Originally Posted by Triple_Se7en
The middle sentence of your post says maybe. The last sentence says you will use your leftover 0w20.
That last sentence is your best resolve, unless your owners manual allows you to use 5w or 30s.What does your manual explicitly state? Ignore what this make and model is doing in other countries. You should be following the owners manual of this country. Follow the owners manual inside your glove box, provided that vehicle remains inside the USA..
Originally Posted by tbm5690
There is nothing wrong with using a different weight approved for the exact same engine elsewhere in the world, the only difference being the lack of the CAFE constraints. Of course, to each his own on this but the only potential drawback is a slight drop in MPGs.
Gotta love the dueling experts at BITOG...
The middle sentence of your post says maybe. The last sentence says you will use your leftover 0w20.
That last sentence is your best resolve, unless your owners manual allows you to use 5w or 30s.What does your manual explicitly state? Ignore what this make and model is doing in other countries. You should be following the owners manual of this country. Follow the owners manual inside your glove box, provided that vehicle remains inside the USA..
Originally Posted by tbm5690
There is nothing wrong with using a different weight approved for the exact same engine elsewhere in the world, the only difference being the lack of the CAFE constraints. Of course, to each his own on this but the only potential drawback is a slight drop in MPGs.
Gotta love the dueling experts at BITOG...