Is 5w-30 OK? For Vitz in summers?

[archon2001]

Sir I changed yesterday eve Corolla 2014 engine oil, filling cap say 0w20. If 0w20 can work easily in Miami I wonder why people are worried so Much about temp in Pakistan unless the whole country is living and driving in sibi only.
5w30 using in my Acura and 5w20 in my accord both well over 140k miles now.

[Xulfiqar]

yes, apparently people think miami is thandaa ilaqa

[tintin1]

i posted this thread in Dec. 2016 and suggested to buy it from the dealer as you get super discount from the market.

Have used this oil 5w-30 in my Crown for straight two years. not a single issue.

Urgently Buy Total Quartz 9000 Future today

I bet you will not get such attractive opportunity to buy Total Quartz 9000 Future. 5w-30 SN/CF/GF-5 Market price for this item is Rs. 2800/4L (at shops, metro/makro/hyperstar etc.) But from Pakistan Oil Store, I bought for only Rs. 2000/4L. This oil is under scheme for consumers and hence with every 4L bottle they are giving coupon of Rs. 400/- which you can get back in Cash from them too. So I bought this 4L bottle for Rs. 1600 only. And thinking to buy more and keep in stock for next …

Few days back i checked the price of total quartz 9000 5w-30 and it was like Rs. 2600/4L only. where as in the market its available at 3200~3600/4L price varies area to area, city to city.

Well, to enjoy luxury discounts, now I buy 20L tin packing.
(Its same thing as Xulfiqar suggested years ago !!)

[humayun.chughtai.7]

Honda also suggests 5w-30. And I am using this same grade in my city 14 from 2014 and its going great till now. Never faced any issue.

[zeeshanayub]

I live in Islamabad and have been using Shell Helix 5w30 in my RRS TDV8, Discovery TDV6, Land Cruiser 1HD-FTE and E240 with M112 V6 since 2008. No issues whatsoever.

[crude101]

U mean HX7? What are drain intervals?

[zeeshanayub]

I try to drain at 5000km. Interestingly Shell Helix HX 7 is MB229.3 approved. Mercedes recommends a drain interval of 15,000km for MB229.3.

[Xulfiqar]

mercedes benz also use a fleece media filter (which cleans 4 times finer than paper and doesnt break down) - and also have 7 litre sumps

dont apply that logic to your car, e.g. what would happen if you used this oil in a cd70 for 15000 kms without replacement.

[Xulfiqar]

helix hx7 5w30 is supremely good for use on almost all modern engines.

[Xulfiqar]

Its always best to buy in bulk. cheaper in the long run.

[asadbawaney]

Mercedes and bmw in dubai are also using 5w-30 grade oil .. uae is hotter than pakistan so 100 percent this oil is safe to use

[tintin1]

I wonder how the ultra cheap manufactured ford V8s survive for half a million miles (900,000 kms) - on the cheapst 5W20 oil you can buy. If you think Lahore is hot, come over to visit phoenix arizona - where your plastic trash cans actually melt in the sun. (above 50C)

Then why in such a hot weathers the OEM still recommends to use 0w-20 or 5w-20 ?

As per general mentality of PK, the people living in Arizona should be using 20w-50 or 20w-60 oil only.

(I will explain later why I asked this question).

[haseeb.basharat]

People who are praising about such low oil viscosities, they don’t have any idea about the amount of pollution and quality of fuel we are using here in Pakistan; Moreover, start/stop traffic puts pedal to the metal.

[asgharpwr]

So u suggest for stop/start traffic environment we should use high viscosity oils?

[Hashim11]

I am using 0w20 in civic 9th gen, car is 70000km driven. According to your logic it should have been dumped by now.

[haseeb_mazhar]

Picture was taken by me KSA July 2018, i own a jeep grand cherokee 3.6L V6 and using 5W30 MOPAR (Penzzoil) without any oil eating issues. As long as your engine internal are working fine and your cooling system is working no amount of outside temperature that you may possibly face should cause your manufacture recommended engine oil to eat away. There are some vehicles (Older BMW models) that even eat away their engine oils, however the manufacture mentions in the service manuals to be normal and they recommend e.g to add 1 quart every 3000 km .

[haseeb.basharat]

I wish i could upload a video of friend’s civic X oriel here which had strange crank noise on 0w20 at just 30k kms.
Luckily, he turned off car immediately when the sound came in and towed it to dealership. Honda fort Lahore changed oil to 5w30 and noise was gone. His car is at 60k kms now without any issue.
It’s not my logic, you just don’t use 0w20 oil when you’re living in high temperature, polluted enviornment with bad fuel quality. Take your 5000kms oil for lab testing and you will know that my logic isn’t just a lullaby.

[haseeb.basharat]

Outside temperatures have effect on engines. There is a scientific terminology for that “thermodynamics”.
Please go through it.

[haseeb.basharat]

Use what suits you! corolla 1zrfe and 2zrfe engines 1.6/1.8 are notorious for cold startup noises, and make whinning noise at high rpms. I have used 5w30, 10w30, 5w40 of toyota and liqui moly before, but same issue was there. I’m on Mobil 1 5w50 from 27k kms with drain intervals of 10,000kms without any startup or high rpm noise issues. Right now its driven 8k kms and car is giving fuel economy figure of 12-13km/l within city. On motorway its 15-16km/l at 120km/h and on highway its around 17km/l at 100km/h. I’m not facing any issue in power of fuel economy in my car than what’s the issue. Toyota Indus motors Pakistan recommends 5w50 for their cars now, than what’s the issue?

[basitali87]

Sir, with due respect, but to me, problem seems something else. No doubt, it was solved after switching to 5w-30 from 0w-20.

In Pakistan, 0w-20 in BRV and Current generation Honda Civic has been recommended by none other than the OEM; Atlas Honda Limited itself and they must have definitely taken its approval from Honda Motors, Japan. Engine manufacturers do a lot of R&D before finalizing and recommending an oil grade. AHL is not short of 5w-30 that they are using 0w-20, and neither is the price difference huge (just 380 Rs. As per Honda Pakistan website; between 0w-20 and 5w-30). And there are also many happy owners of Honda Civic who are using 0w-20 since 03 years and never faced any issues. 0w-20 is definitely approved for use in BRV and current Generation Civic throughout Pakistan.

No disrespect; just sharing my thoughts.