yeah mobil 1 synthetic tends to burn a little more than other oils for some reason. i dont know why but ive read different reasons on honda-tech but i cant remember why it was. you could switch to 10w30..but i dont think its going to make a difference in the burning. depending on where you live you can switch to 10w30. and if you have oil leaks or something then going a little thick will help. something like 5w40 or 10w40.GSROWNSU said:yea i use mobil 1 full synthetic but i noticed that my oil will burn off alot if i go into vtec. Why do you think that is? I have a healthy motor it just must be something with the make-up of their oil or something. Would going to a thicker oil help to prevent that and will it harm my motor at all because the manual says 5w30 which is pretty thin.
I have 151000 km (94000 miles) on my car, so I don't think it would be a problem, but I have heard that when some people switch to synthetic oils they get leaks so I'm not sure if that would be a problem.96GSR said:Murasame how many miles do you have on your motor? you should'nt be running a synthetic oil if you have high miles. you should get a high mileage motor oil. the systhetic motor oil would be to slippery for a high mileage motor. and mobil 1 is a very good oil compnay especially their synthetic oil's. but the oil tends to burn alot for some reason...especially when you hit vtec. and if you have oil leaks or burn oil, go with a little thicker motor oil.
That's a myth from the early days of synthetic oil. When it was put into older big block engines with old engine seals, the synthetic would seep through the old seals. So the rumor by the uninformed began.Murasame said:I have heard that when some people switch to synthetic oils they get leaks so I'm not sure if that would be a problem.
yes if you have that many miles then i wouldnt swtich to synthetic, becuase you get a leak or something. if i was you i would start using high mileage motor oil.Murasame said:
I have 151000 km (94000 miles) on my car, so I don't think it would be a problem, but I have heard that when some people switch to synthetic oils they get leaks so I'm not sure if that would be a problem.
As for burning oil when you hit VTEC, that won't be a problem either because I don't have it. :cry: Sadly, I only have an RS.
teggyls said:once you go synthetic you cant switch back
i heard of that..y is that?teggyls said:once you go synthetic you cant switch back
the main reason i would never let a motor go past 1000 for the first oil change is because while you are breaking in said motor, the piston rings have to wear into the cylinder walls, now they scrape off very small particles of metal, which drops to your oil pan below. which allows it to be sucked up into your engine. now if your filter doesnt get all of these pieces, they can get stuck in your oil galleys and cause extra wear and tear. id rather not have these pieces of metal floating around in my engine for very long. i change my oil every 2000-2500. but thats just me personallyTegSox said:I know 5,000 miles is surely past normal break in time, but I figured staying with the conventional oil won't be a bad thing, and it's less expensive in the meantime, hehe.
ya my cousin got his camaro motor rebuilt. bored to a 6.3 liter. and over 8k in the motor. and he ran his car for about 45 minutes and did a oil change with sae 30. and then he drove his car 500 miles and then another oil change. and then after about 1500 miles he switched over to mobil 1 synthetic oil with mobil 1 filter. he did all of those oil changes just to get out all of the metal shavings. make sure you get a good filter the first time after you get your motor rebuilt....you want all of those shaving and things to get sucked up. and some people say to break the car in softly others say a little bit of both and same say drive the shit out of it.lolEviloliv3 said:the main reason i would never let a motor go past 1000 for the first oil change is because while you are breaking in said motor, the piston rings have to wear into the cylinder walls, now they scrape off very small particles of metal, which drops to your oil pan below. which allows it to be sucked up into your engine. now if your filter doesnt get all of these pieces, they can get stuck in your oil galleys and cause extra wear and tear. id rather not have these pieces of metal floating around in my engine for very long. i change my oil every 2000-2500. but thats just me personally
When we fired up the engine after the build, we let it idle for over 45 minutes. Then we changed the oil. Then the next day it got air/fuel tuned on the dyno, we changed the oil again after that. Then I changed it again 2,000 miles later, then 2,000 miles after that. Did you think I haven't changed the oil since 5K miles ago in January, Evil?Eviloliv3 said:the main reason i would never let a motor go past 1000 for the first oil change is because while you are breaking in said motor, the piston rings have to wear into the cylinder walls, now they scrape off very small particles of metal, which drops to your oil pan below. which allows it to be sucked up into your engine.
I'm almost sure that they don't use valvoline at all! they are just sponsored.. Hattori sponsored by 76.. soo..IntegrasAreBest said:use valvoline! the choice of champions such as Keichii the Drift King, Manabu Orido. etc.
hey, you said you did the first oil change at 5k....TegSox said:When we fired up the engine after the build, we let it idle for over 45 minutes. Then we changed the oil. Then the next day it got air/fuel tuned on the dyno, we changed the oil again after that. Then I changed it again 2,000 miles later, then 2,000 miles after that. Did you think I haven't changed the oil since 5K miles ago in January, Evil?