Mobile 1 does carry the 5W. A lot of the people on this site use it. As for tranny fluid, I would just consult the manual as for when to change it.

 

I am not sure your first oil change should come at 10,000 miles. I called my dealership and the guy said 3,500 miles. I did not say I will go with synthetic oil.

 

I didn't mean my first oil change... I meant my switch to Synth oil should be around 10000Miles...

 

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That was funny. I think there are lots of good synthetic oils you can use. Redline, Mobil 1, Valvoline. Some may not have the 5w-30 weight yet, but prob. will soon. Any good brand oil filters will work, if their changed regularly. As far as tranny, again, lots of the top brands will work, but I would check with several service managers to get a consensis on what's best for Acura's tranny. I promise I won't talk about A......




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2000 3.2 TL Laguna Green
29% window tint, Clear bra, no nav
225/50/16 Aqua-Flow GTW's on OEM wheels
http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/lrpba300?...l=fld3&.src=ph

 

Sup Spook. I am the guy you met earlier today on your way out.

Anyhow, I changed to Synthetic around 10k miles. I use Mobil 1 5W-30 and most of the time use Mobil 1 filters also (maybe over kill).

Sweet looking car BTW.

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'00 White Diamond Pearl w/Nav & VoN Kit
20% tint, WW Spoiler, Comptech Exaust, Rear Comptech Sway bar, H&R OE Sport Springs, AEM CAI, Inspire Tails, Inspire Interior footwell lighting

 

Allright.... just got my car yesterday... 100 Miles on it now...

In want to change over to synth oil... and I know that I should wait until about 10k miles...

Question is... (and I don't want this to turn into a synth oil arguemnet)... its either Redline or Amsoil, probably Redline, there are a few stores in the area that carry redline...

-Does Mobile 1 have the proper oil (5 wieght oil?
-What filter to use?
-Should I wait to change the ATF out at about 25-30K or change it earlier? Are there different wieght ATF fluids?
-Anything Else that I should change with Synth? Brake fluid?

Any more help would be appriciated...

 

I believe the "owner's manual" says to wait for two scheduled oil changes BEFORE using a synthetic oil.

RTFM

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'02 Acura TL-S
Satin Silver/Ebony, w/out NAV

 

Wait 3000+ before switching to synth, probably will get better engine performance by changing after 6000.

As for tranny fluid - be careful. Many mechanics have told me that Hondas use special tranny fluid, and other fluids will make for very poor shift quality. I will only use Honda ATF myself, but I do run synth in the engine (Castrol).

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'01 White Diamond Pearl 3.2TL
-Wing, tint, wood and Whistler

 

tranny fluid is proprietary(use Honda only) I used mobil ATF before on my honda and it runs (shift way off!)very unusual....was thinking why is it shifting differently (improper downshift and upshift) then I remember i just changes my tranny fluid. so, did some research and i found out that Honda's need to use their own t. fluid, so i change it right away and i notice that shifting came back to proper condition.

 

Well, that's good to know about the Tranny Fluids... I wonder if there is anyone out there using a sythn t fluid that works, or if we're stuck using Honda ATF.