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Any suggestions what kind of oil should I use in 2004 Accord V6,
should I go synthetic or natural? What's better?

Thanks

Use what the owners manual suggests.
Synthetic's main advantage is the longer change interval required, therefore
if the car is still under warranty you have to change the oil at the
recommended interval which eliminates this advantage and also triples your
oil cost. Your engine will last just as long with regular oil changes using
synthetic or "natural".
<t_lak77@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Any suggestions what kind of oil should I use in 2004 Accord V6,
> should I go synthetic or natural? What's better?
>
> Thanks

>if the car is still under warranty you have to change the oil at the
>recommended interval which eliminates this advantage and also triples your
>oil cost


This is not necessarily true. How can a dealer prove that you drive in
severe conditions which require a 3,000 mile change or normal
conditions which require a 7,500 mile change?

If you want to go synthetic, I would wait until you hit the 7,500 mark
with the break in oil, get a regular dino oil change on the next
change and then go to synthetic if that is what you choose (also other
posters in the past have recommended this). Just remember that even
though Honda dealers are required to use OEM filters, the actual oil
they use can be anything (most likely the cheapest drum of the week).

Nick

On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 13:20:45 -0400, "Grahame"
<grahame.joyce@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>Use what the owners manual suggests.
>Synthetic's main advantage is the longer change interval required, therefore
>if the car is still under warranty you have to change the oil at the
>recommended interval which eliminates this advantage and also triples your
>oil cost. Your engine will last just as long with regular oil changes using
>synthetic or "natural".
><t_lak77@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:7a461ac2.0409101808.5810b258@posting.google. com...
>> Any suggestions what kind of oil should I use in 2004 Accord V6,
>> should I go synthetic or natural? What's better?
>>
>> Thanks
>

Use synthetic, it does not jell.

Ask a toyota owner with a V6 engine.