On Wed, 18 May 2005 07:10:48 -0400, Chris > wrote:

>I did change yesterday, at the Honda dealer, the oil on my Honda
>Element 2004.
>I asked for Synthetic oil. They did change the oil.
>Later I did noticed the oil they put was Castrol, Synthetic, 10W30.
>In the Honda Element owner's manual is mentioned to use 5W20
>Someone told me later for Synthetic oil I should use special filter
>for synthetic oil.
>
>My question is if Honda dealer did OK when they put Castrol oil
>instead of genuine Honda oil and filter.
>
>Any comments would be appreciated
Thanks for all comments

Chris