Hi, a have a Corolla 1994 1.6, Automatic Transmision, mi Question is what kind of OIL can use?
This car have 202,000 Miles, donīt smoke, donīt burn Oil, the Machine is Good. I my City the heater es cold. around the 71.6 Farenheit.
20w50!? Holy poop! I used to recommend that when I thought it might keep oil consumption down but I found out that my oil consumption remained the same and I lost power. Don't use 20w50, that's just silly, you'll lose power and gain nothing.
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20w50!? Holy poop! I used to recommend that when I thought it might keep oil consumption down but I found out that my oil consumption remained the same and I lost power. Don't use 20w50, that's just silly, you'll lose power and gain nothing.
I've been using 20W60 for the past few years, in Aus it gets hot enough for it to be worthwhile though - hell, the owners manual for the car recommends 20W40 (15W40 in the few places in the country that get cold enough to warrant it) for even normal fresh-out-of-the-factory engines.
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I would be highly concerned about cold engine startup wearing (when 80% of engine wear occurs) with 20w-anything oil. You really should be using 5w-30 or even 0w-30 oil.
I run Mobil1 0w-30 in my Integra with 295,000 miles and the stuff has been great.
You should know the majority of old cars don't have those.
Some of us are lucky enough to still have OEM caps that say the grade on them.
If you're buying a car that doesn't have an owner's manual or oem caps, that just screams out SKETCHY no matter how old it is. If the previous owner didn't care to leave the manual in the glove box, they obviously didn't read it which means they didn't take care of the car.
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Just use the grades recommended in your owners manual, but go with a high mileage formula.
Castrol GTX High Mileage or Valvoline Maxlife are good oils for a reasonable price.
What he said. I just bought some Castrol GTX High Mileage 5w30 from Kmart for 15 bucks.
If you're buying a car that doesn't have an owner's manual or oem caps, that just screams out SKETCHY no matter how old it is. If the previous owner didn't care to leave the manual in the glove box, they obviously didn't read it which means they didn't take care of the car.
I've owned 7 used early/mid 90s cars and one of them had the manual in it. I also have no idea how many previous owners there were. The cars I bought weren't exactly sketchy though they hadn't been maintained too well but they were cheap. I figured not having an original manual in the glove box was just the norm for a 91 or a 93, they all still had their spare tires and most of them had factory original everything. Manuals aren't attached to the car and I don't know many people who keep their owners manual in their glove box.
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Interesting...all the used cars I've had all had their owners manual either in the glove box or under the seat compartment even the 85 Maxima and 86 Colt that we had. We bought them privately instead of dealers though They also had the original spare tire as well. I guess it just depends on the condition of the used car you're looking at or the amount of owners its had. Did they have Carfax back then?
i love this site you learn something here everyday thanks to patrickgsr94 when he made the statement about 80% of engine wear happens at start up it had me thinking so i went and reserch the best grades to use, now i found out that 5w-30 is the recommended grade for toyota engines specially in cold weather and that 10w-30 which is sold in my country and is what ive been using for the past 3 yrs is best for the summer so being that i live in the tropical climate castrol synthetic 10w-30 will be my continuing choice of oil, i should have never mind the guy that said 20w-50 is better for older engines good thing i havent service my car yet and bought the 20w-50 oil .
i love this site you learn something here everyday thanks to patrickgsr94 when he made the statement about 80% of engine wear happens at start up it had me thinking so i went and reserch the best grades to use, now i found out that 5w-30 is the recommended grade for toyota engines specially in cold weather and that 10w-30 which is sold in my country and is what ive been using for the past 3 yrs is best for the summer so being that i live in the tropical climate castrol synthetic 10w-30 will be my continuing choice of oil, i should have never mind the guy that said 20w-50 is better for older engines good thing i havent service my car yet and bought the 20w-50 oil .
It was probably good advice for old engines years ago, which is why people still pass this down. Forgive them for still thinking it's 1970.
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good thing i havent service my car yet and bought the 20w-50 oil 
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