Lube choices for 2014 Accord 3.5 liter J35Y1

[zamadison]

Found some new lubes at Walmart today. I had not seen these at our Walmart before.

Car calls for 0w20 API SN per my owner's manual. I would prefer all of the Euro certifications which I think I can get with this Pennzoil. I am tempted to run the PZoil 5w30 L. I will follow the maintenance minder with OEM 15400 filters. What say you all?

 

[2010Civic]

On a 2014 car that calls for 0W-20 I would use 0W-20.

 

[bcredeur97]

I wouldn't use a 5w with the tight tolerances.

you could use a 0w-20 or 0w-30 probably. I see no reason for you to move up to a 30 weight though, maybe if you live in a REALLY hot climate. But otherwise it's fine..

 

[Linctex]

Originally Posted By: bcredeur97
I wouldn't use a 5w with the tight tolerances.


?????

The dude lives in California -

there is ZERO problem with going 5W- over a 0W-... none at all.

 

[kschachn]

Originally Posted By: bcredeur97
I wouldn't use a 5w with the tight tolerances.

How tight are the tolerances, exactly?

 

[Mr Nice]

Either oil will do just fine.

 

[PimTac]

Same pic of the M1 in another thread. Hmm

 

[NormanBuntz]

No need to pay extra for the Euro spec oil. Honda four's run well on almost anything, reportedly. Personally I prefer to use 5w-20 in my southern climate. Tolerances? We don't need no stinking tolerances!

 

[oil_film_movies]

You don't need a High Mileage oil until over 75k miles. Any 0w20 synthetic is fine.
The Pennzoil Euro L is too thick, and its low or mid saps, not great to use with our high sulphur gasoline in the U.S., although maybe California has low sulphur gasoline now.

 

[ThirdeYe]

Originally Posted By: NormanBuntz
No need to pay extra for the Euro spec oil. Honda four's run well on almost anything, reportedly. Personally I prefer to use 5w-20 in my southern climate. Tolerances? We don't need no stinking tolerances!


That they do. Mine made it to around 573k on dealership bulk oil changes per the OLM at 7-9k before I took over doing the oil changes on it.

 

[Linctex]

Originally Posted By: ThirdeYe

That they do. Mine made it to around 573k on dealership bulk oil changes per the OLM at 7-9k before I took over doing the oil changes on it.


Sweet! I wonder what swill they were buying at 1,000 gallons at a time.

 

[ThirdeYe]

Originally Posted By: Linctex
Originally Posted By: ThirdeYe

That they do. Mine made it to around 573k on dealership bulk oil changes per the OLM at 7-9k before I took over doing the oil changes on it.


Sweet! I wonder what swill they were buying at 1,000 gallons at a time.


I do, too. I plan on asking next time I'm there. I think it's Gulf Synthetic Blend, but I could be wrong. I know that's what they used when they changed the oil on my girlfriend's old Civic when we brought it there a few years ago. It had a Honda OEM oil filter on both vehicles after they changed it, so I'm assuming that's what they used every time.

 

[oil_film_movies]

Originally Posted By: ThirdeYe
I do, too. I plan on asking next time I'm there. I think it's Gulf Synthetic Blend, but I could be wrong. I know that's what they used when they changed the oil on my girlfriend's old Civic when we brought it there a few years ago. It had a Honda OEM oil filter on both vehicles after they changed it, so I'm assuming that's what they used every time.
If you own a Nissan, Honda, Kia, etc. dealership, you can use any cheapo SN oil in existence, since those companies generally don't require anything better. A good business person in that position will just buy barrels of whatever they can get the cheapest that year. I guess they still need to stock some higher-spec oil (like HTO-06 oil for example) for when customers insist on better stuff or its simply required for a turbo engine.