Who is using Havoline 5w20?

[Triple_Se7en]

There have also been very good used oil analysis here at BITOG with regular Pennzoil 5W-20. Not sure about Castrol GTX... don't recall seeing any with it in 5W-20.

 

[asiancivicmaniac]

I ran it for 1k after I had the factory fill in for 4k. That was almost a year ago so I don't recall how it ran. One thing I remember though is that after 1k the oil was really dark. Maybe I'll try it again after I finish my mini-stash.

In reply to someone's question about the 10k oci interval for a Civic, I run my ocis for 5k. Maybe when I drive more miles in the future I would run 10k on synthetic but I don't think I will ever try that with a conventional oil.

 

[mechtech]

I'd use Havoline 5w20 if I could find it.

 

[Triple_Se7en]

Sometimes the store only has it in the back room cases -- other times they will special order for you & it arrives with all the other Havoline weights on the store's regular oil semi-load day.

I know which day all the auto part stores around here take delivery of oils from their warehouse.

 

[James408]

I changed from Castrol 5w20 to Havoline 5w20 and I am geting a couple of more miles per gallon. Go figure.

 

[lindermant]

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Are the VP owner's running Havoline conventional to 10k OCI like Honda recommends?

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I plan to... I replaced factory fill with Havoline 5w-20 in my '05 Civic VP and my intent is to run a 10k OCI assuming my driving conditions remain the same (I ran my factory fill to 10k and pulled a sample for UOA).

Based on my factory fill UOA, Blackstone recommended pulling my next sample @ 5400 miles. I'll do that and then adjust my OCI accordingly.

 

[thooks]

I am running it in my wife's 2005 Accord. Changed from Mobil 1 from Valvoline.

Will stick with Havoline. I also plan on doing an analysis at 5,000 miles on the oil. Will have 12,000 miles on the car.

I'm running 5W30 in my 1995 Accord and will pull a sample at 5,000 miles. Will have 144,000 miles on it.