How many quarts?

 

4.6 quarts is the exact amount, but I have been using 5 quarts exactly with 23000 miles and have had absolutely no problems...

 

damn 5 qts? one mobil 1 synthetic 5w30 = 5 bucks, time 5 = 25 bucks, plus filter = 30 some bucks. Is it ok if i use half synthetic and half reg 5w30???????????

 

I also use 5 quarts. My dad buys them in a bundle so I don't know how much they cost.

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Binh

 

30 dollars every 3,000 miles is pretty cheap to keep your engine in good condition. You probably pay close to that for a tank of gas. As for mixing, I wouldn't personally.

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DO NOT MIX THE DAMN THING!!! I believe the two have different chemical compounds and under heated and stressed conditions, one will fail while the other will not, and other stuff we do not know about, and will jack your engine up...

 

just a suggestion i heard personally its not a good thing to overfill because it goes into some other parts, eventually you'll see oil spilling out somwhere in the engine bay
it will have some bad consequences
dont know bout .4 extra quarts but a lil more than that will damage your engine so, 4.6qt. is good enough

 

Do NOT mix synthectic and non-synthetic oils.

Do NOT overfill with any oil. A half a quart too much is actually worse than a half a quart too little. There's a mark on your oil dipstick showing "Full." Use it. Otherwise, you're asking for trouble.

 

How hard is it to remove the oil filter? In teh manual its says you need a speacial tool, is this true???? Thanks

 

You need an oil filter wrench to loosen it. They're available at any auto parts store for about $5.

 

Man, you got $30k + car. spend $30 for an oil change for god's sake.
regular oil change is the best/easiest thing you can do for your car....

 

Witn conventional motor oil I change it every 3k. With Mobil1 Synthetic I change it every 6k. I used to have a SAAB Turbo and with changing synth at 6k I never had a problem.

 

Funny I should read this post: see "A Bad Day for the Acura" http://www.acura-tl.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/008121.html

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Checking the oil in your engine, and topping up.
To a lot of people, this little section could be categorised by the rearranging the words "granny eggs teaching suck your to". But you'd be surprised by the number of people that don't know how to do even this basic task. When checking the level of oil in the engine, the car should be on a level plane, and should be relatively cold. I've run into several people lately who insist in keeping the crankcase topped off completely, and they invariably check the dipstick just after shutting down the engine. Now look at this image, and then read on.


Reading the oil in this way results in an erroneous reading because a quantity of oil (usually about half a litre) is still confined in the oilways and passages (galleries) of the engine, and takes some time to drain back into the crankcase. On the image, the blue areas are where oil is likely to still be running back down to the sump. But on seeing what appears to be an abnormally low level on the dipstick, these buffoons then add more oil to the crankcase. The oilways and passages all empty, and suddenly the engine becomes over-filled with oil, going way above the 'MAX' mark on the dipstick. The problem with this is that the next time the engine is run, the windage in the crankcase and other pressures generated by the oil pump, etc. place a great strain on the seal on the rear main bearing.
Eventually, often much sooner than the ordinary man in the street might expect, the rear main bearing seal ruptures, and the engine becomes a 'leaker'. If you've got a manual gearbox, this means one thing: this oil goes right onto the flywheel and the face of the clutch disc. A lubricated clutch is A Bad Thing.
If this still goes unnoticed, the front seal is the next to go, and the engine then becomes a 'gusher'. As well as smothering the clutch with oil from the rear, the oil now coming from the front leak will be neatly distributed about the engine bay as it hits the front pulley - often propelling it out as far as the brake discs. It's sort of like a Hollywood disaster movie in the making, yet people don't consider this.


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I use 4 1/2 quart...
Only MOBIL1.....