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C3 only required if you have a DPF. Without a DPF then A5/B5 is the required specification
0W/30 would be betterbigngroovy said:
Hello. Did you manage to find out what you use, im guessing you have a 2.2 non dpf?Oil ****ysis does not provide the required information on the oils performance. This can only be done by its performance in standard engine tests and that is what the A5, B5 represents.
The 2.2 is a very ‘sooty’ engine and so you need an oil that can handle all the soot that is produced over a long duration which is the opposite to what a race oil is designed for.
Look for a Long life 0W-30 oil with A5,B5 credentials. I will look in the garage later and tell you what I currently use.
Hey, thanks for the reply.It will be fine, although a cheaper 20l drum of any 0w30 fully synthetic will be just fine off eBay
Hey, I've already ordered the drum. The Mannol oil you mentioned doesn't seem to be a5/b5 spec., I'm guessing your accord hasn't got a Dpf?I use to get the 20 litre drum from lube tech, but I have stopped buying it due to the lack of space to store a drum now.
I just buy Mannol 0w 30 oil from carousel Parts on ebay.
Ebay always does 20% off vouchers so it works around quite cheap for 6 liters delivered.
I changed the oil 3 times a year every 6000 miles - I do approx 20k a year
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I've been running this oil for 2 years now and has been perfect
Just clocked over 300k miles on the Accord
Can you explain the 'sooty' engine claim ? From what I was supplied by the local Honda dealer a few years back the i-ctdi was one of the best emission powerplants of the 2000s, easily meeting Euro4 , and if maintained with modern fluids, 715/2007, (or Euro 5).The Mannol oil is a c2/c3 rated oil so pretty sure it exceeds the requirements of a a5/b5 spec as it is meant for diesel cars with a DPF.
Any 0w 30 oil is fine for the ICTDI engine, the 0w 30 is the important bit of the oil.
Change it regularly and the ICTDI engine will chug on forever - Dont listen to Honda's 12k oil change interval.
Change it every 6 to 7k miles.
Its a very sotty engine so the oil breaks down fast and the protection is lost quickly hence the 6/7k oil changes
I bought my Accord in 2014 @ 90k miles - So i have done 210k on it.
Yep Correct, the ICTDI diesel has no DPF (Years 2003 to 2008)
The IDTEC honda diesel has the DPF (Accord 2009 - 2013)