Who runs a 20wt here?

[wemay]

Originally Posted by Nick1994
Originally Posted by wemay
My sis lives in Phoenix and drives a new Camry, using 0W-16. They get it changed at the dealership every 10K miles and like their previous Camry that reached over 200k miles on 0w20 (always dealer serviced), they aren't worried.

I inquired with them since i purchased my KIA and contemplated strictly running 10w30 because of the Miami heat. I doubt i need to worry.

How come the owners manual for my car in the UK and Australia, with the same engine, show this?

Maybe because the steering wheel is on the right side?



I never said what anyone else should use, just stated what works for her and others. I'm sure a thicker grade would work splendidly as well.

 

[Zee09]

I run 5w20 on seven vehicles
No issues ever.

 

[Nick1994]

Originally Posted by wemay
I never said what anyone else should use, just stated what works for her and others. I'm sure a thicker grade would work splendidly as well.

I was just honestly curious.

 

[mclasser]

Running 0w20 on the Pilot and 5w20 on the Accord.

 

[SnowDrifter]

In vehicles that request an Xw20, I run 0w20

 

[BISCUT]

M1 0-20 in my F150.

 

[dlundblad]

I use 0w20 in my mom's 4Runner, but it'll soon get 5w30 since that'll be the "fleet oil."

I wouldn't expect issues from the 0w20 anyways. The truck is used for towing so per the manual, it should technically have 5w30 now.

I ask BITOG to define towing for me.. A 6'x12' aluminum trailer hauling less than 1000 lbs every month or so or a couple hundred mile road with a 5500 lb boat? Obviously one is harsher than the other, but technically they are both towing. I believe the truck is out of warranty anyways so it really doesn't matter.

 

[FCD]

I have been using it on my door hinges for a while.
My engines would scream in agony on that watery 20 grade

 

[wemay]

Originally Posted by Nick1994
Originally Posted by wemay
I never said what anyone else should use, just stated what works for her and others. I'm sure a thicker grade would work splendidly as well.

I was just honestly curious.

 

[OilUzer]

Originally Posted by StevieC
This is what my Santa Fe looked like when it snapped a cam shaft at 535,000km (300K miles)

Looks clean! Most likely due to on time oci plus good oil ... just curious what 0Wx20 brand did you mostly use?

as a thickie, I have to say that had you used 5Wx30 or 10Wx30, the engine would have been much cleaner!

 

[SilverSnake]

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[Oildudeny]

Originally Posted by Marco620
Running 0w20 Redline but I had Dave at Redline say it has a film of a 5w30.


what does redline 5w30 have the film of a 20w50.

come on you believe that?

 

[Mainia]

Originally Posted by Oildudeny
Originally Posted by Marco620
Running 0w20 Redline but I had Dave at Redline say it has a film of a 5w30.


what does redline 5w30 have the film of a 20w50.

come on you believe that?


No, but maybe your double jump is wrong and it very well could single jump to 5-40 specs. Redline's group 5 is known for a thick boundary layer.

 

[IndyFan]

I'm running M1 0w20 AP in my JL Wrangler. I think it will do just fine on this. I've got a lifetime warranty, anyway, so no worries. I'll run it for whatever distance/time the OLM determines.

 

[4WD]

How does a lifetime warranty work … there is no mileage assigned to that ?

 

[OilUzer]

Originally Posted by SilverSnake
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I have show signature in my preferences ... but can't see anyone's signature!

 

[Patman]

Ever since I bought my Civic used in 2011 I have run either 0w20 or 5w20. I started out with TGMO 0w20 for a couple of intervals, then M1 0w20 AFE for the longest time and on my last change I switched to Ultra Platinum 5w20. I have no plans to stray from 20wt on this car, it has served me well. As mentioned in another thread, two years ago I overheated this engine, but yet there have been no side effects of that episode at all, the engine still runs perfect. All of my UOAs have shown very low wear, both before and after the overheating incident. It has 236,000 km on it now (bought it at 130,000)

 

[JeepWJ19]

2002 Ford F150 5.4 2v running 5w20 - 105k miles
2016 Ford Fusion 2.5 running 5w20 - 16k miles

 

[gathermewool]

Originally Posted by Shannow
Originally Posted by Nickdfresh
Originally Posted by StevieC
Originally Posted by Nickdfresh
If you use it, you'll increase your wear for the benefit of added fuel economy! So says some Honda people in the 1990's and the ear of 5W-20 SJ oils. Maybe they were all Speeddating with Ross Jefferies and his NLP systems?

Or perhaps the engineering wasn't up to the task for a 20wt. Like oil cooling, bearing / ring materials and engineering etc.



Firstly, it sounds like some speculative internal document made out as some sort of smoking gun. At some point, I might just show off my once worthless but now valuable Quaker State Lubrication Guide for the period of 1987-1996 (IIRC). In it, it is said that "5w30 in not recommended for sustained high-speed driving". That was also dated circa the 1980s, much like a lot of the selectively culled opinions posed here as fact and "science"...


https://www.hondarandd.jp/

Published research papers mate, so you can stop your pontificating on where Honda said what, and in what context...Unlike the "made up" facts that many here espouse.

BTW, my sister just completes a masters in psychology...they teach them NLP...just saying.

You can go back to your $hitbagging me now....


I kindly ask that you leave our espouses out of this!

 

[gathermewool]

Originally Posted by StevieC
This is what my Santa Fe looked like when it snapped a cam shaft at 535,000km (300K miles)

Finally, first-hand photographic evidence of the carnage caused by XW-30!!!