0-20 Weight Oil

[want-a-be]

Our CR-V calls for 0-20 weight motor oil, is all 0-20 weight Synthetic? Don't really like Synthetic it's not worth the price, what would it hurt to use 5-20 regular oil? The car will never be where the temp. is 0.

[mike_brez]

want-a-be wrote:
We drive around 7000 miles a year. The temp. range for 0-20 is -20 to +100 degrees.

My son has been living up in Vt 10 min from the Canadian border running 0-20 and there are a lot of nights were it is way below -20 with the wind. So far so good.

[mike_brez]

My sons 2015 Subaru Outback call for the same 0-20. That's what we put in it.

[Kennedycamper]

0-20 can be synthetic or conventional. Check your owners manual for what it needs.

[DownTheAvenue]

If you always follow what the manufacturers recommend, you will never be wrong. Stray off that course, and you do so at your own peril.

[want-a-be]

We drive around 7000 miles a year. The temp. range for 0-20 is -20 to +100 degrees.

[romore]

What is the temperature range specified? That weight is for North Dakota in January.

[rgatijnet1]

Honda has always had some of the most technologically advanced engines. If their engineers call for 0-20 I would trust their expertise and stick with it.
Exactly how many miles per year do you plan on putting on your CR-V that the cost difference in the price of oil is a big concern?