2003 Honda Element- What oil should I use?

[jasno999]

Girlfriend has a Honda Element with almost 90K miles on it. It has had dealer/shop oil changes every 3-5K miles since the start and always dino (regular) oil.

I will be doing the oil changes now and I would like to put synthetic in the car and go a little longer than 5K per oil change.

I was thinkign about using AMSOIL 5W20 with the EA filter and doing changes every 7.5K to 10K miles. I wanted to hear your thoughts on this and if you guys think this is a good choice or if there is somethign else better to use.

 

[buster]

I assume you have the Honda 2.4L engine which is one of the best 4cyl on the market IMHO. It's easy on oil so 10k is easily attainable with a good synthetic and even some conventional oils although I'd def use a synthetic >10k miles. Amsoil is a very good choice. I'm using their 0w-20 now and just changed it last night. 11k miles. I could probably go further but won't know until I get the UOA back. For up to 7.5k, the Amsoil 5w-20 XL is probably a better choice for you. You could do 7.5k with any oil in this engine but the Amsoil will give you a good saftey margin.

 

[MatchboxCar]

Use the commonly available Mobil 1 5W-20. It's what I use in my Element and I get excellent UOA on 9000 mile oil change intervals. The Honda -01 oil filter is a good choice.

 

[buster]

M1 0w-20 and 5w-20 are two great choices as well, forgot to add that.

 

[Pablo]

XLM 5W-20 or ASM 0W-20 are excellent choices.

XLM 5W-20

ASM 0W-20

The XLM would be fine approaching 10K, the ASM would go beyond 10K with no worries.

 

[jasno999]

Thanks

I think the 0W20 ASM sounds like the best.

 

[BrianWC]

Just in case you need it, another vote for long mile OC's with synth or at least 5-7k on a group II. I've got 84k on my 02 V with the same 2.4 and it runs like a top.

 

[Titan]

It really doesn't much matter if she's going to sell it before it has 150,000 miles on it

 

[Auto-Union]

We're in PA too and GF now has an older CRV. If you end up selling the Element, send me a PM first. TIA

 

[synthetic_crazy]

Try Pennzoil Ultra 5w-20!

 

[dparm]

I think the Pennzoil Ultra is a good choice too. It's readily available and is absolutely designed for long OCIs. From what we've seen it's a very solid oil and should keep that Honda purring for many more years.

Not sure how cold it gets where you are but the 5w20 should be good for year-round usage.