IMHO, as long as you stick to appropriate weight, use an OEM filter, and change at intervals determined by your use --- you'll be fine. These are fairly hardy engines.

My 2¢ worth, of 2¢...

 

Synthetics are better in terms of consistency of viscosity, breakdown, thinning, etc. They also flow better for cold starts.

You don't need to have a special engine to benefit from synthetics.

Honda likely recommends syn blend for cost reasons. 10W30 is a very common grade....so its available in most oil brands and types.

But...if you're only driving the car in fair weather on the street...and doing 3K mile oil changes...the benefits you see from synthetic are minimized. Normal oil will work perfectly fine.

There are also plenty of 100-300K mile daily driven Hondas (including including S2000's) that run fine on bulk barrel oil from Jiffy Change.

I poke fun at how much people on this forum SWARM onto oil threads. Everyone has their die hard preference. Everyone's car "runs great zero problems". Almost nobody has a good reason for using the brand that they do. Some have some half-baked reasoning. But all their cars run "great zero problems for years".


The engine does not need a special oil. Just maintain the proper level and interval of maintenance.

To thoroughly answer your question:

1.) Find an oil that meets or beats the requirements listed in the owner's manual.

2.) Or use Honda-sourced oil that meets those requirements, if that's what you feel comfortable with.

3.)Its not special. Syntheic. Conventional. Blend. Use what makes you massively happy.

5.) If you're not familiar with oil and how it works...just use 10W30. Or read up on oil like a complete nerd and make an educated decision to deviate.

4.) If Honda discontinues S2000 oil...see items 1 and 3.

 

And here I was hoping for a discussion of the colors oil comes in.

 

I believe there is a brand that comes in grape cough syrup flavour.

 

I somewhat agree with "oil is oil", but I have consistent UOA from my car with relatively similar mileage/track time and one oil has stood out a bit better on wear metals/consumption for my car. I also had a UOA of Amsoil, that was not good at all, major sheering. I know others have had good luck with Amsoil, but whatever I did it didn't like!

 

But can I get cherry flavor to match my car?

 

Absolutely not.

 

Hm.

Guess I'll get dat purple stuff & just throw a keep calm chive on sticker on my oil filter or something.

 

Still comes down to owner preference. Dino, synthetic, blended. Oil is oil as long as it meets spec. It's undisputed full synthetic lubricates better at cold engine temperatures but how much better than good-enough has not been published to my knowledge. Premium full synthetics are massive money makers. Buy oil on the "feel good" basis, I do.

-- Chuck

 

Synthetic oil lubricates better when the oil gets hot to. Conventional motor oil will tolerate oil sump temperatures of up to 250 degrees but starts breaking down shortly after that. Synthetic oil will withstand sump temperatures in excess of 300 degrees where as some oval-track race teams are experimenting with specially formulated, race-only synthetics operating at 350 degrees or even higher.
My S never sees oil temps of 300* because I don't beat on it for long periods of time but I do see temps of 270 to 280 regularly where and how I drive.
This is my wifes D/D so like I said we don't beat on it. We enjoy this car more than any we've had in the last 40 years and we've had some fun ones over the years.

ROD