Hi Prius PalsHope you will be enjoying your Prius. I have had a Prius for the last six months. I had some strange experiences with different Engine Oils. I initially used Shell Helix 10-40 and had excellent pick and a mileage of 25 plus km. The last time I bought Caltex Havoline 10-30 from a major store. Since then my car makes a strange gurgling sound on start(fraction of a second), has a slightly lesser pick and mileage. People had me believe that Havoline is the best engine oil but apparently my experience is on the contrary. Please suggest / comment.
what is prius ? please share details is this some new brand of car or suv or a bike? forgive me for being layman
5W-30 is the recommended viscosity for Toyota Prius Engine, written in manual of 2nd generation(2004~2008) prius.
Sir! Toyota Prius Hybrid is the famous fuel efficient car from Toyota since 1997. It runs separately on petrol, separately on electric motor and combined on motor + fuel. Now a days common in pakistan too. For more info, google it.
I see does it mean these Toyota cars are modified by engineer Agha Waqar (water kit wala) locally in PK??
in that case - the engine oil spec is dalda ghee
@ toyotaprius Salam.The text written on engine oil cap clearly states 5W-30.How come your are using 10-40 and 10-30.
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if 5w30 then go for shell helix ultra
you can also check out with toyota 3s if they got 5w30 imported oil
By the way, can i use 5w-30 in my Axio engine 1NZ-FE 1500 CC? Sorry 4 being off the topic.
Toyota recommended 5-30 engine oil for Prius. However, if you have used alternate oil, then you must change it to 5-30 on your next oil change.
I've noticed one thing that all oil dealers even the big ones like Filter House across Lahore will use stupid logics to sell you "slow Moving" items/ oils.
Read these 2 links and you will find all the info you need to know:
Do You Really Need to Use Heavier Oil in Summer? - DIY Auto - Popular Mechanics
Ask Mobil 1 Archive - Hot Weather
and if you need to see which oil grade is best suited for your vehicle use the "oil selector" tool (on top right side of the page)of this Caltex website.
http://www.castrol.com/en_us/united-...gine-oils.html
buddy I have had a prius for 1 year and I use zic 0w 3o synthetic oil and thats but 10 w30 isnt made for prius u r ruining ur engine
hybrid(prius) recomended 5w20 and profi-car imported from Germany have specially hybrid oil. profi-car challenge 5w20 api sm. and price also seems good 3400/4L
I suggest LiquiMoly 5w40.
Prius 3rd gen user manual