Thicker oil in the winter?
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no pattywak its cause you drive an accord. 
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I would only run 5w30 in my Civic at any time. No point in running 10w30. The cold engine noise for the most part is normal. Honda coined it the "cold engine piston slap" and considered it normal. My 97 HX use to sound like it was coming apart for the first mile or so then it went away.
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same with suby's they tick and slap like rabid donkeys in the cold. I run 5w40 all year though.
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If any of you are running 10-30 or above in your Hondas, you need to get that junk out of there ASAP. If it's using oil, then running a higher-viscosity oil isn't going to help you - Hondas have very narrow oil passages, and need a good 5-20 or 5-30 to operate properly. Thicker oil in the winter isn't a good idea, as the point of upping your viscosity is to provide protection against thermal wear. All that you're going to do by moving up is put wear and tear on your valvetrain, etc... and possibly get worse fuel economy.
These people that are all "I run 20W-50 and it's AWESOME!" kill me... I don't even run 15-50 on the track anymore, where I see high oil temps.
These people that are all "I run 20W-50 and it's AWESOME!" kill me... I don't even run 15-50 on the track anymore, where I see high oil temps.
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Ever heard an H6 upon PDI startup (Pre-Delivery Inspection)? They sound like ball-bearings have been dumped into the engine with no oil in it, and the scary part - they keep doing it for over a minute when it's cold.
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I havent heard that no. Its funny though to see all the post on NASIOC about there engine sounding like its comming apart on cold starts. Then the next 10 replies are its cool dont worry about it lol.
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It's true... Matt's engine does it, mine did, David J's does, Chandler's did... it's funny how they sound, but within 10 seconds, it's gone. I love those engines, because they are tough and can take alot of abuse, yet are decently efficient. (and, you can basically do anything that you want with the motor inside the car - valvejob, etc...) instead of having to pull the entire thing out and play around with it, lol. When the FEDEX guy would come to my old dealership, he would literally HAND me the box with the bottom end in it that was going to be a replacement. How funny.
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you normally step down from a 10W30 to a 5W30 in the winter if your car is designed for it ... being a honda, yours requires a 5W30 year round unless its a newer honda which usually requires a 5W20 (mainly because they are trying to help increase gas mileage, blahblahblah)
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Don't run the Lucas junk either. That stuff is way too thick.
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x2 ... id never put lucas in my own car, even as a last resort
its kinda like fix-a-flat ... it might stop the leak, but you more than likely just ruined the tire (or engine, or transmission, etc.)
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ive ran lucas synthetic oil stabilizer in all my cars for yrs and never had any problems but i only put a half quart in with 3 1/2 quarts of 5w30 in the ka the regular lucas stabilizer is thick as fuck. only put it in all of our old carb v8 engines
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