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Originally Posted by 1337
I'm no expert on your car, but most modern engines can run with even lighter oils that what you're running. You might want to call your dealer and ask what the lowest weight they recommend is.
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Originally Posted by groar
From car's manual, any *w40 oil is OK from 0w40 and up. The mechanic uses 10w40 by default and was very astonished that I was asking for 0/5w oil. He didn't had any 0w oil.
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Depending if this thinner oil makes the engine loose more oil I may try a 5w30 oil the next time. Also if I understand correctly oil weights, a w30 oil doesn't support temperatures as high as a w40 oil and I don't want to break my engine. Finally I don't remember when I did a trip longer than 75 kms (45 miles) with that car, my daily commute is 30 km (20 miles), so going from 10w40 to 5w40 is certainly more important than going to 10w30.
Denis.
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