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From what I've seen on this site, its usually between Mobil 1 and Valvoline Max Life. I've heard the latter is pretty good, but at a cheaper price. I use the former, but may switch to the other. I guess its a matter of experience and preference though. I used Pennzoil in my Corolla once and it ran like crap.[GOOGLEVIDEO][/GOOGLEVIDEO]
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depends on your climate and how you drive. Mobil 1, amsoil, etc are all good oils but if its had natural oils all its life then it may leak with a good synthetic in there since it cleans better than a natural oil. Try mobil 1 and see how it works for you and make sure you get a good filter not that fram junk.
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my 97 has a D16Y5 1.6l single cam and i Only use castrol (5/20) mine has 160,000 +/- miles and im having trouble up hills to. i loose power and usually have to downshift. but i think that the motor is just loosing compression due to age and needs a rebuild. i may be wrong but im getting ready to have it totally rebuilt soon. and id bet its gonna be alot better at getting up those hills!
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Whatever synthetic blend oil is on sale and I use Wix filters... Don't get suckered into these pure synthetic oils that are double or triple the price of dino oils. They just are not worth it.
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Lol. Civics don't like hills in the first place. I switched over to Max Life synthetic blend. Soooooo much cheaper, but the car likes it. Only problem is it took me about 2 hours to find it because there was some massive sale on it .
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