Oil weight

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

04-30-14, 06:34 PM

Black1129

Rookie

Thread Starter

Join Date: Mar 2014

Location: Florida

Posts: 60

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

Oil weight

What's a proper weight for 190xxx miles? Synthetic!

Reply Like

05-01-14, 01:46 AM

PIONEER

Driver

iTrader: (2)

Join Date: Sep 2005

Location: Nc

Posts: 143

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

5w30 will work if you don't have any leaks. If the seals are all original, and you have never used synthetic, you might get leaks if you do.

Reply Like

05-01-14, 08:14 AM

NoMoreVTEC

Driver School Candidate

Join Date: Mar 2013

Location: SC

Posts: 49

Likes: 0

Received 1 Like on 1 Post

I'm at 190k, I use 5w-30 synthetic.

Reply Like

05-01-14, 02:14 PM

Black1129

Rookie

Thread Starter

Join Date: Mar 2014

Location: Florida

Posts: 60

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

Quote:

Originally Posted by PIONEER

5w30 will work if you don't have any leaks. If the seals are all original, and you have never used synthetic, you might get leaks if you do.

I think that's what happened previous owner used regular oil and I switched to synthetic and I got a small leak from the top left to cams. That helped thanx

Reply Like

Reply Subscribe

Related Topics

Thread

Thread Starter

Forum

Replies

Last Post

Switched to Full Synthetic. Now oil leaks

tomf

ES - 1st to 4th Gen (1990-2006)

01-10-11 09:06 AM

Oil

weaksauce

GS - 2nd Gen (1998-2005)

06-16-09 04:51 PM

10W30 or 5W30 Synthetic?

Zeal3

LS - 1st and 2nd Gen (1990-2000)

04-19-09 04:07 PM

switched over to synthetic oil

MoogieBoogie

Maintenance

12-08-03 01:23 PM

Synthetic Oil starting at 86,000 Miles

Jwats

Maintenance

10-12-02 10:58 PM

Reply Share

First
Prev
1 / 1
Next
Last

Forum Jump