Recommended oil for K20a
Discussion
Hi Ricers!
I've defected from the Elise forum as I have a Honda conversion in my Elise. It runs a standard K20a european spec engine and I was just wondering what type of oil is recommended on these engines.
I used to own an Integra Type-R, so I am aware that engine oil is particularly important on these engines.
Your thoughts & recommendations are appreciated.
Rich
I've defected from the Elise forum as I have a Honda conversion in my Elise. It runs a standard K20a european spec engine and I was just wondering what type of oil is recommended on these engines.
I used to own an Integra Type-R, so I am aware that engine oil is particularly important on these engines.
Your thoughts & recommendations are appreciated.
Rich
Why not?
Removes a lot of the lacquer build-up and cleans the valve springs.
If you had issues with a flush treatment, then I'm sorry to hear that, but yours might be an isolated incident or as a result of the particular brand of product you used.
Your post above doesn't exactly hold or carry much credibility since you make a statement but don't follow it up with an explanation of how the statement was arrived at.
That's a bit like me or anyone else saying "Never ever ever use Halfords windscreen fluid, EVER!!" and not bothering to layout the reason I or they reached that conclusion.
Removes a lot of the lacquer build-up and cleans the valve springs.
If you had issues with a flush treatment, then I'm sorry to hear that, but yours might be an isolated incident or as a result of the particular brand of product you used.
Your post above doesn't exactly hold or carry much credibility since you make a statement but don't follow it up with an explanation of how the statement was arrived at.
That's a bit like me or anyone else saying "Never ever ever use Halfords windscreen fluid, EVER!!" and not bothering to layout the reason I or they reached that conclusion.
stew-typeR said:
dont ever ever ever ever use engine flush. EVER.
seconded, I used Polyslip engine cleaner on my old F22 engine, totally destroyed the engine, clogged up al the oil passages with the shyte it removed and caused the main bearings to disintegrate and seize the crank which snapped the timing belt. Nasty nasty stuff.
PJ S said:
Why not?
Removes a lot of the lacquer build-up and cleans the valve springs.
If you had issues with a flush treatment, then I'm sorry to hear that, but yours might be an isolated incident or as a result of the particular brand of product you used.
Your post above doesn't exactly hold or carry much credibility since you make a statement but don't follow it up with an explanation of how the statement was arrived at.
That's a bit like me or anyone else saying "Never ever ever use Halfords windscreen fluid, EVER!!" and not bothering to layout the reason I or they reached that conclusion.
Removes a lot of the lacquer build-up and cleans the valve springs.
If you had issues with a flush treatment, then I'm sorry to hear that, but yours might be an isolated incident or as a result of the particular brand of product you used.
Your post above doesn't exactly hold or carry much credibility since you make a statement but don't follow it up with an explanation of how the statement was arrived at.
That's a bit like me or anyone else saying "Never ever ever use Halfords windscreen fluid, EVER!!" and not bothering to layout the reason I or they reached that conclusion.
ive not had bad experiences myself, but the countless people who have are enough.
as for brand of oil i use, only the best- silkolene pro s.
using a premium oil removes the need to flush the engine anyhow. if someone needs to flush an engine, its because they were using poor quality oil.
My point being if you've bought a car 2nd hand and the owner just let the dealer/indie do the oil changes, God only knows what they used.
That plus driving style will dictate the amount of build-up there is.
One local Vauxhall dealership swears by and uses a particular brand of fuel and engine flush (trade only, not retail product) on each customer's car as part of the service routine.
I'm a big Liqui Moly fan - especially when you learn that they have circa 90% (IIRC) of their domestic market using their products, both Proline and Retail.
Hard to ignore that.
But Silkolene is a very well respected brand, especially in the motorbike market.
Them and Rock Oil were ones I used on my little hyper 250 Kwack KR1-S many, many, MANY moons ago.
That plus driving style will dictate the amount of build-up there is.
One local Vauxhall dealership swears by and uses a particular brand of fuel and engine flush (trade only, not retail product) on each customer's car as part of the service routine.
I'm a big Liqui Moly fan - especially when you learn that they have circa 90% (IIRC) of their domestic market using their products, both Proline and Retail.
Hard to ignore that.
But Silkolene is a very well respected brand, especially in the motorbike market.
Them and Rock Oil were ones I used on my little hyper 250 Kwack KR1-S many, many, MANY moons ago.
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