What engine oil?

the weight of the oil you put in your engine all depends on how many miles you have on the odometer, since you have a honda i would recommend 5w-30 synthetic oil, it helps prolong the engines life, and yes they usually service your car with honda certified products, especially the transmission.

I believe 01+ Honda's have a special additive that is suppose to be in the ATF... Some shops have a bottle of converter that's suppose to make ATF+3 compatible with it... Honestly I don't know the specifics. This is one of those things where the boss/computer said car x got additive and I just did what I was told without thinking about it. Can't remember at the moment if it was Hondas or another maker, but there are a couple of people here who are Honda techs, hopefully they can either say I'm wrong or give rhyme to the reason. As for the oil you should keep with the manufacturer recommend oil until the rings have worn, to where it starts to burn oil, before you start jumping up weights. Some will say do it at 50k, others 75k, others still will say never go against the recommendation. It's kinda a judgement call, but if you keep up on the changes it should never become an issue. On another page in your manual it'll likely have a chart telling you what weight oil to use at various temperatures, which will take care of your Iowa specific question. If you have your manual, you should already have all the information you need. Should tell you lubricant types and specify what manufacturer requirements are needed.

10 w 30 is fine wont hurt a thing,i belive the only car made to use it,s own brand of atf is chrystler,dextron is for use in all makes of todays cars.

Nope. On Hondas you want to use the dealer atf and power steering fluid or one marked as meeting the specs. Honda uses a different mix of friction modifiers in their atf and power steering fluids.

since your cars newer stick with whatever is in the handbook, its the specific details of what your car is supposed to be running with, to keep it running up to par.

Hello, I would not use the 10W30 oil. The car is designed to use 5W20. Also, be careful adding and changing coolant. If you have the extended life, or 100,000 mile coolant (it is usually red or clean, not green), then you need to continue to use the extended life. The green coolant is highly corosive to aluminum, which your radiator and engine is made of. Dave

Thank you everyone, although lots of differing opinions I'm inclined to go with Aaron. This is a 2002 SW 6cyl and has done 70,000 miles. Have owned two other Honda Accords and a Civic but in NZ and every mechanic we had alwas bought the Honda certified oils, coolants and water conditioner for radiator. American dealers here in Iowa don't appear interested in following the manufacturers recommendations and just put the equivalent. However I did notice the difference in oil and it all worries me that not following directions. Just want to keep this car the same way as my others have been kept and they just kept on going for a long time without problems.

Honda and Acura engines are machined at very tight tolerances.This is one of the reasons they are known for their longevity and are legendary for their ability to accumulate high mileage over the vehicle’s lifetime. It is extremely important to always have adequate lubrication. If you have a Honda or Acura that calls for 5w20, then only use 5w20 motor oil. It doesn’t matter what your hot-rodder buddy says about 5w20 being too thin. He isn’t a Honda Engineer. If you choose to use 5w30, 10w30, 10w40, or 20w50 “racing oil”, in a Honda or Acura that calls for 5w20, you will literally starve the internal engine parts of adequate lubrication.

my 1999 Honda civic whats to die when idling up hill what could be the problem?

if your car's manual says to use 5w20 synthetic old then use 5w20 synthetic oil. especially if u have 8th+ gen honda. it may cost u a few more extra bucks for an oil change but will save u thousands of dollars from repairing a broken down engine. what's the more logical choice?

Have a 2002 Accord V6,auto trans, 230,000 miles, only Rotella 5w20 changed every 10k miles, Honda Trans fluid only, every 12k miles. Trans drained and refilled with 3 1/2 quarts. I don't go through the D&R sequence.

Please: my Honda car v6l is 250 /000 km which motor oil is good now?

I have a 2004 honda accord right hand drive and i am about to do a service on it.is The 5w20 oil The best to use

Honda put out a Technical Service Bulletin in Sept 2000 for the 1999 Accord to only use SAE 5W-20. A 'chain' just changed the oil in my daughter's 99 and used 10W30 and needless to say - it now needs a new Solenoid. I'm going after the 'chain' to pay for the replacement costs. They are now also saying they used 5W- 30 which still isn't correct as Honda REVISED the oil per the Technical Service Bulletin. You'd think they'd know what they were doing. And I'm a FEMALE and A BLONDE - and I get talked to like I'm the dumb one. Seriously!!

