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I appreciate everybody's responses. With the exception of the one Airtex recommendation, seems like the results are overwhelmingly in favor of OEM for these. Many good comments here. I think I'll stick to OEM on this part. Thanks again!

I need to replace the passenger side door lock actuator on my Insight. I can get the Honday OEM part for about $52 shipped. I can also buy an aftermarket model on Rock Auto (standard replacement quality) for about $28 shipped. Anybody have experience with OEM vs. aftermarket door lock actuators...

Thanks for everybody's replies. Nice to hear that traditional media is probably OK. I think I'll stick to my mentioned plan and examine the media and do a UOA and go from there. Originally Posted By: Snagglefoot That’s an excellent data point. What weight and grade were you running? I assume...

I've got a 2000 Honda Insight that I've done 7500 mile OCIs on for the life of the car. That car now has over 203,000 miles on it. Also, I've used oversized Baldwin and Hastings filters on this car. I change the filter every oil change. My UOAs with Blackstone are always very good. I now own a...

Honda 0w-16. (Perhaps MGMO 0w-20, also. But that is more from a sense that I'm just paying an absurd sum of money for Sustina 0w-20, rather than from any real curiosity/desire to try the MGMO 0w-20.)

I understand what each of you are saying. However, I don't see why it would be a big deal for Honda to back spec models like their hybrids for 0w-16. When SAE released their spec, they actually raised the minimum viscosity (at 100 °C) of SAE 20 from 5.6 cSt to 6.9 cSt...

Now that Honda is selling their own 0w-16 (http://www.hondapartsnow.com/genuine/honda~fullsyn~oil~0w16~08798-9061.html). Does anybody know if they have back spec'd any of their vehicles to be able to use it? I can't find any information regarding that.

Originally Posted By: bmod305 If you were speeding, pay it. Doesn't matter if no one is on the road or not. If you were not speeding, fight it. Honesty goes both ways. You want cops/gov to be honest with you so you should be honest with them. I know it doesn't always work that way but it has to...

So, I've seen the occasional threads on BITOG regarding people who have kept their cars going for many, many years, and a few for 500,000 or perhaps even a million miles. But I've been thinking recently: What if I imagined that I would never be able to purchase another car again? How would this...

Originally Posted By: Nick1994 Originally Posted By: Nick1994 They had 0w20 oil as spec in 2002? Where did you get the idea it calls for 0w20 instead of 5w20? The OP is correct. My 2000 Insight calls for 0w-20. And always has. Here are links to the pamphet that came with the car. If you look...

I believe the Sustina 0w20 numbers are: cSt at 40°C - 32.69 cSt at 100°C - 7.94 VI: 229 -Bryan

I'm currently running Sustina 0w20 in my 2000 Honda Insight. From what I recall from about a year ago, or so, the three lightest 0w20 oils were (in order): 1. Sustina 0w20 2. Mazda with Moly 0w20 3. Toyota 0w20 Just curious, if Sustina 0w20 is still the lightest 0w20 on the market. Or has...

Perhaps I'm biased, because I own one. But I would add the first generation Honda Insight (the first hybrid brought to market in the US): All aluminum frame and body. -Bryan

Here are the links to the full size pictures of the pamphlet, if anybody is interested: Full Size - Side A Full Size - Side B -Bryan

Originally Posted By: CATERHAM Thanks Bryan I'm sure you're right. It appears Honda was first by quite a few years specifying the 0W-20 grade. Well, my scanner is malfunctioning. But here are some photographs of the front and back. Not as good as a scanned copy, but oh well. Pamphlet side A...