Honda Car Forum

On Wed, 18 May 2005 07:10:48 -0400, Chris <criro1961@yahoo.ca> wrote:

>I did change yesterday, at the Honda dealer, the oil on my Honda
>Element 2004.
>I asked for Synthetic oil. They did change the oil.
>Later I did noticed the oil they put was Castrol, Synthetic, 10W30.
>In the Honda Element owner's manual is mentioned to use 5W20
>Someone told me later for Synthetic oil I should use special filter
>for synthetic oil.
>
>My question is if Honda dealer did OK when they put Castrol oil
>instead of genuine Honda oil and filter.
>
>Any comments would be appreciated
Thanks for all comments

Chris

In article <NGGle.8719$M36.1662@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink. net>,
Steven M. Scharf <scharf.steven@linkearth.net> wrote:
>As for synthetic, there may not be a 5W20 synthetic.

Regardless of the merits or not of 5W-20 or of dealers not following
the oil specification in the owner's manual, aren't there 5W-20 synthetic
oils now from Mobil and Castrol?

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"Timothy J. Lee" <remove22@sonic.net> wrote in message
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> In article <NGGle.8719$M36.1662@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink. net>,
> Steven M. Scharf <scharf.steven@linkearth.net> wrote:
> >As for synthetic, there may not be a 5W20 synthetic.
>
> Regardless of the merits or not of 5W-20 or of dealers not following
> the oil specification in the owner's manual, aren't there 5W-20 synthetic
> oils now from Mobil and Castrol?

Yes, my mistake.

<jmattis@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Tighter clearances? I want to see the numbers to prove this. No one
> has been able to come up with that on this board.

The 5W20 is for a reason. Honda would not have gone and annoyed dealers,
independent shops, and DIY owners, if there was not a legitimate reason for
the 5W20. It could be that they simply found that their engines worked
better with 5W20, or that it increased the fuel economy.