When to check the oil?
04-15-2003, 05:38 AM
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When to check the oil?
When is the best time to check my cars oil? When it is hot or cold? Couldn't find the answer in handbook.
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04-15-2003, 05:45 AM
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with Zero.Either check it before you start the car in the morning, or leave it stand for at least a couple of hours after a run so that the oil drains back into the sump. I'm told it can take a while for the oil in the engine to drain back down after running, so if you check the level before it has had a chance to do so, you'll get an artificially high reading.
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Also as the reading can be different on each side of the dipstick use the lowest reading. Each mark on the stick = 100ml of oil
In the run in period check the oil level at least once a week, oil gets used very quickly in VTEC...... so more VTEC = more checks!.
Now that mine is run in (8000 miles) its using oil more slowly but I still check every few hundred miles.
In the run in period check the oil level at least once a week, oil gets used very quickly in VTEC...... so more VTEC = more checks!.
Now that mine is run in (8000 miles) its using oil more slowly but I still check every few hundred miles.
04-15-2003, 07:50 AM
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Originally posted by zero_to60
I've done 4000 in mine and used a total of 2 litres to top up...is this high?
I've done 4000 in mine and used a total of 2 litres to top up...is this high?
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PL, mineral oil up to 9,000 miles - ideally 10W-30 but 10W-40 or 5W-30 will do fine. After 9,000 miles, synthetic oil - same viscosity.
Halfords do a mineral oil which seems to be used by a lot of people on here (in a burnt orange bottle, IIRC). Mobil 1 seems to be the synthetic oil of choice.
On that subject, I was looking at the price of oil in CostCo yesterday. 0W-40 Mobil 1 is around
Halfords do a mineral oil which seems to be used by a lot of people on here (in a burnt orange bottle, IIRC). Mobil 1 seems to be the synthetic oil of choice.
On that subject, I was looking at the price of oil in CostCo yesterday. 0W-40 Mobil 1 is around
04-15-2003, 08:21 AM
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Oh 
I shall print this off and give it to the man who does and then he can decide and get me some...... I have previously used Shell Helux Synthetic something or other!!
Thanks Mark, you are a star as usual
I shall print this off and give it to the man who does and then he can decide and get me some...... I have previously used Shell Helux Synthetic something or other!!Thanks Mark, you are a star as usual