F., 10W-30 is OK, too. I'm in a climate that goes below 20 maybe once a year by 2 degrees for about an hour. So stick with 5W-30 or what?
3. The Sable calls for, oil changes at 5,000 miles and 3,000 / 3 months if severe usage. The Sable gets about 12,000 miles per year with about half of that being 1,000 trips to Florida and back.
The Acura's manual calls for changes at 7,500 12/months or 3,750/6 months for severe.
The Acura rarely leaves town and does about 1,000 miles or fewer, per month.
So what's up with that Acura 7,500 interval?
4. I took my previous car, a '96 Taurus, to a place that used Valvoline oil and filters. Since they also do a tire rotation, would you guys object if I took these cars there for an oil change and tire rotation once a year?
Thanks, in advance
My wife has a '98 Acura RL 3.5 with 75,000 miles.
Just changed the oil on both this week. Used Pennzoil 5W-30 after reading some of you guys favorable comments and reading several pages with test results. On the Sable I used a Motorcraft 820S filter. On the Acura a ........
Fram TG. OK. OK, I know. Look. I was at Wally's getting supplies and had a list of all the filters that fit the Acura. I get there they only have Fram, a very few Motorcraft and Supertech. No problem if I can get the ST. Right? But the 1st few pages of the manual with the filter size was missing so...... Hey one Fram won't kill a Honda/Acura, will it?
My questions........
1. What dino oil and filter would you guys recommend for these two? I'll probably be changing oil at between 3,000 to 4,000 miles.
1.a) That Acura filter was so small. Couldn't hold much more than a cup. Do you recommend a larger one? How would I find a larger one if so?
2. The Sable calls for 5W-30. The Acura does too but also says if you're in climates that aren't below 20 degrees F., 10W-30 is OK, too. I'm in a climate that goes below 20 maybe once a year by 2 degrees for about an hour. So stick with 5W-30 or what?
3. The Sable calls for, oil changes at 5,000 miles and 3,000 / 3 months if severe usage. The Sable gets about 12,000 miles per year with about half of that being 1,000 trips to Florida and back.
The Acura's manual calls for changes at 7,500 12/months or 3,750/6 months for severe.
The Acura rarely leaves town and does about 1,000 miles or fewer, per month.
So what's up with that Acura 7,500 interval?
4. I took my previous car, a '96 Taurus, to a place that used Valvoline oil and filters. Since they also do a tire rotation, would you guys object if I took these cars there for an oil change and tire rotation once a year?
Thanks, in advance