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May 13, 2011 | 09:20 AM

#161

cruzn246

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I think it's all about moot for me. The manual for the 2011 says use 0w-20. I can't find that in conventional oil.

May 13, 2011 | 11:37 AM

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DiamondStarMonsters

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I don't believe there are 0w weight dino juices... I may be wrong, but I've never found any. If it has a syn base, its still semi-syn.

May 13, 2011 | 10:07 PM

#163

SilverBullet

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Kudos to the new Mobil1 site. 0w20 is full synthetic and dont know if another version is coming out. Honda's Japan website leads me to believe there will be. Mobil1 got rid of the semi synthetic line.

May 25, 2011 | 01:41 AM

#164

Rygrego

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Originally Posted by lmatthew9

I spoke with the head honda tech which is one of my good friends. He said that there is no reason or no need to use synthetic in th Fit. The engine is not made for synthetic nor will it help it in any degree. I trust this man with my car's life 25+ years at the same honda dealership. He said its not the money factor, its just Honda designs these Fit engines around conventional oil.

If anybody tells you a particular car or truck is not designed for synthetic oil they are speaking from pure ignorance. Synthetic oil is just far superior to dino oil period. Anybody who tries to tell you different is speaking from pure ignorance ( not stupidity, just ignorance).

May 25, 2011 | 11:10 AM

#165

mahout

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Originally Posted by Rygrego

Agreed.
I, both tech and engineer, and Honda engineers all state that synthetic oils are the lube of choice because they can design the engine for lower friction losses as a result oif requirementsfor higher mpg. Its not that conventional oils won't lube but that they just don't do it nearly as well. Thats especially true if you use 10W-30 dyno oil. Besides, dozens of dyno runs here prove the point both in power and mpg as well as wear on internals.