Oil advice & recommendations from oilman @ Opie Oils

[oilman]

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[MaccaIRL]

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Yeah ive got a question lol

My 98 prelude is recommended 5w30 synthetic as far as i remember

Was told as it has 144k on the clock to run 15w50
This is from a honda tuner, but really dont wanna screw up the engine/vtec

[oilman]

Hi

I'm not sure why they would recommend a 15w-50 unless it's either massively modified or really badly worn, leading to very high oil consumption. A 5w-40 or 10w-40 would be much more sensible.

Cheers

Tim

[MaccaIRL]

Yeah im running 10w40 currently

Guy hasnt even seen thecar but he just said for the mileage

Whats the best 10w40 oil youd recommend

[oilman]

Here you go

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/c-657-10w-40.aspx

The best ones are the Gulf Competition, Motul 300V, Red Line and Millers CFS. As a cheaper alternative the Fuchs Syn MC, Shell HX7, Motul 6100 and Millers EE/Trident are good choices.

You only need a thicker oil in high mileage cars when there is sufficient wear to cause excess oil consumption, unless your engine is badly worn, a 10w-40 will be fine. Some older cars would be very worn by the time they got to 144k, but something relatively modern an dwell built, like a Prelude, should be fine at that mileage if fairly well looked after.

Cheers

Tim

[Vtecmec]

something relatively modern and well built, like a Prelude

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