Originally Posted by Audios
Wow that little Kia really kicked the oils butt! Looks spent at 10k?
3L only oil pan
Originally Posted by DrDanger
It the viscosity manufacturer approved?
Are the gas stations used the well known, big brand ones?
10W in a Russian winter also seems a bad idea, I bet he/she use the car in -20/25C weather.
manufacturer thinking how sell spare parts for you only
10w = -25C by SAE J300. No problem in RU winter.
Originally Posted by bullwinkle
Originally Posted by Audios
Wow that little Kia really kicked the oils butt! Looks spent at 10k?
That's 10K KM, or 6000-6500 miles. Looks like (somewhat) south central Russia? Not exactly Siberia? Still seems thick for any modern engine not in Australia or the Middle East.
Region - Moscow
See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Moscow ))
Originally Posted by Onetor
Russian lab is thorough......
Not Russian. Lab = Zeppelin in Moscow