Best Oil for our beloved Hondas

[Manny]

keep going i cant see the difference yet.

Hahaha...I should've made "supposedly" bolded or something more obvious...I'm just quoting what I've been told...I'm not a Hanny's customer as I'm sure you're more than aware Jas...

[Danga]

keep going i cant see the difference yet.

Its faster, you dont have to crawl under the car and you dont have to wait as long to remove more oil from the sump.

Meaning you can get customers in and out faster = more money

[GoldCoastDC5R]

My car has run on Redline 5w-30 since new, very expensive but very good as far as i know, have never had any problems with it...

[Chosta]

When i bought FEO from Honda, I asked the tech guy if its any good for my car. He told me he doesnt put it in his car. FEO is mineral based (or something)...He suggested to me to use Synthetic next time.

Can someone comment on that?! Is FEO just good for the application?

[euGeR]

I've tried the following in my DC2R:

Redline 5-30W
Mobil 1 - 10-40W
Castrol 5-30W, 10-40W
Repsol 0-40W
Motul 300v chrono 10-40W and
Motul 8100 5-40W
Motul 15-50W
Elf 10-50W

and others in my other car.

My opinion - specific to DC2R experience.

Flow is better for winter - Thinner oils
Thicker oil - better protection under extreme conditions

But feel -> the 50W oils felt to thick. I felt that the engine was sluggish and didn't rev as freely until I ran for about 30mins. It also seem to heat up slower but also cool slower once I reached a high temp (oil cooler). I would use a thicker oil for older engines. In winter, it also took longer to warm up and had crappy milage.

With the thinner oils, they can heat up pretty fast (though temp is quite stable with good oils), but also cool down faster (from my temp gauge). My theory is because of the better flow through the oil cooler. So, you get faster warm up

I would stick with 0/5/10-30/40 oils - 10-40W seems to be a happy medium.
0/5-30/40W's would have the best "smooth" feel - but being a thinner oil, your engine might sound a little noiser. It actually feels like the car has more power and I do get better milage with thinner oils.

The other important thing that fueltank mentioned is detergents. Race oils have less detergents so are better for extreme conditions in the short term and not necessarily good for 5000kms.

I was impressed with Motul 8100 5-40W and repsol 0-40w--> felt super smooth - I could tell the difference and yes, I would put any "good" shit through my car in the name of experience

I'd say for our purpose, most oils would be the same, but it's these small differences that would make me choose one product over another. I would now run about town with the motul 300v Chrono or 8100 full synthetics.

[GoldCoastDC5R]

Very good post Euge, thanks for all the info...

[FunkyR]

Mmmm any decent oil should be good enough if you change it often enough....

I use Mobil 1 10W-30 (made in the US - much much better quality than aussei made Mobil 1)

[Justified]

Royal purple 10W-40 rocks!!

hehe

[Howie]

honda feo

^^ im with stupid

[andrew84tran]

honda feo ftw

[ATSE]

Elf Excellium GP 5w 40

[Vincent]

Honda FEO 10w-30

[vtml]

To those using Honda FEO, what sort of oil temp are you guys getting at the track ? Please specify whether you have an oil cooler setup.

[szymonsta]

im using honda feo 10W-30, no oil cooler, defi gauges, once the oil reaches just under 130degC i do a cool down lap or two and pit in..

[euGeR]

To those using Honda FEO, what sort of oil temp are you guys getting at the track ? Please specify whether you have an oil cooler setup.

That could be a whole new thread - around 110C with oil cooler

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There's also two more oils I would try

Royal Purple and schaeffer
These oils are harder to get (I couldn't get schaeffer in time for my last change)

These are oils that have good results in terms of anti wear/detergents/consistency of the oil throughout its life - on bobistheoilguy.com. You can leverage some of the results of provided by other peoples testing.