FOR HONDA ACCORD SPORT. THE MANUFACTURER RECOMEND 0W-20 WITH API CERTIFICATION SEAL ON THE CONTAINER.

FOR 2015 HONDA ACCORD SPORT 4 CYLINDER. THE MANUFACTURER RECOMEND 0W-20 WITH API CERTIFICATION SEAL ON THE CONTAINER.

The viscosity of the oil is supposed to channge according to the mileage on the motor, i understand that a new car is supposed to use a 0W-20 but i don't think that oncce you reach 70,000-100,000 miles you should use the same viscosity oil. It would be good to hear from a certified mechanich about this topic.

I've Honda Accord 2000 its recommended to use 5W-30 but my mechanic told me to use 10W-40. Is it okay using 10W-40 Its has 187,000 miles on it. Please suggest me which oil do I need to use??

Well, I am a Honda engineer and the reason for using 5w-20 is so that the variable valve timing VTECH system will work correctly. It has nothing to do with mileage. Enaz Noslen

Always use what the car mfg. recemends. Using other fluids will NOT lubricate as well as they should and will cause premature failure. If a service facility is trying to sell you anything other than what the mfg. states to be used, go somewhere else. I do my own changes and have had no problems and they all run great. 2002 Accord 260,000, 2007 Avalon 190,000, 1997 chevy S10 217,000. ALWAYS CHANGE YOUR OIL ON TIME! Add a can of Lucas fuel treatment (wal-mart good price) into your gas tank once a month. It is safe for your vehicles and does a great job cleaning injectors. Will save a big repair bill later on.

Seafoam fuel treatment works well too. Also can be bought at Wal-mart.

I finally figured out the difference if you run 10-30 or 10:40 you're on the interstate a lot and your hard on the pedal where are you downshift to gain speed to go around cars or you get to slow down and then you run it up to 6000 RPMs before you let it shift you get a lot more Blow by which causes oil loss because 10:30 and 10:40 will you evaporate under high heat if you run 5:20 which is what it calls for 520 does not evaporate under them conditions I've also tried using 10:30 for a diesel it does the same thing as regular 1038 evaporates I wouldn't dare think about using 15-40 diesel oil but you get the point LOL

I'm going with the Honda engineer the manufacturer won't steer you in the wrong way so this is just common sense,why use something else that the manufacturer didn't suggest..

0W20 is very bad for those Honda engines if you drive in Arizona. Upgrade into 5w20 instead. Some latest Honda models have issue with the VTC actuators. Replace with Full synthetic will fix this problem. And don't ever have the Honda dealers change oil in your Honda. They usually replace with regular engine oil.

I've used a quart of 0w20 synthetic oil between oil change, my car is burning off some, but not out the tailpipe. I have 2004 Honda with 2.4 l. four cylinder V-TECH, DOHC which recommends 5w20. Can I safely use this 0w20 oil in my car?

Use 2.5w20 full synthetic in the winter time and 5w20 full synthetic in the summer. You can replace the engine oil at home or if you go to the dealership, bring your full synthetic oil with you. Honda i4 engines don't seem to like any viscosity thicker than 5w20. You will notice that is any thicker than 5w20 will make a kickback on your vehicle, or your i4 Honda acceleration is slower. For the transmission, always replace with the Honda ATF DW-1.

i've been a tech for 30 years. always follow manufacture spec, an engineer some where put a lot of time and effort into oil ,coolant and ATF viscocities and lubricating qualities. he probably knows more than you do, or the school kid at the quick oil change place. Rob Zimmer ,Tech @Mercedes Benz K.W.

my 99 Honda has 301,113 miles still running great 5w-20 I've been using with no problem

my oil filler cap says 5-w-30 -it,s a 2004 honda 6 cyl --is this okay.

ALWAYS USE RECOMENDED! If your mechanic says “you need thicker oil because it’s up in mileage” you’ve probably got some damage already. Yes thicker oil might help ONE issue but will stress out other components a lot faster than normal.