Use 10-30 oil for a 1998 Accord? (83K miles)
 

Hi,

When I went to my usual mechanics this pass weekend to change
oil, he asked me to start filling 10-30 oil from now on. (was 5-30 before)
He said it makes no difference since my car is old and has
significant mileage on it. Is he right? So should I start to fill with 10-30
oil from now on?

My 98 Accord has 83K miles on it, and I live in Sunny California.


Thanks,
EH

Gary wrote:

> 83k is not significant. 283k is significant. Use 5w30...can use 5w20 also,
> that is what my Honda said.
> I use 5w30 myself

if its burning a quart between changes, going with 10w *might* slow that
down. it wont hurt.

eh wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I went to my usual mechanics this pass weekend to change
> oil, he asked me to start filling 10-30 oil from now on. (was 5-30 before)
> He said it makes no difference since my car is old and has
> significant mileage on it. Is he right? So should I start to fill with 10-30
> oil from now on?
>
> My 98 Accord has 83K miles on it, and I live in Sunny California.
>
>
> Thanks,
> EH
>

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He must be a ___________ (fill in the blank with Dodge / Ford / Chev/
etc.) mechanic.

Use 5w-30 or 5w-20 until you hit 400,000 miles, then check back with us.

He was probably just out of the CORRECT stuff.

'Curly'