what oil types does everyone use on thier 5s-fe

[TCam01]

what oil types does everyone use for their 5s-fe im going to do an oil change here soon my oil cap says 5w-30 but i thought that was thin specifically designed for cold weather correct me if im wrong

[uibalnme]

My oil cap says 10W-30. I still go by that with 153,xxx miles on the engine. Still running strong. You can switch to 10W-40 if you want. I usually run 10W-40 in the summer. It really will not affect anything, except boost your peace of mind.

[the_professional]

5W-30 in the winter 10W-30 in the summer

Conventional, Castrol GTX

[Hajoca]

currently 5W-40 valvoline blue
Usually in Winter 0W-30

Past Summers 0W-40 or 15W-40 rotella
This summer 5W-40 valvoline blue

[flyeri]

Look in you owners manual and consult the chart for oil viscosity vx ambient temp. You may be in a climate that 5w-30 will work year round or you may need to switch for different seasons. My manuals for every car lists at least two oils depending on the temp. I thought 10w30 would be better than 5w-30 once. A mechanic was changing the oil and I requested the 10w-30. He convinced me to try the 5w-30 for this change. The engine was smoother and quieter and i have stuck with whatever the oil cap calls for ever since.

[hill8570]

Mine's a '95...oil cap shows 10W30. I run 10W30 Supertech (Walmart) synthetic...unless I run across a good deal on one of the name-brand synthetics.

[TCam01]

Originally Posted by flyeri

Look in you owners manual and consult the chart for oil viscosity vx ambient temp. You may be in a climate that 5w-30 will work year round or you may need to switch for different seasons. My manuals for every car lists at least two oils depending on the temp. I thought 10w30 would be better than 5w-30 once. A mechanic was changing the oil and I requested the 10w-30. He convinced me to try the 5w-30 for this change. The engine was smoother and quieter and i have stuck with whatever the oil cap calls for ever since.

i live in clearwater florida so its pretty much hot year round except for 1-2 months in winter which passed already for us so we got about 10 months of summer left lol i read somewhere on here that 5w-30 loses efficiency around 70 degrees i cant remember exactly what it was though. has anyone used the Lucas fuel injection cleaner or shell fuel injection cleaner before because i will be doing this on my oil change too

[JohnGD]

If you're always in the 10W-30 range then use 10W-30. Dino/2500-3000 miles should be fine, or try Walmart Synthetics. Use a good oil filter like Purolator PureOne PL14477.

The 5W shears down and you end up with a thinner oil. However, it does flow better for cold starts. But what's cold in FL? For your temperature range 10W should be a better choice, with less viscosity modifiers and more lube in place of them.

Synthetics are supposed to resist shearing better, so with these you might want to experiment with 5W-30 and see for yourself.

[Kvo_8]

i have wondered this too. i've been changing my oil religiously since i got the car and i was doing pretty good with 10w-40 castrol high mileage oil and i recently switched to 5w-30 castrol synthetic...not really much of a difference so far.

[ONE_to_HATE]

royal purple and trd filters ftw!!

[touringcamry]

Canola and peanut

[uibalnme]

Originally Posted by ONE_to_HATE

royal purple and trd filters ftw!!

Royal Purple and oem filters.

[buci]

218.000 miles with 5w-30 all year around at 6000km oil change intervals.

[wilsonman02]

Mobile 1 or Castrol synthetic 5w-30 every 3k.

[TCam01]

ok people say that synthetic improves performance somehow so im thinking about using that but im not to sure about it you guys know anything about this stuff