Oil engine oil

[civicfan]

Originally Posted by deeny

0-30 oil i was told to put in my car

If I remember it is 0W30 for the iCTDI with particle filter and 5W30 for the one without, but 5W30 can't be wrong anyway (and it saves fuel)

[subarup1]

0W 30 Castrol Edge regular or 0W 30 Castrol Edge Turbo Diesel??

Anybosy tried eiter / both and what were the results?

Sub

[bah humbug]

Hi,

I have used 3 litres in less than 10,000 miles and at £17 / litre not best pleased. My old Golf and was never touched bettween 20,00 mile services neither was the old Rover 218 diesel.

This is coupled with poor fuel consumption, honda only managed to acheive 48mpg on a test to verify my complaints of low consumption.

They have said they are now going to remap the ECU but have also said that the oil consumption is NORMAL and within theior range of 1 litre / 600miles!!!!!! I personally think the two are linked anybody got any suggestions?

Anybody else seen these figures!

[coolice]

Originally Posted by subarup1

0W 30 Castrol Edge regular or 0W 30 Castrol Edge Turbo Diesel??

Anybosy tried eiter / both and what were the results?

Sub

Hey All,

Same question here really to, I've just brought some from Halfords incase I need to top up while running in etc. and I to got Castrol EDGE 0W30 non-turbo diesel (didn't see it on the shelf and so never thought about it).
Which is the best one you reckon before I ask the dealer.

Thanks.

Ian

[angie4m]

Originally Posted by bah humbug

Hi,

I have used 3 litres in less than 10,000 miles and at £17 / litre not best pleased. My old Golf and was never touched bettween 20,00 mile services neither was the old Rover 218 diesel.

This is coupled with poor fuel consumption, honda only managed to acheive 48mpg on a test to verify my complaints of low consumption.

They have said they are now going to remap the ECU but have also said that the oil consumption is NORMAL and within theior range of 1 litre / 600miles!!!!!! I personally think the two are linked anybody got any suggestions?

Anybody else seen these figures!

I'm guessing that you have the 2.2 hence the complaint about the low mpg which for some folk they would say thats good. All depends on where your driving, how fast, what gear etc.

I don't think i've heard of anyone use that much oil in such a small period of time, I haven't been keeping a track of the amount of oil that I use a huge bottle and never mark it off.

So glad you don't have an RX8 then because they drink oil!

[Dimplyred]

Originally Posted by angie4m

I don't think i've heard of anyone use that much oil in such a small period of time, I haven't been keeping a track of the amount of oil that I use a huge bottle and never mark it off.

How often have you had to top it up? I've not used a drop.

[angie4m]

Originally Posted by Dimplyred

How often have you had to top it up? I've not used a drop.

I'm sure your engine has used oil Dimply othewise how does it run? Only done it a couple of times and its been probably about 100 ml each time just to keep it upto the Max level. I've never had it at Minimum neither had the light come on like others too. Now upto nearly 3000 miles so all good

I probably didn't really need to top up, just keep it topped up incase I can't get doing it another day when it maybe too late by then

[Dimplyred]

You know what I mean!!!

I meant I haven't had to put any in. I was just curious as to how much you had used and how often you had put it in.

[Dimplyred]

Originally Posted by bah humbug

Hi,

I have used 3 litres in less than 10,000 miles and at £17 / litre not best pleased. My old Golf and was never touched bettween 20,00 mile services neither was the old Rover 218 diesel.

It seems as if a lot of manufacturers accept that using one litre of oil every three thousand miles is acceptable. Including VW.

[angie4m]

Originally Posted by Dimplyred

You know what I mean!!!

I meant I haven't had to put any in. I was just curious as to how much you had used and how often you had put it in.

Lol!! Only put some in last weekend to make sure that if the weather was pants this weekend I would have it all topped up for my roughly 1400 mile trip time before was about 2/3 months ago

[bah humbug]

Sorry, It is the 2.2 diesel, type S GT. I did the good old oil change after the first 2K at the dealers recommendation to synthetic, then within another 2K the oil light was on and it was near the bottom. Since then been keeping on top of it but its getting expensive (Not what I was expecting really)

On the fuel I can only get 42 out of it. The 48 was Honda under test conditions. Fell a little short of their quoted figures. Wish I had gone for the Type R now, with the price of diesel it would have been worth it

[angie4m]

Jings my dealer offers, but doesn't recommend a oil change after 6 months but not 2000 miles! Plus it should have been synthetic in the car already so thats another con!

[cb550]

I top up with edge 0w-30 for my uk diesel.The edge diesel 0w-30 is formulated for dpf engines,meaning its formula creates less by-products reducing the chance of fouling the dpf.The diesel 0w-30 i'm sure is ok in either of the diesels,but i use the standard Edge.

