Had to get the car inspected, so I decided to take advantage of the local honda service shop's oil change while the car was there...
Ends up they put in 5qts of 5w20I drained the extra quart, but the lighest weight oil the service manual recommends is 5w30. I'm planning on changing it at the end of next week (e.g. 400 miles).
I'm guessing it shoudn't cause too much harm in that short a time period right?
1989 Accord LX-I - Brembo f.Rotors, Hawk HP+ pads, ATE fluid
1996 Mustang Cobra #404 - somewhat stock
Your good, don't worry about it. I use to use 5W20 and then switched back to 5W30.
Phil
You're fine. I'm wanting to give 0W20 a shot some time.
You should be fine. 400 miles won't hurt anything. I had 5w30 oil in my BMW for a while, and I found out that 5w30 is to thin for it, and I was fine.
Sam
1989 Accord LX: Sold with 208k-now somewhere around 230k with new owner
Current:
2014 Elantra Sport 6MT
2000 Montero Sport 4x4 (beater, trail rig)
Ok, thanks for the input guys!
1989 Accord LX-I - Brembo f.Rotors, Hawk HP+ pads, ATE fluid
1996 Mustang Cobra #404 - somewhat stock
it should be fine it will just burn faster then regular oil i had to run 20W50 in my 3g and it would still burn!!!i used 5W20 when i first got it and used more then 2qt's a week
1988 Honda Accord LX-i Coupe 123k miles.
I hope you didn't have to pay for the oil service?
'87 LXi Hatchback, 166k mi.
Bought my first hatchback in 86
This is my 2nd go round
After I complained about the extra quart added, I got the next one for free...Originally Posted by Brently
1989 Accord LX-I - Brembo f.Rotors, Hawk HP+ pads, ATE fluid
1996 Mustang Cobra #404 - somewhat stock
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