2.4L oil?

[Sundance_XR]

Hey everyone. About to do my first oil change on my 09 Matrix XR. Problem is, very few companies make 0W20 oil. I actually called royal purple, and the tech, which was very rude mind you, told me that had absolutely no plans on making 0W20 oil. Well I always used Royal Purple and I know their stuff is good. Would it really be a big deal if I were to just use 5W20 oil? what would the advantages or disadvantages be?

Thanks in advance,

Josh

[Wholemilk]

it doesnt matter if its 5w-20 or 0w-20 the oil cap gives you the option of either one. toyota does have 0w-20 oil for sale in the parts department. this oil is toyota made...or so the label says. the only difference to my knowledge is the 5w-20 will give you worse mpg but i'm not talking about 10mpg worse its probably barely noticeable but it is fine to use 5w-20 or 0-w20 in fact you can use 5w-30 if you like but again the mpg will drop. by how much? i cant say that is something you'll have to find out on your own (if you choose to). I do not recommend you use 5w-30 though, even though you can the new 2azfe engine that calls for 0w or 5w has different parts to work with that kind of oil. so better not think about 5w-30 at all unless you have no other choice.

And if anyone is wondering, no it doesnt matter if its a manual or automatic, the transmission has zero effect on what was used to put the engine together.

[jdhog]

Castrol and Mobil both have 0w20 at wally world. Only slight differenc is gonna be a bit better viscosity on start up but at running temps it's gonna be the same. Synthetic or Dino 5w20 will be fine if you ask me at 5k OCI. A good forum for Oil is BITOG Bob is the oil guy forum....

[Sundance_XR]

Thanks guys for the reply. I heard a lot of bad stuff about Mobil 1, but I think I might give it a try. I cant remember where I think it was on 6thgenaccord.com they said something about their standards have dropped alot since they became so big, and their oil doesn't offer the protection it used to. I change it at 5000KM intervals anyways apposed to the 8000KM Toyota recommends. So I think I'm fine either way. Now to find 0W20 oil somewhere in stock is another question...

[2009silverbullet]

Originally Posted by Sundance_XR

Thanks guys for the reply. I heard a lot of bad stuff about Mobil 1, but I think I might give it a try. I cant remember where I think it was on 6thgenaccord.com they said something about their standards have dropped alot since they became so big, and their oil doesn't offer the protection it used to. I change it at 5000KM intervals anyways apposed to the 8000KM Toyota recommends. So I think I'm fine either way. Now to find 0W20 oil somewhere in stock is another question...

royal purple is a blended oil it is not full syn. there is an oil that is 100% syn called eneos it is an oil that is jdm they do have 0w20 that is full syn it is good up to 500 hp i know a few guys that have it and they even gained fuel mileage they have also have gear oils the web site that you can get it is advancespeedshop.com

[Sundance_XR]

Originally Posted by 2009silverbullet

royal purple is a blended oil it is not full syn. there is an oil that is 100% syn called eneos it is an oil that is jdm they do have 0w20 that is full syn it is good up to 500 hp i know a few guys that have it and they even gained fuel mileage they have also have gear oils the web site that you can get it is advancespeedshop.com

Yeah I heard about that. I guess you cant find them at shops like NAPA you probablly have to go to a tuner shop?