Owner reviews for engine oil

Castrol Edge is usually cheaper than Mobil 1 and will be as good.

Can use 5w30 or 5w40.

0w40 or 5w40 will give you slightly better engine protection if you drive at high rpms more often.

I wouldn't use anything cheaper or different than those two really. You don't need more expensive oils than those either.

My old Silverado 5.3 developed a ticking around 350k. I went from the recommended 5w-30 to 10w-40 and it stopped. Also slowed the oil leak too.

I got an Audi 80 B3 1,8 S 1988 around 8 years ago. First time I had to change its oil I decided go big. It was around 160-170 000 kilometres with no blowing from the oil cap while the engine is running. So i got XADO 10w-60 luxury drive. It's a bit expensive but it payed of in the end. 200 000 kilometres later there's still no smoke from the oil cap and I get barely 0.1 CO emission maximum when measuring.

I would trust a 0W-20 in a Toyota or Honda. After all, Honda and Idemitsu invented 0W-20, while Toyota worked with Idemitsu on 0W-8. I’ll reluctantly use it in a Subaru(and it must be Mobil 1 ESP X2 or Castrol Edge gold bottle with Mercedes/BMW/VW and/or GM dexosD/dexos2 approvals) but switch over to a ILSAC or Euro 5W-30 once warranty is up.

I had a car, 2009 Hyundai Elantra, that would endlessly trip codes for valve timing. It had 180,000 miles. I switched from 5w20 to 10w30 and never had another problem. Car went to the junkyard at 260,000 miles.

Castrol edge is just fine, even the cheapest one is likely better than whatever was good 20 years ago.

I like Mobil 1 0w-40, has more zddp than most others.

I’ve been using mobile 1 European blend for over 100k miles, works great.

Up the weight of the oil and get rid of that mobil 1 water

Motorban próbáltam, azzal olyan volt a váltó, mint amikor a Motul már cserés volt. Részemről inkább nem.