Honda Civic Fuel, Oil, Cleaners & Other MaintenanceExtending the life of your Honda Civic requires the proper fuel, oil, and cleaners, along with other regularly scheduled maintenance. Keep your Honda Civic fuel and oil at the right levels to keep your Civic on the road longer.
I would stick to 5w20 if that’s what the factory calls for just because it’s not good to mix 2 different types of oils together and the high mileage oil is a scam. It’s just another way for people to make money off of the same oil. The Honda dealer recommends going to fully synthetic after reaching 75K miles but who cares. Just stick to the oil that’s in it. The dealer recommends what ever oil the engine is designed to have. I run full synthetic mobil 1 in mine. Originally wasn't going full synthetic since it's take a synthetic blend but jiffy lube screwed that up. if you go full synthetic shouldn't go back down to conventional, just stay running full synthetic.
MOst 5-20 oils i came across are already synthetic blends, all major car companies are using it now, ford, hyundai, mopar, gm, honda... are going with 5-20, i've seen many 100k+ fords using 5w-20 with no problems and no leaks, i'd say stick with 5w-20 its what the engineers came up with when they built the motor so leave it to them and keep with 5w-20. To make it clear most top brand oil names that make 5-20 weight are synthetic blend, so i wouldn't switch over to a non synthetic 5w-30.
5-20, your motor needs it. Any 4 cyl. import motor needs it. It all has to do with when the motor gets up to temp. or starts cold. The lower the first number the easier the oil starts to flow in the cold, the second number is basically how much slower it moves at high temp (the higher the slower it moves). These motors were made for the 5-20. I'm not saying it won't work but a good bit of 'juice' will be sucked out if you run heaiver oil (turbo set-ups excluded).
possibly, idk what the hell is goin on. but a fren of mine as a four door lx same 06 and he's getting great miles on the gas. he gets over 380 miles on a tank. i got 189 then my gas light came on
possibly, idk what the hell is goin on. but a fren of mine as a four door lx same 06 and he's getting great miles on the gas. he gets over 380 miles on a tank. i got 189 then my gas light came on
The 5w20 and 5w30 has been beat to death. If you run 5w30 in your car because you think 5w20 is too thin. Keep this in mind that most 5w30 will shear down to a 20w anyways after awhile. Run whatever is on sale. The only reason why Honda use 5w20 is to get that .01 mpg increase (CAFE). Other part of the world will specify a much thicker oil in the same engine.
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well i fill up last friday. now i have 3 bars lef which is less than 1/4 tank and i only gone 155 miles. i'm gonna sell this piece a sh++. i'm getting to dislike this car. my pops lexus burns gas better than my car.
