Recent content by rodrigolara

Thank you everyone for responding. I really appreciate your responses. To clarify, the service advisors told me I should use Honda semi-syn for at least two cycles. One even told me he's applied additives to conventional oil that make it perform to better than synthetic. - Although, that's not...

Just got a new Honda Civic. I had oil laying around that belonged to the car I traded in. I replaced it to the owners manual (optional) specs, as the standard factory oil is semi-synthetic. My GTI used synthetic always...(don't roll your eyes.) When I told my the service guy I would provide my...

You guys are very helpful. Thank you for all your responses. I think I will. 1. Flash my ECU to stock specifications. 2. Take another sample at my next oil change.

Thanks for your input. I'm going to reset the programming and wait till my next oil change to see if there's improvement.

Hi guys. This is my first time posting, I sent an oil sample to Blackstone. Everything turned out fine, except for 6% fuel dillution. I wanted to know what could be causing this, so I called Blackstone. Since my car's ECU is upgraded, they said the fuel mappings might be programmed...