Synthetic or regular

spider II · #1 03-07-2005, 11:31 AM

Is it worth it to run a good synthetic in a 93 integra ls or just stick with some reg. Also do higher miles have any effect (ie gasket problems with synthetic)? i have 134,000 on my car. What does everyone else run? right now i have castrol gtx high mileage 5w30.

whtteg · #2 03-07-2005, 11:55 PM

Sometimes with higher mileage motor the seal sometime have a lot of buildup on them that actually help them from leaking. When you switch to synthetic it cleans all that buildup out of the motor and in some cases the seals start to leak. If the oil has been changed on time from the time the car was fairly new then you should be ok to switch to synthetic.

spider II · #3 03-08-2005, 10:59 AM

yeah ive got an oil pan gasket that looks like it wants to go, ill probably have to stay away from that. Anyone know where i can buy a new oil pan gasket, or possibly an aftermarket pan and gasket ( i think the previous owner bottomed out on the pan once or twice) its a little dinged up. Shit, isn't castrol gtx a synthetic? sometimes i just don't think, oh well i changed it and if it starts leaking then it starts leaking i guess.

whtteg · #4 03-09-2005, 04:35 PM

Castrol makes a synthetic but the GTX is not synthetic.
Try www.thepartstrader.com for a good used oil pan, the buy a gasket from any acura dealer. Be sure to get pics of tha pan and pay only with paypal to a verified member if you buy one at the link above.
Oh and almost forgot don't forget to get some hondabond from the acura dealer.

spider II · #5 03-10-2005, 10:49 AM

I take it hondabond is some sort of special honda gasket goop. damn i think the nearest honda or acura dealer is down in the cities. oh well, thanks for the advice.

whtteg · #6 03-10-2005, 04:19 PM

Yes hondabond is a RTV sealant, you can use any RTV sealant though does not have to be hondabond, I just like it better myself.

pikkagtr · #7 03-11-2005, 06:19 PM

for non vtec engines stick to regular or high mileage
synthetic will just be too muc moeny and not enough help

whtteg · #8 03-12-2005, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by pikkagtr

for non vtec engines stick to regular or high mileage
synthetic will just be too muc moeny and not enough help

Why would it be different for a non VTEC motor? VTEC has nothing to do with whether or not to run synthetic. A non VTEC motor can benefit as much from synthetic as a VTEC motor.

projectgsr · #9 03-12-2005, 12:54 AM

Synthetic is the way to go. But as much as I change my oil (about every 3 or 4 weeks) I would go broke.

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