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.
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Beacause all I said was I changed OLD oil out and you went into the 5w-20. It was pretty ingnorant to ASSUME that I was thinking that I would get better mpg than 5w-20.
Man, all I said is that 5w20 will give better MPG than 5w30, at least it has for me and it makes sense that it would. Read your post again, you said 5w30 and said nothing of how old the oil is. In fact the only way to know is to ask the dealer/previous owner or get the oil tested, you said nothing of old, you may have inferred it, but you did not say it nor did you prove it. I did not assume you thought 5w30 is better for MPG, I simply said that may not get better MPG, I really don't know. I said that because I was not sure if you knew that there lighter oil will give you better MPG or not, obviously you do, case closed, if you think that is ignorant, okay, believe it or not many people here don't know that. Sorry if you where offended by me trying to offer a little advise, but most people are like to be informed, you already are on that topic, so good for you. So lets just stop bickering about this stupid stuff and let the thread be.
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I am not posting any more on this thread, you win are you happy?
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FYI: the old oil stunk really bad (obviously severely oxidized) and was thick and black. If I don't get better mpg now after I got that junk out then something is very wrong.
The car came from a used car lot and those places usually just put a shine on a car and nothing else.
I know what I'm talking about, and I don't like it when people assume that I don't.
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BTW, I forgot to mention that I used 87 oct.
hwy record: 418 miles ... 85% freeway - at the time, mods were kamikaze header, 2.5" midpipe, greddy evo2 exhaust, no p/s, 5w20 oem honda dino oil
city record: 380 miles ... with current setup (last tank, actually) ... 95% city driving
notes... I used a few brands of gas for extended periods of time. 87 octane gas (chevron and mobil) has made my car bog ... upon filling up with 89 or 91, that bogging goes away. it's not in my head either.
I've used mobil and chevron for a few months at a time, using only their gas. I noticed that chevron gives worse gas milage than mobil. gas milage with 76 has either been the same or better than mobil ... and far superior to chevron.
I've never put arco in and I've only put shell in once ...
damn, im getting like 300 miles per tank of 90% city/10% highway, 87 regular pump, clean fully syn 5w-30 oil, automatic transmission, intake/catless/exhaust. with 50 granny/50 spirited driving
83000k, 93octane, 90% city 10% highway, Its a 5 speed I drive pretty slow and get on it once in a while. I have had the car for 1000 miles and I am getting 37 to 38 mpg
- 2002 Honda Civic EX Coupe / Automatic Transmission
- 93 Octane
- Mostly Local Driving / NYC Rush Hour Traffic With a Little Bit Of Highway Driving
- I Don't Really Drive My Car Hard, Only Sometimes
- No Modifications
- Mobil 1 5W-30
Maintaining the engine well will make you get more MPG. Perform a tune up when it's necessary. Check your tires air pressure, make sure it's not too low.
- 2002 Honda Civic EX Coupe / Automatic Transmission
- 93 Octane
- Mostly Local Driving / NYC Rush Hour Traffic With a Little Bit Of Highway Driving
- I Don't Really Drive My Car Hard, Only Sometimes
- No Modifications
- Mobil 1 5W-30
Maintaining the engine well will make you get more MPG. Perform a tune up when it's necessary. Check your tires air pressure, make sure it's not too low.
I used to run 93 octane when I first got my car and I only got 30 MPG. The I relaized I wasted a lot of money on high octane gas, switched to 87 and it bumped my MPG to 37-38. And it's been shown many times on this forum that higher octane will NOT help you car in anyway if it stock (I can find those thread if you really want). Just a suggestion
I'm getting about 24-26 mpg....but i would assume thats cus I do maybe 3 -15 miles a day...not using that much of anything I guess...
87 octane and SRi , 195/60r15 yoks but i do get about 360-400 miles a tank
thank god Mr. Wizard finally shut the phook up and props to Fish on going for a PHd...
ON a road trip to OHIO from FL I got 440 (approx.) miles in one tank!!! Woo-hoo
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By the way, I'm about to finish a PhD in chemical engineering at the University of Akron, I sure I know far more about fluid flow dynamic than you, I’ve take 3 classes devoted to it. If you really insist I can find the viscosities of each oil and calculate the friction factor, then find the total power loss of each oil, but this would take me a few hours to prove what I already know, so I really don't see a point in doing this.
-I drive mostly highway, since when im back in the states i go from NC to NYC in about 8 1/2-9 hours. I get about 38 miles to the gallon, if i keep it at a steady pace (about 75-80mph) I fill her up wit about $25 and get almost 450 miles b4 i have to fill her up again, i usually wait until my light goes on b4 stoppin
-I have a CAI, exhaust, some low-pro tires, which run really good and dont seem to wear out that much cuz of all the trips i go on
-I think i use 5w-20 oil, not really sure, i usually take it to Sanford Lube in NC b4 and after i go on trips, so they take care of all that
-like i said earlier, if u go on road trips or like to drive on the highway alot, go at a steady pace, use ur cruise control if u got it, it really helps out wit gas milage
