wtk: K20A motor oil

neilspeed___ · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:10 am Post subject: wtk: K20A motor oil

just wanted to know what is the OEM recommeded motor oil for the K20A in a DC5 ITR Question

reiXmann · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:28 am Post subject:

honda genuine 10w30 for our climate

honda genuine 5w20 for colder countries

neilspeed___ · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:36 am Post subject:

you sure about that bro?...i know the civics use that oil..i was thinking someting synthetic for the K20

praise · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:52 am Post subject:

OEM recommeded is exactly what reiXmann states. However, you can also use either 5W30 or 10W30 fully synthetic oil or synthetic blend. Failure to use these recommended products can results in serious engine damage especially to the bearings.

neilspeed___ · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:27 pm Post subject:

thanks

GEAR_HEAD · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:40 pm Post subject:

have amsoil in stock if u r interested Twisted Evil

Anil_Sooknanan · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:15 am Post subject:

^^^^^^^^^ check out this fella i have a few customers who brought the oil from this guy. good price for a good product. Wink

GEAR_HEAD · Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:18 am Post subject:

haydn28 · Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:58 pm Post subject:

i thought ITR owners does use NP sae 50? Rolling Eyes

ingalook · Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 1:47 am Post subject:

20w50 real safe in a B-series

10w30 is for much colder climates... but Honda men love to use that

I guess the k-series may actually use 10w30... but even the Honda-Tech men say they change to 10w40 in the "summer"

I eh know if allyuh fellas ever drive in Trinidad, but nearly every day here is a blistering "summer" day

reiXmann · Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 4:46 am Post subject:

ingalook · Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 1:38 pm Post subject:

chris1388 · Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 2:32 pm Post subject:

Amsoil fellas, it is THE best oil in the world proven. Anyone that can prove that wrong i'd like to hear about it

praise · Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 11:23 pm Post subject:

reiXmann · Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 11:43 pm Post subject:

chris1388 · Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 11:58 pm Post subject:

Amsoil does there testing and backs it up with FIGURES. They list ALL the info for you on there website for you to see. Amsoil is the first in synthetics and have been making synthetic oil way longer than any other brand. As for the API certification, i use 10-40 in my car and it is API certified. I also checked many of their other oils and it is API certified. Do you ever see mobil or royal purple ever claim to be better than amsoil or say they make false claims ?? NO they don't, they know amsoil is better and would never step out of line. They do their testing in their labs, but do you ever hear anyone oppose them?
Take a look at these:

http://www.synthetic-motor-...-doesamsoilreallywork.php

http://www.synthetic-motor-.../amsoils-big-competitors/

http://www.synthetic-motor-...ently-asked-questions.php

Amsoil guarantees extended drain intervals, much longer than that 15000km you have said, and if the oil does not uphold to this then why don't we see bad rumours going around or why are they not sued for false advertising?????

praise · Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 9:20 pm Post subject:

Firstly those testing was done since 2003 so that's outdated information since oil's has improved and change since then even in the grading, so using 2003 comparison to prove that Amsoil is better is like comparing West Indies criket side in the early 80's and saying West Indies is the best criket side in the World.
Yes Amsoil guarantees extended drain interval over 25000 miles, but you cannot sue a company if your engine fails because you cannot prove that Amsoil oil was the cause of your engine failure in court. Remember they also said that extended drain interval, is not for severe service and you must also use amsoil oil and air filter as well and must replace the oil filter at various intervals, so they can find many ways out.
Your arguement that the other oil companies would love to see them out of business is poor. So many other products have competitor like Alcoholic drinks, Pepsi and Coke and while they compete for a share of the market, they don't go spending money to close down the competition. In fact they would hate to see that either one of them close down or go out of business. It would be bad publicity for the comodity, just as how banks compete against each other for your business.
Let Amsoil post 2009 test results and you would be most surprise to see the results against the competition, but that you will never see.

chris1388 · Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:11 pm Post subject:

I hear ur pal, but to my knwoledge i have never on the net anywhere heard anyone say anything bad about amsoil, from the time you start searching the net for the best oil in the world all you see is amsoil. But fair enough, i will continue with my amsoil and you with which ever oil you use and everyone remains happy Laughing

praise · Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:40 am Post subject:

I like meaning full discussion and so I must thank you for keeping it that way. Too many times we find so much hatred being poured against each other in these forum's. Mutual respect is so rare in these times. Thanks again.
I am not going to point out any negative comments about amsoil or any other oil although I do know about a certain car manufacturer who did not recommend amsoil in their engines after it was discovered that it caused some problems. I use amsoil in a lot of cars that I service and even my own but would never recommend an oil change beyond 15000km. The reason being is that a test was done on a fleet of New York Taxi Cabs. Amsoil and other synthetic oil was filled in them and then an oil analysis was done at 5000 km and then every 2000 km until 11000km.
Then after that at every 1000km. The result was good until approx. 19000km amsoil included. This was with engines that holds approximately 6 qts of oil. At each oil sample new oil was added to replace the oil taken out for the sample.
The analysis was that the oil held up because it was refreshed by new oil being added ever so often and because of the quantity of oil viz 6 qts. However because most of our cars holds only 4 qts of oil and because our fuel leaves a lot of deposits I do not recommend more than 15000km or 1 year, which ever comes first.

reiXmann · Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:09 am Post subject:

to think neil just wanted to know what was the oem spec oil eh.. Neutral