different oil viscosity for high mileage engine?
09-03-2015, 10:31 PM
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different oil viscosity for high mileage engine?
I have the m271 with over 100kmi I always use mobil 0w40 but the wear and tear etc has me questioning should I be using a slightly different grade ?
what are peoples opinions?
what are peoples opinions?
09-04-2015, 08:56 AM
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I would use the oil that is recommended my the manufacture--FYI 100K miles on a eight year old car is low mileage and I would be more concerned with frequency of change vs a viscosity change!!
09-04-2015, 09:40 AM
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I have over 240k miles and I use the same 0-40 and given your location, I would keep it that way being in cold climate and all the cold starts etc.
And +1 what Pluto said
And +1 what Pluto said
09-04-2015, 02:55 PM
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Thanks for the input. Actually I did the math wrong, its 270k km so closer to 200k miles but I will get on the oil change thing. Is there a specific interval you would recommend? I have been using 10k miles give or take.
09-05-2015, 06:51 AM
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and with that mileage i would keep changing the oil at 10k or earlier interval if possible. Castrol magnatec wont hurt either...
