Other threads on the new Equinox are at:
https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/4519647/1
https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/4656140/1
Originally Posted By: road_rascal
Any particular reason to run a 30W instead of the recommended 0W20? I don't want to run into any warranty problems (if) something happens and Chevy says I used the wrong grade oil. I'm probably going to use either PP or Mobil 1 and the AC Delco filter.
Since Chevy-GM did their durability testing with 0w20 and requires it, its best to stick with 0w20.
Any dexos1 Mobil1 is right for this engine, regardless of whether its the old dexos1 or newer dexos1 Gen2 spec, according to the Equinox owners manual. If its not Mobil1, require the "dexos1 Gen2" on the front label though, important here.
There are many brands and choices of non-Mobil1 dexos1 Gen2 (see front of bottle or jug for the "gen2" text), so you could pick any off the shelf at Walmart, like SuperTech 0w20 dexos1 Gen2 available there.
On the oil filter, I think you are best sticking to an oil filter with a bypass pressure matching the AC-Delco oil PF64 for this engine.
Details on why are at https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/att...f-pf64-pf48.pdf if you want to read it.
In a nutshell, GM wants you to use their bypass pressure psi setting of 22 psi, something very hard to find outside of the PF64, since aftermarket oil filters have around a 15 psi or so bypass pressure threshold.
Since webfors uncovered a torn hole inside a PF64, I would immediately suspect the pleat spacing (root cause) and overall quality is a problem on the PF64. This has plagued many Purolators over the years, so looks like maybe we should avoid the PF64 too.
That means go for a Wix WL10290 or a Fram Racing oil filter HP18, the only ones I know of that have a 22 psi bypass setting we need.
The Hastings LF630 and Baldwin B7422 both have a similar bypass psi of 20 psi, close enough to 22 psi I'd think, so you could use those too.
... amazon.com or ebay or rockauto.com for all those.
We probably should not use a UPF64R since its bypass psi is actually too high at 35 psi!
Originally Posted By: BobsArmory
My wifes Malibu has the exact same engine and requires 5w-30 Dexos1 Gen2. Why? Maybe because of the smaller grill causing less cooling airflow thru the radiator. Who knows but I think you could go with 5w-30 as well if you want.
That's not the same engine. A '17 Malibu 1.5T uses the LFV engine, and the '18 Equinox 1.5T uses the LYX engine, different engines. GM says to use 0w20 in the LYX Equinox, and xw30 in the Malibu engine for some reason they have not shared with us. ........ Technically you are right that Mobil1 AFE 0w30 would work well in the Equinox 1.5T LYX engine too, yet I think GM's durability testing using 0w20 is plenty good here in the LYX.
https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/4519647/1
https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/4656140/1
Originally Posted By: road_rascal
Any particular reason to run a 30W instead of the recommended 0W20? I don't want to run into any warranty problems (if) something happens and Chevy says I used the wrong grade oil. I'm probably going to use either PP or Mobil 1 and the AC Delco filter.
Since Chevy-GM did their durability testing with 0w20 and requires it, its best to stick with 0w20.
Any dexos1 Mobil1 is right for this engine, regardless of whether its the old dexos1 or newer dexos1 Gen2 spec, according to the Equinox owners manual. If its not Mobil1, require the "dexos1 Gen2" on the front label though, important here.
There are many brands and choices of non-Mobil1 dexos1 Gen2 (see front of bottle or jug for the "gen2" text), so you could pick any off the shelf at Walmart, like SuperTech 0w20 dexos1 Gen2 available there.
On the oil filter, I think you are best sticking to an oil filter with a bypass pressure matching the AC-Delco oil PF64 for this engine.
Details on why are at https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/att...f-pf64-pf48.pdf if you want to read it.
In a nutshell, GM wants you to use their bypass pressure psi setting of 22 psi, something very hard to find outside of the PF64, since aftermarket oil filters have around a 15 psi or so bypass pressure threshold.
Since webfors uncovered a torn hole inside a PF64, I would immediately suspect the pleat spacing (root cause) and overall quality is a problem on the PF64. This has plagued many Purolators over the years, so looks like maybe we should avoid the PF64 too.
That means go for a Wix WL10290 or a Fram Racing oil filter HP18, the only ones I know of that have a 22 psi bypass setting we need.
The Hastings LF630 and Baldwin B7422 both have a similar bypass psi of 20 psi, close enough to 22 psi I'd think, so you could use those too.
... amazon.com or ebay or rockauto.com for all those.
We probably should not use a UPF64R since its bypass psi is actually too high at 35 psi!
Originally Posted By: BobsArmory
My wifes Malibu has the exact same engine and requires 5w-30 Dexos1 Gen2. Why? Maybe because of the smaller grill causing less cooling airflow thru the radiator. Who knows but I think you could go with 5w-30 as well if you want.
That's not the same engine. A '17 Malibu 1.5T uses the LFV engine, and the '18 Equinox 1.5T uses the LYX engine, different engines. GM says to use 0w20 in the LYX Equinox, and xw30 in the Malibu engine for some reason they have not shared with us. ........ Technically you are right that Mobil1 AFE 0w30 would work well in the Equinox 1.5T LYX engine too, yet I think GM's durability testing using 0w20 is plenty good here in the LYX.
