> I just purchased a brand new Accord and I'm reading the manual and breaking
 > the car in (Yes Honda specifies breaking the car in) like we used to do in
 > the old days. Honda specifies 5-20 detergent oil. The manual says synthetics
 > are fine as long as they meet the specs for the regular oil. Somewhere in my
 > neurons I remember that you have to flush out the petroleum based oil with a
 > double oil change but I'm not sure. What is the general consensus on
 > synthetics these days? Since I'm a Castoroil fan I would probably use their
 > brand. 
 > 
 > Jim Haight 


Wow, I am looking at this old post. It's now 2011 and I bought the Honda in
2002. The Honda is still going although my youngest daughter has it. I wish
I still had it. I fed it Castrol syntech every 5k which did the trick. The
car has over 250k miles on it and it is young :)  

My next project is a 2009 VW MKV gti which I bought new. I have uploaded
APR stage II software on it, installed a better downpipe (Induktion
motorsports) and a BSH intake. I am ready to put a Magnaflow catback
exhaust on it but the wife has protested. She thinks that the neighbors
will think I am a hillbilly or something. Since Cape Cod summers are just
as humid as Baltimore, I am thinking of putting a Forge Twintercooler /
intercooler on the front to keep the turbo from heat soak. I ran around the
cape all last summer and by the end of the day, she just didn't want to eat
pavement. I have maxed out all possibilites of horsepower with the stock
KO3 turbo and seriously thinking about APR's KO4 turbo kit since I have the
software in place. 

Jim Haight RN  aka Jahmas
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