My car is over 5k miles and I need to do oil change. What brand and which grade of oil would you recommend(i live in southern california by the way)?

 

I just changed mine for the first time. I read a lot of posts about oil and oil filters on the forum and decided on 5W-20 (recommended by Acura) - I went with a Mobil 1 fully synthetic product (good deal at Walmart in the 5 gallon jug). I've never had problems with Mobil - 1 and have used it for years in my Nissan Maximas and my C5 Z06 Corvette.

I also bought a K & N Oil Filter at Kragen - I love those filters.

Others may give you different opinions and it's up to you to decide.

One thing that I learned is that if you don't have the right wrench, the oil filter is a MOFO to take off. I tried to use a hell of a lot of elbow grease but the angle was all wrong. Eventually I wrapped the filter in a small washrag then used my old (too large) filter wrench to unscrew the old filter. It's a bit messy if you're doing it in the driveway (I use ramps on a driveway that slopes, so I get a very small nose down orientation) so make sure you cover your concrete as well as properly place your oil catch pan.

 

What part of SoCal do you live in?

 

I made a thread before you hahah beat you to it... I put 5w-20 but 0w-30 is better
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=165076

 

i live in fullerton

 

I plan on using German Castrol 0W-30

 

Swobro does that oil filter give any performance boost to the car?

 

haha most definitely not...the performance filters just have motor layers to help better "clean" your motor oil...filter out

 

Here's a tip for anyone struggling with getting the filter off. All you need is a pair of standard channel locks opened up about 3/4 of the way. Work perfect. Then wrap a zip lock bag around it as you take it off to avoid spillage.

Havoline 5W-20 is the same as Honda spec oil.

 

Not that I know of. I just like the K & N quality. I installed a K & N AIR filter on my '04 Corvette Z06 and theres a claimed bump of up to ~15 hp but I haven't verified that.