Sanitarium16

We get free oil changes with our 2022 RDX A SPEC. Brought the vehicle in for service and to my surprise on the receipt it says blended 0w20 oil was used. I thought this particular oil weight only came in synthetic ? Looking it up online I see there is indeed a blended Honda/Acura version of the oil which is what they used. I thought only synthetic can be used especially since its a turbo engine?

russianDude

owner manual allows any 0w20 oil for as long as its API approved. Since its “free” oil change, you get cheapest they can get, what did you expect?

Midwestuser1

I found this on the Castro site:

WHAT TYPE OF OIL IS A 0W-20?

To make a 0W-20, high quality base oils and strong additives are needed. The base oils must be able to protect and flow at very low temperatures. Typically, a large amount of synthetic oil is needed to allow the oil to flow well at these low temperatures. 0W-20 motor oils require synthetic base oils and are either full synthetic or part synthetic (synthetic blend) motor oil; 0W-20 oils are not conventional (or mineral) motor oils. And the additives must be thin enough to move well but still protect these newer advanced engines.

Cumba

I had that experience with the dealership where I bought my Subaru the first time, them I started to change in my friend shop. Last Friday I change the oil of the 2021 RDX for the first time(4300 miles), bought the oil and filter in Amazon and forget about the dealership.