First oil Change
#11
Registered User
i change mine when the oil minder gets to 20-30%. 3 changes already done, at 11700 miles, and just put MOBIL 1 in at the last change. was using castrol gtx 10w30 before that.
#15
Banned
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Northern Cuba.. err Miami
Posts: 162
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
On a brand new car I've always changed the oil at 300 miles.
I do this to make sure all the lubricants and any pieces of metal left in the car after the build are removed.
Also that is when I switch from conventional oil to synthetic. Never bad to be over cautious... then I run them like all hell.
I do this to make sure all the lubricants and any pieces of metal left in the car after the build are removed.
Also that is when I switch from conventional oil to synthetic. Never bad to be over cautious... then I run them like all hell.
#16
Registered User
Originally Posted by agent,Jun 26 2007, 10:46 AM
Why? I was planning to put in 10w60 actually, but then i figured that i'd have to change it back to 0w40 in winter...
To the OP...every 5,000 miles with conventional or every 10,000 with synthetic. Any sooner is waste and excess.
#18
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: all up in your grill
Posts: 20,875
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Your impression is mistaken. Nowhere does Honda specify anything heavier than 5W-40 for the S2000. Higher viscosities will do little more than slow the flow of oil through your engine. Lighter viscosities have good shear resistance, flow, and film strength to protect well. Don't overthink things.
#19
Registered User
Originally Posted by agent,Jun 26 2007, 01:23 PM
No. I'm under impression that higher viscosity index and higher tolerance to high temperatures equals better oil.
I've put in 0w40. I wanted 0w50 but they were out of it With the winters here you can't get away with putting in 10w oil in a car like S2k
Saying "you can't get away with putting 10w oil in a car like the S2000" because of winter is simply beyond absurd. Whatever 0 cold weight oil you are using is going to be at the thickness of a 10 cold weight within one minute of you turning over your motor. To imply that an extra 10 cold weight is going to have negative effects on your motor is ignorance by definition, unless you just happen to have the only S2000 in Antarctica.
Why is it that there are always people that think there is something "better" than what Honda engineers suggest?
10W/30, 5W/30, 5W/40 are the only oil choices one should consider for the S2000.
#20
Registered User
Well I'm not really sure you even understand the elementary basics of oil when you make a comment like this.
unless you just happen to have the only S2000 in Antarctica.
there is something "better" than what Honda engineers suggest