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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile
Never understood people who would spend big $$$ on premium oils (Mobil-1, Royal Purple, Amsoil, etc.) then buy some junk Fram filter to go with it...
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LOL! Me either! I put Wix filters on every Honda/Toyota we have. Our 2002 4cyl Accord sometimes gets recycled oil, aka, oil from changes on our other vehicles. It burned oil from day one when I bought it for $200 and had only 166K. Smoked all the way home. It now has 285K. I give it a fresh change (filter and oil) around 20K. It is recommend to use 5w-20, but when changing or adding I use 20w50 if I have it, if not, it gets recycled oil.
I figure if I changed to gear oil, say 75w90, I might get to 3K miles before having to add any!
It has a VTEC engine, and I don't even have to bother checking the oil level anymore. It will let you know, when you get to 4k rpms and it starts bucking, it needs more oil!