Do new Acura's use Synthetic Oils?
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Do new Acura's use Synthetic Oils?
Hello everybody, I am new to Acurazine :
I just had a question.
I pretty much have a new Acura TL 06' and I am in the process of breaking in the engine.
I read on a website that Synthetic oil should not be used to break in the engine...
I was just curious if Acura puts synthetic oils into their new cars.
Thanks!
I just had a question.
I pretty much have a new Acura TL 06' and I am in the process of breaking in the engine.
I read on a website that Synthetic oil should not be used to break in the engine...
I was just curious if Acura puts synthetic oils into their new cars.
Thanks!
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Originally Posted by Seibautpau
Hello everybody, I am new to Acurazine :
I just had a question.
I pretty much have a new Acura TL 06' and I am in the process of breaking in the engine.
I read on a website that Synthetic oil should not be used to break in the engine...
I was just curious if Acura puts synthetic oils into their new cars.
Thanks!
I just had a question.
I pretty much have a new Acura TL 06' and I am in the process of breaking in the engine.
I read on a website that Synthetic oil should not be used to break in the engine...
I was just curious if Acura puts synthetic oils into their new cars.
Thanks!
Not sure what your asking, but breaking in the engine is the first 600 miles? Why would you want to change your engine oil right now? Switch to synethic after your car reaches the oil change point, i.e. MID telling you to change your oil soon.
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Originally Posted by Seibautpau
Hello everybody, I am new to Acurazine :
I just had a question.
I pretty much have a new Acura TL 06' and I am in the process of breaking in the engine.
I read on a website that Synthetic oil should not be used to break in the engine...
I was just curious if Acura puts synthetic oils into their new cars.
Thanks!
I just had a question.
I pretty much have a new Acura TL 06' and I am in the process of breaking in the engine.
I read on a website that Synthetic oil should not be used to break in the engine...
I was just curious if Acura puts synthetic oils into their new cars.
Thanks!
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Originally Posted by EternaLlx
no its regular mobil 1 oil. On your first oil change its better to put the same stuff back into it or another 3000-4000 miles before you change it to synthetic.
http://www.in.honda.com/Rjanisis/pubs/SN/B060700.PDF
This is right-off the Acura Service Bulletin for July 2006
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Originally Posted by Scott_6Spd
Looks like synthetic is required:
http://www.in.honda.com/Rjanisis/pubs/SN/B060700.PDF
This is right-off the Acura Service Bulletin for July 2006
http://www.in.honda.com/Rjanisis/pubs/SN/B060700.PDF
This is right-off the Acura Service Bulletin for July 2006
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Ak Ting Up
For the 04, 05, 06 TL Acura recommends 5w-30, non synthetic oil. This is from the dealer. They dont know who makes 'Honda Oil', but it is not synthetic. I'm sure someone on this forum knows who makes 'Honda Oil'. By Contrast, my BMW uses synthetic oil, the bottle is labled 'BMW synthetic oil'.
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Ryan Christopher
To all those that don't realize it, the oil used from Acura and Honda in the TL is a semi -synthetic. It is not a pure synthetic, but it is a semi-synthetic. This is what Honda recomends be used and is great for the break in, but you can use Mobil1 or Royal Purple syn after the break in process.
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5w20 is the recommended oil. Conventional oil, possibly with some synthetic. And no, while synthetic oil is NOT too slippery to break-in an engine (old myth BS), the factory fill should be left in for several thousand miles as it contains a higher level of anti-wear additives for increased wear protection up until the first scheduled oil change.
ExxonMobil is the supplier for Honda/Toyota branded lubricants, and Castrol is the supplier for the BMW branded ACEA A3/B3 rated synthetic oil.
Factory fill for Honda/Toyota is probably the supplier at the moment...
ExxonMobil is the supplier for Honda/Toyota branded lubricants, and Castrol is the supplier for the BMW branded ACEA A3/B3 rated synthetic oil.
Factory fill for Honda/Toyota is probably the supplier at the moment...
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Originally Posted by AcuraVic
For the 04, 05, 06 TL Acura recommends 5w-30, non synthetic oil. This is from the dealer. They dont know who makes 'Honda Oil', but it is not synthetic. I'm sure someone on this forum knows who makes 'Honda Oil'. By Contrast, my BMW uses synthetic oil, the bottle is labled 'BMW synthetic oil'.
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Originally Posted by Repecat
Then your dealer has neither read the owners manual nor looked at the oil filler cap. Those sources clearly recommend 5w-20 dino oil.
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True, but we've yet to see a bulletin illustrating the need to switch to 5w30 in the TL. If such a bulletin exists, we haven't seen it in the Acura ServiceNews. Have him show you...(then also show us here)
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