Which 0W20 Oil Brand?
- Thread starter ColoradoDriver
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CX Sum and others: Yes - that's almost my price. When I said / offered I'll buy a full case (which equals 2 oil changes) that's when the price dropped, significantly.
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- San Antonio, Texas
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- '15 CX-5 Miata AWD
I just put 5w30 again. Ow20 gave me a lot of product in the catch can
Direct Injection / Cold starts / Thin oil
You have eliminated one of these in the fight against Fuel Dilution.
Which 5w30 did you go with. You think 5w20 should work?
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- Denver, CO
5w30 is technically called for in other countries for the CX-5, so I think either will work.
Not sure about 5w20.
In my case living in a hot environment, that "0" probably doesn't really apply. The last number the 20 vs 30 is the actual weight at operating engine temperature. In my case a 30 weight could provide more protection at the expense of being a tiny bit more thicker.
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- San Antonio, Texas
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- '15 CX-5 Miata AWD
That Valvoline Advanced Synthetic is excellent. It has a moly-titanium-boron add pack. The 5w20 has a nice Noack number too at 7.3 if I remember correctly.
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- '16.5 CX-5 Touring AWD
No.
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- State of Jefferson
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- 2017 CX-5 GT AWD+
Conventional wisdom says "yes".
I'd like to see some evidence for either side of the argument.
It could be that they have a long shelf life, but start to "die" when in use.
It's most likely that different additives have different "life cycles".
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- Denver, CO
Did my change and got my sample. I did forget to shake the oil jug before I poured it in. Oh well.
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- Plano, Texas, USA
Its 92F now and is going to 95F this afternoon here. Its too hot for me to do anything on cars!
If you didnt shake the oil, let the crankshaft stirs it good for you! (boom07)
(You emptied the whole 5-qt. jar and you won't have any additives left in there anyway.)
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- Denver, CO
Yep, used the whole jug so I figured it would work out anyway lol.It’s 92F now and is going to 95F this afternoon here. It’s too hot for me to do anything on cars!
If you didn’t shake the oil, let the crankshaft stirs it good for you! (boom07)
(You emptied the whole 5-qt. jar and you won't have any additives left in there anyway.)
Why the time based max interval then?
Did oil change on Saturday.....but oem filter would not budge. Used my filter wrench cap and would not budge. (dealership installed really tight!!)
Had to put new oil in and just run with old filter....will do so for a couple thousand miles.
Did research and apparently oil filter "pliers" are the last filter removal tool you'll ever need. Purchased the next day.
Had to put new oil in and just run with old filter....will do so for a couple thousand miles.
Did research and apparently oil filter "pliers" are the last filter removal tool you'll ever need. Purchased the next day.
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- Denver, CO
Did oil change on Saturday.....but oem filter would not budge. Used my filter wrench cap and would not budge. (dealership installed really tight!!)
Had to put new oil in and just run with old filter....will do so for a couple thousand miles.
Did research and apparently oil filter "pliers" are the last filter removal tool you'll ever need. Purchased the next day.
I have a pair of those and I did have to use them on this oil change I did Saturday. Even though I tightened my last one by hand, apparently it was enough to not be able to loosen by hand this go around.
(Yes I oiled up the rubber gasket around the filter)
Did oil change on Saturday.....but oem filter would not budge. Used my filter wrench cap and would not budge. (dealership installed really tight!!)
Had to put new oil in and just run with old filter....will do so for a couple thousand miles.
Did research and apparently oil filter "pliers" are the last filter removal tool you'll ever need. Purchased the next day.
Those are exactly what I got at Walmart for $4.xx. It’s that first oil change that you need them. Doing the changes yourself eliminates the need. They worked like a charm for me as well.
Which oil brand did you go with?
I wished you guys would've warned me dammit!! LOL
The oem filter's black paint is stripped off a bit and is super smooth at this point. This tool will do the trick considering you guys had good luck.
Penzoil Platinum high mileage 0w20. I didn't know I purchased the high mileage version till' later.
