Thread: 0W-16 is here!
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Old 04-16-2019, 04:54 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Ecky View Post
In Japan and Europe Honda calls for an oil thinner than 0w20, for what it's worth.

I suspect it's safe to go thinner on the cold weight, but wouldn't go thinner on the warm. My new engine calls for 5w30 and I feel safe putting 0w30 in, but not 5w20 or 0w20.
Wasn't the 2010+ Honda Insight back spec'd for 0w-16 like 5 years ago?
At the time they were the only one's who sold the stuff, but it was always nationally back ordered... and was like 45$ for 4 quarts which is a no for me. Ravenol also has had a 0w-16 as well and crosses over into the 0w-20 areas but was 45$ for 5 quarts. I use ravenol ATF spec'f for the Prius CVT for a while, but figured I would wait for 0w-16 until it dropped under 20$ for 5 quarts.
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