Lubricant Discussion- Engine Oil / Gear Oil

[aehmad00712345]

Salam everyone, i recently bought a toyota vitz 2012 model (3rd gen). It has 1kr engine and 98000 mileage. I wanted to change engine oil and found out that previous owner has used shell 20w50. My mechanic suggested to put toyota petronas 10w30. Should i keep using 10w30 or move to some other grade as many people recommended to put 5w30 in it.

[horticulturalist]

0w-20 and 5w-30 are recommended for this engine... Use 0w-20 if no smoke, otherwise 5w-30 is gud

[aehmad00712345]

5w30 py smoke tu nhi mardy gi?

[horticulturalist]

Bhai meray agar ring piston ka kaam na ho tou q maray smoke. May khud 0w-20 use ker raha hun same engine may Alhamdulillah acha result hy.

[kamrankhan006]

AOA,

I have been using the Proficar 20-50 mobil oil but they are currently not available in the market anymore. Tried asking about Bell, totachi etc but they are extremely expensive.

I was curious to know if there's an alternative that doesn't cost a lot. Should I consider using Caltex or PSO Carient?

I would really appreciate a good recommendation.

Regards,
Kamran

[pwuser165176643628]

Give attock 20w-50 a try, it is bound to be better than profi car 20w-50 as that was api cf and this is api api sl

[pwuser168094260574]

I have Corolla SE 1.6 2004, almost 100,000 driven. Which grade of oil should I need to change? 10W30 or 10W40?

[aragon1]

Sorry for the late reply. The manual in the car suggests to use 5w30 so Mobil 1 5w30 or LM 5w40 shouldn't be an issue, im talking about the fully synthetic ones. These oils do match all the ratings. The thing I'm confused about is dealerships are using 20w40 for these engines while the Manuel suggests 5w30

[pwuser162557941033]

There's no reason to use 20W-50. Sadly, I hear of a lot of dealership personnel doing this.

[pwuser162557941033]

I have one also, with 200,000km on it. The 1.6 is a 3ZZ-FE engine. It runs just fine on full synthetic 5W-30.

Oil capacity is 4.2 liters including the filter.

[pwuser165176643628]

Any oil reduction?

[pwuser162557941033]

Yes, I just topped up 500mL after 2500km, i.e. the amount it takes to go from dipstick half to dipstick full mark. I'll post an update after the entire interval is complete.

The engine is from 2006, which is supposed to be after the piston design was changed to mitigate oil consumption, but the ZZs are known for their oil consumption and crankshaft axial play issues. Interestingly, the original engine failed at ~150,000km because of oil pump failure that caused oil starvation related irreparable wear.

However, this engine runs fine, so I'm going to go towards a full syn A3/B4 5W-40 oil for the next oil change.

Right now I've topped the Aisin 5W-30 greenTech+ Full Synthetic oil with Caltex Delo Gold 15W-40. That's a calculated viscosity of 10.67 cSt @ 100C, with 11.9% Delo Gold. Even if I had a 50/50 mixture, I'd still be in the viscosity spec of a 30-weight oil.

Although, If I end up having to change all of the oil through attrition over its remaining service life, I'll just switch to a full syn 5W-40 and check consumption and seals. Otherwise, heavier 5W-40 or permanent 15W-40 HDEO.

I still don't think I would ever have a reason to use 20W-50, but you can see that the only reason would be a band-aid, i.e. it means something is wrong with the engine.

[hammad.ddin]

AOA everyone!
I hope all of you are doing fine.

Last year I bought a second-hand car, a cultus 2008 Vxri EFI model now it's time to change the oil of the car. The last owner or dealer said he used 20 50 Havoline for this car.

My car gives some smoke when it starts or starts after some like week or days. well car works fine but now i feel the power is getting lower day by day so suggest good oil for the old car so I can enjoy on smooth ride. plus my engine noise is a little loud too idk why.

I am considering PSO carirent 20 50
plus want to flush the engine with lique-moly products

Your suggestion will help me a lot.

Thank You.

[pwuser162839051938]

Assalamualaikum. Can anyone suggest a place from where I can get Suzuki green 2 cvtf for my jdm alto?

[pwuser162557941033]

You'll find Ecstar's Green 2 CVTF on Daraz or any large lubricant dealer.

My car gives some smoke when it starts or starts after some like week or days. well car works fine but now i feel the power is getting lower day by day so suggest good oil for the old car so I can enjoy on smooth ride. plus my engine noise is a little loud too idk why.

I am considering PSO carirent 20 50 plus want to flush the engine with lique-moly products

20W-50 is too heavy and a sure sign that some underlying issue is being patched up or hidden by whoever started using it. Liqui-Moly additives, flushes or whatever won't make a difference.

The only solution to a smoking engine is to find out why it's smoking and replace the part. Usually valve stem seals if it's only smoking a little bit first thing in the morning.

Find out what your engine's compression values are for each cylinder to assess its health. Also keep tabs on how much oil the engine consumes.

[pwuser162839051938]

Thank you. Any recommended store in Lahore? I tried many stores on Walton and Montgomery but did not find it. Also, I was warned by some people that mostly Chinese copies are available. Is that true?

[pwuser162557941033]

You'll find it on Daraz, they deliver nationwide. Other than that, try asking autohub.pk or a Suzuki dealership.

If people are saying "Chinese" and "copies," they need to prove both of those things. A lot of people say a lot of things that don't correspond with reality.

[techs.ahk]

Salam to everyone. I have Mehran 2014 euro model. I wanted to ask when should I get it's oil changed? I am using ZIC 10W40 oil. Should I change it after 3k kms or 4k? And when should I get it's tuning done? Thanks in advance.

[pwuser169598977556]

Hi guys. I just bought a used toyota premio X 1800 CC, and need to change the engine oil. The previous owner has no idea which engine oil they used, so I need suggestions on which mobile oil to use. The car has driven 180k kilometres.

[ammarismat]

Hi Everyone my name is Ammar and I recently bought Altis 1.6 2015 it has 125k mileage and runs on Kixx 10w40. recently my brother-in-law drove my car and he said to change the viscosity to 5w30 surprisingly Toyota Owners Manual says to drive the car on 5w30. now I asked the previous owner who is my childhood friend and he said after 100k everyone goes for thicker viscosity. the car has absolutely phenomenal performance, no issues at all.

now I need guidance on whether I should change the oil to 5w30 or stay at 10w40.

need professional and experienced people's guidance because before Altis I had a cultus since 2016 and it was a zero-maintenance car.