honda accord 2000 4 cylinders oil change

Hey guys,

What is the best engine oil for the accord sedan 2000 4 cylinders?

Honda recommends their brnad of oil; but is there another product that is just as good ot better?

apollos1943

 

Stick to name brand oil and make sure it meets the service requirements
spelled out in your users manual and it will be fine. It all comes from the
same dinosaur guts (unless you opt for synthetic). This is a religious
topic. I doubt you will get a single answer to this question.

 

As the car gets older (50+K miles) you can switch to different brand since
honda brand is expensive.

--Viktor

 

Oil is defined by a standard which is constantly upgraded.
Current API Service rating was recently upgraded from SJ to SH
and I think is now at SL. That is the first parameter.

Back when oil was rated about SD or SE, some oils could not
maintain viscosity at higher engine speeds. Only two brands
back then were identified as meeting those requirements -
Castrol and Exxon Uniflo. Today, all oils now have solved that
problem. But it demonstrates that better brand names may
exceed SL standards.

Synthetic oil provides no advantage to cars (which is
different from aviation) because synthetic still must be
replaced at same frequency AND it uses smaller molecules to
lubricate compared to conventional oil.

 

How long do you plan to keep the car? The 5w-20 Honda brand does cost a
little more, but it is also a very well crafted oil that gets great used oil
analysis according to the folks at bobistheoilguy.com. You could buy a
cheaper oil and save $5-8 an oil change, but could prove to be a real false
economy if you intend to keep the ar for a while.

 

Oil and filtre at the local Honda dealer here costs $28.88 (plus tax, of
course). Doesn't matter whether you're using 10W30 or 5W20 or anything in
between.

 

You should talk to Mercedes, Porsche and Aston Martin.
You could save them some money!

 

Thank you all for your time and wisdom in this matter.
I intend to keep this car for a few years. Does the brand of engine oil makes the difference?

aopllos1943

 

Some of the new base oils are "Type II" or "Type III" - AKA "hydroisomerized"
or "hydrocracked" petroleum oil. There's been some controversy over
Castrol NA changing their motor oil from mostly PAO (Type IV) to a Type III
base oil, and marketing it as "synthetic".

<http://www.oilhelp.com/about.htm>

Texaco Havoline motor oil was labelled as "Type II" during the Shell/Texaco
joint venture (Equilon). Chevron called their base oil IsoSyn, which is a Type
II base oil they used in Chevron Surpreme and Delo motor oils. I believe
Chevron also patented the process. Since the Chevron/Texaco merger, they
likely use the same formula in different color bottles.

<http://www.chevron.com/prodserv/nafl/auto/content/promotions.shtm>

 

-
GusTheCa

 

The 2000 Accord still calls for 5w-30, so most any brand should be
available in that weight.

Norm