# Hybrid civic 0w20 oil choices

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/hybrid-civic-0w20-oil-choices/3698>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [August 26, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hybrid-civic-0w20-oil-choices/3698 "2007-08-26T18:23:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![creeker1980](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e7dd6/32.png) [@creeker1980](https://community.cartalk.com/u/creeker1980)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hybrid-civic-0w20-oil-choices/3698/1 "2007-08-26T18:23:33Z")

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Hi, is it o.k. to use 5w20 oil instead of 0w20 oil in honda civic hybrids? Does it depend on the climate where one lives?

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**Author:** ![87\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/f14d63/32.png) [@87\_Ranger](https://community.cartalk.com/u/87_Ranger)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hybrid-civic-0w20-oil-choices/3698/2 "2007-08-26T21:47:54Z")

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Take a look in your owners manual. It should list which oil you can use.

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**Author:** ![Kendahl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Kendahl](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Kendahl)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2007, 11:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hybrid-civic-0w20-oil-choices/3698/3 "2007-08-26T23:38:27Z")

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Use only the type and weight of oil recommended in your owner’s manual and change it regularly.

When we reached 120k miles on our 1987 Civic, I asked our favorite mechanic how long we could expect the car to last. He replied that the earliest he had ever seen a Civic engine fail was 180k miles and its owners changed the oil once a year if they remembered to. With 20 more years of engineering development by Honda and proper maintenance by your part, your Civic should last far longer.