bladest

Hi everyone , can someone tell me i live in Europe,
can i use 5w 30 oil from amsoil or genuine honda oil instead of 0w20 since 0w20 is extremely rare. hard to find obtain etcs...
and so far all of my honda cars eat a lot this eco friendly oil 0w20..

DanL07RL

Well it's just me, but I would stick with the manufacturer's recommendation, particularly with a viscosity that light. Maybe you can have it shipped to you??

bladest

So can i use 5w 30 oil or not inside rlx hybrid? I use it for all of my honda cars, even 8th gen accords.
I personally dont like 0w20 oil car eats it a lot, specially on high rps ,and you need to refill oil very often...

hondamore

It's your car and you can use whatever oil you want, but Acura/Honda recommends maintenance schedules and products that will help your car last longer and perform better.

The engine was designed and built with a certain viscosity of oil to be used, so, my advice would be to follow their recommendation.

bladest

Lexus and toyota offer same oils for newer cars since 2007 Use only 0w 20, but its safe to use 5w 30 so far... never an issue, so no one tried to use 5w 30 inside rlx ?

DanL07RL

OK that's all news to me. Guess I need to monitor my oil levels better??

bladest

This is related to a lot of things like clogget cats, or previous owner dont change oil on time etcs etcs... more wear etcs i guess, but i think for honda cars which even came out from factory it was written somewhere inside the manual that you may need to add up to 2 litres of oil per 10.000km.

mrgold35

For my 08 RDX 2.3T "required" 5w-30 full syn oil. All my other Acura's only had "recommended" oil viscosity (06 TSX 5w-30, 11 MDX 5w-20, 0w-20 18 RLX/19 MDX). On the surface, it looks like you could be A-OK with either weight oil if your normal yearly temps are run around -17 degree C to 38 degree C (0 degree F to 100 degree F). I would lean more towards always using full syn oil if I had to use 5w-30 or if you can find full syn 5w-20. I really don't know what would happen long-term; but, full syn oil doesn't seem to cause the same level of issues like conventional oils.

Oil viscosity recommendation might be similar to recommended/required engine octane argument?

rlx015

"Well it's just me, but I would stick with the manufacturer's recommendation, particularly with a viscosity that light. Maybe you can have it shipped to you??
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This ... he already answered your question, no point in asking the same question again. One thing you should not play with is using a type of oil that is not per the manufacturer's recommendation.
The exclusivity of driving such a nice car requires other "exclusivity" of special needs like specific oil type in this case, specific parts, etc. Sorry if this is being too direct, I have no intent to be harsh, but I think you live in Europe and can certainly appreciate getting a direct answer

jpadilla

0w20 ... in my opinion is just to help mpg and epa bs .... i use what ever I have .... 0w20 5w30 10w30 ... never had issues.

rlx015

I have to say, you are the first car owner I hear this from using any oil you have on hand and no issues... no offense, but I respectfully disagree with your suggestion.
This does not mean your experience is invalid - very likely you may have used whatever oil for the past 2-3 years, and maybe for now no issues, but down the road, who knows what may happen ...

jpadilla

To clarify, I only use mobile 1 full synthetic but I don't get caught up in with weight. 0w20, 5w30, 10w30. I keep my cars for 8-12 years do regular changes and never had issues.

hondamore

I'm confused as to the reason for using a weight of oil that differs from the manufacturers suggested oil. Is 0w20 more expensive or that much harder to find?? If not, then why not just use the recommended oil? If so, then is the cost or availability difference enough that it becomes significant to someone who has chosen to drive a luxury car which are, by definition, wasteful and expensive??

I'm an innately frugal guy, but I would never risk voiding the warranty or potentially damaging the engine of my car just to save a few bucks or have to wait a few days to have the recommended oil delivered to me. Finally, if, as has been claimed, the only difference in using the recommended oil is a bit better gas mileage, isn't that enough of a reason to use that oil?? An extra MPG or two is not a bad thing.

I'm not trying to be argumentative, but I'm just curious as to why there would be an aversion to using the recommended oil.

hondamore

I reread the thread and it appears that jpadilla uses oil weight other than the recommended weight just because it is what he has around and does not have any "aversion to" or problem with using the recommended oil. Question answered.

As far as the O.P. is concerned, he lives in Europe where getting the recommended oil may be an ordeal, thus his original question regarding using other weights of oil. Once again, question answered.

Sorry for any confusion caused by my confusion.

jpadilla

I have 3 cars that ask for different weights so I use what I have. I buy by the case when it goes on sale at Costco and try to not keep more that 12qts on hand.

You have to understand reasons for 0w20. It's all about meeting epa regulations and gaining higher mpg. Same reason why v6 engines are be replaced by I4 turbos and why no one ia including spare tires anymore, etc. it's not about your engine being so tightly spec'ed that it will go to shit by using 10w30 instead of 0w20.

rlx015

Thanks for pointing this out: I found this good article https://www.91wheels.com/news/differ...hich-is-better that sort of paints the picture around the difference between the two - the article focus was all on operating temperatures and not really any manufacturer recommended per owners manual etc.
While I will stick with the "per owner manual" type of oil, I see that it is not as crazy important as the article explains...