Which oil's £17/litre? Edge is £9.99/litrefrom morrisons(last week was on offer there at £7.99 or something like that)

[philippeclement]

Originally Posted by bah humbug

Hi,

I have used 3 litres in less than 10,000 miles and at £17 / litre not best pleased. My old Golf and was never touched bettween 20,00 mile services neither was the old Rover 218 diesel.

This is coupled with poor fuel consumption, honda only managed to acheive 48mpg on a test to verify my complaints of low consumption.

They have said they are now going to remap the ECU but have also said that the oil consumption is NORMAL and within theior range of 1 litre / 600miles!!!!!! I personally think the two are linked anybody got any suggestions?

Anybody else seen these figures!

No way !! 1 litre / 600 miles is not the normal oil consumption !
But during running-in periode, that could happen, i have a Diesel 2,2 engine and only have 2500 miles on clock and have hardly consummed nothing at all. When the rings are not run-in proper, then too late, the engine will always burn oil and have a bit less compression thus giving a higher MPG ! Yes, the two are linked. I consume only 6,3 litres per 100 km on motoways speeding at 130 to 160 km/h (82 to 100 miles/hour). All depends how you run-in your piston rings ! I thrashed them in the very first milage (with progressive heating ofcorse) and the rings are now perfectly sealed and in place.
I request you watch out your oil consumption and if it gets worse, change your piston rings and start it over again, but if it gets better than your engine would still be on the running-in process which i do hope for you. How did you run your engine ???

[St3ph3n]

My 1.8 has consumed 1 litre of oil in 13000 km (8078 miles, imperial oddballs ) from new, which seems pretty reasonable to me.

[DerChef]

[quote=St3ph3n;176021]My 1.8 has consumed 1 litre of oil in 13000 km (8078 miles, imperial oddballs ) fquote]

So you dont buy jeans then or wheel rims

[knd]

this is strange....bought mine in jan 2008 (0Km), and now have 9200Km....and the oil consuption is none (visible ). the oil still at full level. mine is a 1.8
did you push the car when the car was new?

[bah humbug]

Originally Posted by philippeclement

No way !! 1 litre / 600 miles is not the normal oil consumption !
But during running-in periode, that could happen, i have a Diesel 2,2 engine and only have 2500 miles on clock and have hardly consummed nothing at all. When the rings are not run-in proper, then too late, the engine will always burn oil and have a bit less compression thus giving a higher MPG ! Yes, the two are linked. I consume only 6,3 litres per 100 km on motoways speeding at 130 to 160 km/h (82 to 100 miles/hour). All depends how you run-in your piston rings ! I thrashed them in the very first milage (with progressive heating ofcorse) and the rings are now perfectly sealed and in place.
I request you watch out your oil consumption and if it gets worse, change your piston rings and start it over again, but if it gets better than your engine would still be on the running-in process which i do hope for you. How did you run your engine ???

I ran it in similar to the way you suggested, Honda recomended that I return the car after 1000 miles (didn't get it to them until 1500m though) to change the oil to the synthetic. They have now accepted that the fuel consumption isn't correct and have booked the car in to have the ECU remapped. Not sure if this will help the oil consumption though.

[philippeclement]

Originally Posted by bah humbug

I ran it in similar to the way you suggested, Honda recomended that I return the car after 1000 miles (didn't get it to them until 1500m though) to change the oil to the synthetic. They have now accepted that the fuel consumption isn't correct and have booked the car in to have the ECU remapped. Not sure if this will help the oil consumption though.

Strange ......very strange, these honda people
What has a remapped gotta do with pure mechanics ??? Remapping deals with the gestion of supplying fuel, injectors, valves and turbo !!! Just make shure the dont fiddle around with the initial power and torq of the engine by reducing it Agree with you, wont do anything against oil consumption !!! Get more technical infos about this, i wont get them away with it !!! Oil consumption is ONLY linked with the piston rings, it's purely mechanical, nothing to do with software !!! Take care

[Woette]

question
three days ago i checked my oil level (1.8 vtec). I found that the oil mark was just above the lower mark on the dipstick. Since that i have driven 75 km but when i parked my car today and shut down the engine, i could here something boiling in the engine bay. So i let the car stand for 45 minutes and checked oil level. Now it was almost against the uppermark and the oil was after 45 minutes still very warm. The oil light has not come on yet but i dont thrust it. Going straigt to the honda guys tomorrow for a refill, they said it needn't some special synthetic honda oil for a good running in period.
Now have i damaged my engine by driving it in pretty hot weather over here, what do you guys think?

grtz