Samurai_Blue
Yolo Whippin'
once you go synthetic you cant go back, or you shouldnt.
i use Mobile 1 5w30 and 10w30
i use Mobile 1 5w30 and 10w30
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jhun87
94 Ls
what's the difference between 5w30 and 10w30?
sumfilipinodude
New Member
jhun87
94 Ls
Does this come in plain english? =/
Samurai_Blue
Yolo Whippin'
viscosity on start up, 5w is less viscous than 10w. its like starting your motor with katchup than syrup in the cold
jhun87
94 Ls
okay.. higher viscous the better.. so 10w is better....?
mjones73
New Member
Not always, if it's too thick at start up before it gets to operating temps, it may be too thick for the pump to push through the motor and it goes through the bypass valve and back into the pan instead...
Samurai_Blue
Yolo Whippin'
if you were in the cold and you had some syrup does it move fast? no. a liquid with a high viscosity wont move and wont be able to lubricate your motor as quickly as a liquid with a low viscocity
exactly
jhun87
94 Ls
my car is at 134k miles, i believe that's high enough to use synthetic. I bought my car couple months back and I'm not sure what the history of it as far as maintenance goes. But I intend to take care of this car to the fullest..
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Kiakid
Idk what to put here...
Ill clear it up! Royal purple is one of the better lubricating oils...FOR DANGRS a.k.a. low rpm driven cars with american built muscle. IE nascar, top fuel, and general american muscle cars which shift somewhere in the low to mid 5k range. The reason why royal purple is a bad choice for us "rice burners" is because RP breaks down at high rpm and therefore becomes useless. check the back of the bottle, it is not SM rated. SM rated basically means the oil is rated to handle high rpm. AND as a bonus fun fact, the conventional oil from dollar general, you know the dollar store a lot of us forget about? it is even SM rated, so in theory the DG brand of conventional is better for our hondas then RP.The guys that are paid to say Royal Purple is the best are the ones who say that.
Royal purple is too effin expensive in my opinion. It's not like it will give you more power. It supposedly lubricates better for longer, but i'll bet it's just as good as any motor oil.
I don't really care about the brand when I go for oil.
Most people put 5W-30 in their Integra's. I'm running 10W-30.
PLEASE NOTE! Only about 50% of that was researched on my behalf, the other half is based upon facts stated by a local guru whom ive personally whitness test knowledge skills against the encyclopedia of all mankind except football and won.. never seen a book cry before that day..
and bak on topic right now im using Quaker State Torque 10w30 full syn 4x4 truck in the teg lol but i generally prefer mobil 1 full syn in the golden veriety