Type R Oil Help!!!

Mr JP · 10th August 2007, 18:18

Hi guys, and gals?

just need a little help, by the time you have all read this i would have hit 3000 miles in my r-gt, i want to do an oil change as sort of a running in one and don't know what to use,

any suggestions on the best engine oil money can buy and what brand/grade i should be using?

cheers chaps

cylon2007 · 10th August 2007, 20:19

Use what Honda specifies, does the car really need an oil change at 3000 miles????

Using more expensive oil does not make the car run better or make it last longer.

w.car · 11th August 2007, 00:59

best thing is go to local dealer n ask to make sure

MoOriginal · 13th August 2007, 08:52

Castrol GTX will do - thats what I was given by my local Honda dealer.

PTR · 13th August 2007, 09:40

read the owners manual!

at my car (1.

the manual says: Don't change the oil till first service!

(because it has special running in additives!)

w.car · 13th August 2007, 15:56

i use Castrol GTX

PJS · 14th August 2007, 02:13

Take a sample of the oil and have it analysed.
If the TBN/Alkalinity is PH7 or less, then it needs changed - end of story.
As for oil - there's already an oil thread here, where I've put loads of info in, so spend time reading it and seeing what's been said, etc.

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