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How To Pick The Right Motor Oil For Your Car

There are many choices when it comes to picking the appropriate oil for your car's engine.How much do you value the engine in your car? The life of your engine depends in no small part on the quality of the oil you put in it - oil is its lifeblood. People typically don't pay much attention to their oil - oil is oil, right?

To choose the right oil for your vehicle, ask yourself the following questions:

What kind of oil have you been using?
If your vehicle is running well, there’s no reason to switch brands.

What kind of oil does your owner’s manual recommend?
If your vehicle is still under warranty, using something other than the recommended oil may invalidate the warranty on a new vehicle.

Do you live in a very cold or very hot climate? Is it mountainous? Are there sharp changes in temperature where you live?
Multi-weight oils cover a range of temperatures. The lower the number before the “W,” the better the oil works in cold weather.

How old is your vehicle? If you have an old vehicle that has been running on single- weight oil for most of its life, it has built up quite a bit of sludge because some single-weight oils don’t have detergent in them. If you suddenly switch to multi-viscosity oil, the detergent in it will free all the gook in your engine, and the gook will really foul things up.

How worn is your vehicle’s engine?
If your vehicle has logged a great many miles over several years and has been running on
30- or 40-single-weight oil, multi-weight oil isn’t consistently thick enough to lubricate the worn engine parts that have become smaller while wearing down, leaving wider spaces between them. To keep the oil thick enough to fill these gaps, switch to heavier
single-weight oil as your vehicle gets older and starts to run more roughly or burn up oil
more quickly. If you’ve been running on 30- weight oil, switch to 40-weight at least during the summer, when oil tends to thin out.


The following list, as well as the car's owner's manual, will provide a good idea of what type of oil to use. It's also a good rule of thumb not to switch between types. If your car started with conventional,
stick with that. If it first used synthetic, be wary about switching to conventional.

Conventional Oil: This is the oil used in bulk at dealerships and is the cheapest at the auto store, too. Most adhere to API and SAE standards but offer little in the way of additive packages. This is good oil for owners that are particular about frequent oil changes and have low-mile but effective engines.


Premium Conventional Oil: This is the standard new-car oil. Most leading brands have one for SL, or highest level, service. Most are available in the common viscosities. Car manufacturers usually specify
5W-20 or 5W-30 oil, though some require 10W-30. These three ratings cover just about every light- duty vehicle on the road, though this is changing as engines become more precise and fussy about
specific types oil.


Full-synthetic Oil: These oils are made for high-tech engines. If these oils pass stringent special tests (indicated by their labelling), it
means they have superior, longer- lasting performance in all the critical areas, from viscosity index to protection against engine deposits,they flow better at low temperatures and maintain peak lubrication at high temperatures. While excellent oil, synthetics are
about three times as expensive as conventional oil and not always necessary for most engines. Use the owner's manual as a guide. If it
doesn't call for synthetic oil, using it will only be an additional expense that may not add anything to the engine's performance or life.


Synthetic-blend Oil: This is essentially premium conventional oil hit with a dose of synthetic. They're formulated to offer better protection during heavier engine loads and the associated higher engine
temperatures. These oils are popular with pick-up and SUV
drivers because they do offer better protection, but usually cost only a fraction more than premium conventional oils.


High-mileage Oil: More than 60 percent of vehicles on the road
have more than 75,000 miles
(120,701 kilometers) on the
odometer. Playing to this growing market, oil refiners and labs developed high-mileage oils. Seal conditioners are added to the oil (the oil can be synthetic or conventional) to expand and increase the flexibility of internal engine seals. The conditioners are very precise and can benefit some engines while not affecting others.

Taking Nigeria for example where Toyota is the most driven car, mechanics say that the best kinds of lubricants for the engine is 10W-30 or
10w-40 depending the region one is based. But they also advise that the latter should be used in hotter environments and the former in moderate environments. In Nigeria, you don’t need to take note of the number before the W because the weather does not get cold enough.

Sludge is what happens in your engine when the oil additives and chemicals break down and turns the oil into gunk or tar-like substance (black custard). It can occur due to prolonged oil change intervals or due to high engine heat exposure.
Sludge can cause your engine to seize from oil flow block.

But if you only care about fuel economy, then you would want to buy the thinnest oil possible
because there will be less restriction to oil flow in
the engine, This is why manufacturers are now building for thinner oils like 5W-20 from 10W-30.

If you only care about greater engine lifespan, then you would want the thickest oil available, because it offers you more protection from severe
operations and greater protection from heat. Thicker oil can readily absorb and retain heat from the engine.

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A Good Oil is to d Engine What a Balanced Diet is to d Body.Simple. I wonder why people spend millions in getting a vehicle but still lubricate such machines with poison(low TBN oil etc) just because of stinginess/or ignorance. How many engine/car users even understand d word -EFFICIENCY? Frm my knowledge in this field,if every oil runs on ur engines,Its either u have succeeded in killing d engine,ur car is old or ur warning systems r bad.Always ask d right persons d right questions... (QC expert petrochemical)

Often times a manufacturer will suggest two or more motor oil viscosities for an engine, such as a 5W-20 or 5W-30, based on several different factors - including temperature. The reason for this is that engines often need a different viscosity based on operating conditions. Whatever the case, you may just buy Peace Lubricant or some other wants. But Peace Lubricant works well for me and its affordable.

estuary:


Please where can i get 10w 30 or 10w 40 here in Lagos? Thanks.

I stay in ibadan and there is 10w -40

Bbklopsy:
its one of d best, over 6000km or 8-10mnth but u must use a good filter

pls what kind filter do you recommend I use because right now am using mobile1 on my ml350

kulrunsman79:



His argument is that Mobil 1 dries quicker

His assertion was wrong for a sound engine,but d fact is that a very high grade oil can park an old/worn vehicle

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