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Car Forum / Honda Cars / May 2006what oil???
Just bought my wife a 03 Accord ex V6 with 40k and like new condition. The dealer changed the oil to Mobil 1 5/30. On reading the owners naual I find that Honda states to use only 5/20 oil. Being the follow the book type I called the Honda dealer and was told to use only 5/20 oil regular or Mobil 1 but only 5/20. I cannot find Mobile 1 5/20 in the area where I live so I called the dealer back and asked if I could use Fords Motorcraft 5/20 syn/blend which I buy by the case for my new Ford truck and this would keep me from having to buy two different oils. The dealer told me that would be fine. So I changed the oil and filter to the Motorcraft oil and a Mobil 1 filter. Does anyone on this forum see any problems with my choice of oils??? dasher I do not think 5-20 Mobile 1 Syn is not out yet, but was told you can use 0-20 Mobile Syn. I see regular 5-20 all over the places like Wal-Mart. The Ford oil should be fine Gary > Just bought my wife a 03 Accord ex V6 with 40k and like new condition. > The dealer changed the oil to Mobil 1 5/30. On reading the owners [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > dasher Thanks for the reply Gary, I found some 5/20 Mobile at a Autozone 90 miles away. I think I will stick with the Motorcraft it has worked very well in my truck and its half the price. I change my oil often anyway. dasher dasher, as far as that engine is concerned, oil is oil... it was designed to use petroleum based oil. Any oil with a current SAE rating that is energy conserving (starburst icon) will work. If the ford oil meets the above; then it is fine > Just bought my wife a 03 Accord ex V6 with 40k and like new condition. > The dealer changed the oil to Mobil 1 5/30. On reading the owners [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > dasher -- Tp, -------- __o ----- -\<. -------- __o --- ( )/ ( ) ---- -\<. -------------------- ( )/ ( ) ----------------------------------------- No Lawsuit Ever Fixed A Moron... Thanks for the reply, I'm going to go with the Motorcraft. Its worked well for my truck. dasher > Just bought my wife a 03 Accord ex V6 with 40k and like new condition. > The dealer changed the oil to Mobil 1 5/30. On reading the owners > naual I find that Honda states to use only 5/20 oil. Being the follow > the book type I called the Honda dealer and was told to use only 5/20 > oil regular or Mobil 1 but only 5/20. Mobil 1 5W-30 is a fully synthetic motor oil and would have been perfectly fine in your engine. Better than any part synthetic 5W-20. Honda spec. 5W-20 as a means to achieve a few tenths of a mile per gallon more than 5W-30. Of course, after running the oil for 7500 miles or so the viscosity of Mobil 1 is likely to be closer to spec than the part synthetic oil so following the manual any not have been the best course of action. Having dumped the synthetic oil I suppose you will now change the oil on the severe schedule. FYI; Mobil 1 synthetic would have been fine for 7500 miles. > I cannot find Mobile 1 5/20 in the area where I live so I called the > dealer back and asked if I could use Fords Motorcraft 5/20 syn/blend [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Does anyone on this forum see any problems with my choice of oils??? You car will run just fine with any SL grade oil up to and including 30 weight. Following the book is OK but you may be taking it just a tad too seriously when you dump $30 worth of synthetic oil because its 5W-30 rather than 5W-20. Where I live summer time temperatures often exceed 90F and I use 5W-30 in my Honda 2004 Accord engine and all my other engines, too. Never had an oil related engine problem, always get mpg at least equal to EPA estimates and all my engines run fine for the life of my cars, usually over 200,000 miles. > dasher Ease up, you'll live longer. Enjoy the car. You'll probably want to get rid of those OEM Michelin Energy tires if they're still on the car. See www.tirerack.com for some alternatives that will provide better traction on wet roads. |
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