"Caroline" <caroline10027remove@earthlink.net> wrote
> "Elliot Richmond" <xmrichmond@xaustin.xrr.xcom> wrote
> > On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 14:42:42 -0700, "eh" <eh@nospam.com> wrote:
> >
> > >I have a 98 Accord that has 80K on it. Last week
> > >I went an independent deader to get my oil changed.
> > >The technician told me that I should be filling 10-30
> > >or 10-40 oil since my car has a lot of mileage on it.
> > >He said these oil protects older engine better.
> > >The car manual specified to use 5-30 and nothing
> > >else. Is the technician right?

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> I don't buy the technician's cousel at all, based on reading over the years.

Hmm. I googled: {oil viscosity engine older car} Some sites do say that, at some
point in an "older" car's life, switching to a higher viscosity oil,
particularly in the summer, might be prudent. Criteria are as one would expect:
Higher oil consumption than early in life, for example.