Well, I got a new car over the weekend and I need to decide what oil to put in it.
1. What kind of vehicle you have? 1999 Acura 3.5RL (C35A1, 3.5L V6)
2. What your owner's manual says? API SJ Energy Conserving 5w30, on a 7500mi/12mo interval
3. Where you live? Cleveland, OH
4. How you drive? Easy, and on rare occasion moderately (its no sports car).
5. What your daily drive is like? I commute M-F, 8mi one way, all city driving.
6. Whether your car has any known problems? No known problems, but i just bought it used. It has 120k mi on it, fill hole looks normal for the age.
I'd prefer a synthetic oil, and I've used GC 0w30 for the last few cars I've had. I'm leaning towards continuing that. I know that the more recent Hondas spec 20wt oil and I wouldn't be opposed to giving a good 0w20 a try.
1. What kind of vehicle you have? 1999 Acura 3.5RL (C35A1, 3.5L V6)
2. What your owner's manual says? API SJ Energy Conserving 5w30, on a 7500mi/12mo interval
3. Where you live? Cleveland, OH
4. How you drive? Easy, and on rare occasion moderately (its no sports car).
5. What your daily drive is like? I commute M-F, 8mi one way, all city driving.
6. Whether your car has any known problems? No known problems, but i just bought it used. It has 120k mi on it, fill hole looks normal for the age.
I'd prefer a synthetic oil, and I've used GC 0w30 for the last few cars I've had. I'm leaning towards continuing that. I know that the more recent Hondas spec 20wt oil and I wouldn't be opposed to giving a good 0w20 a try.