What spec of motor oil do you recommend?

[abasbas]

Hi. I'm in Philippines and the weather is quite hot & humid around 25~33, 75RH, what specs of oil do you recommend? Mineral/Semi Synth/Fully Synth? Thanks.

[Toysrme]

www.bobistheoilguy.com

Full synthetic.

[knuckleduster]

10w30 or 10w40 full synthetic

[micro214_kp61]

Originally Posted by abasbas

Hi. I'm in Philippines and the weather is quite hot & humid around 25~33, 75RH, what specs of oil do you recommend? Mineral/Semi Synth/Fully Synth? Thanks.

what motor do you have on the car? alot of guys with high performance motor uses 15W50 Mobil 1 Full Sythetic. if it's too expensive just use a good mineral oil and just replae it often. try 10W40. Laguna is not as bad (in traffic) as Manila so you should be ok.

welcome pare!

[Flashmn]

I ran 5W40 in manila traffic with the benz and I think the volvo had the same.
Used 10W30 fully synth on the rolla.
Now I use 5W40 on the rolla.

But its really the latter number that matters.

[Wraith]

Motul 5w40 Full Synthetic

[abasbas]

thank you for all your suggestions.. I'll try the synthetic one on my next oil change..

btw, im running at stock 4AFE..

[Flashmn]

I wouldnt suggest going to synthetic to mineral just like that. I'd use semi-synth in between... then again, I dont think you'd really run into any problems just putting synthetic in directly, but I think the transition might be better off doing it in steps. I think that was recommended by a motul/redline distributor.

[abasbas]

Originally Posted by Flashmn

I wouldnt suggest going to synthetic to mineral just like that. I'd use semi-synth in between... then again, I dont think you'd really run into any problems just putting synthetic in directly, but I think the transition might be better off doing it in steps. I think that was recommended by a motul/redline distributor.

thanks flashmn for the reminder. i'll keep that in mind.

[Flashmn]

Thats how I did it... hey even though it shouldnt do anything awkward to swap directly to synthetic, I felt safe doing it

[mr.kenny]

Originally Posted by Flashmn

I wouldnt suggest going to synthetic to mineral just like that. I'd use semi-synth in between... then again, I dont think you'd really run into any problems just putting synthetic in directly, but I think the transition might be better off doing it in steps. I think that was recommended by a motul/redline distributor.

Thsi is nuts.
Just put synthetic in it and don't worry about it. For those who know; Never use Fram filter, they are junk and have ruined many motors. (unless you like the paper elements falling apart and clogging up your oil passage ways and cardboard & useless plastic bypass valves) Wal-Mart super tech made by champion labs is much better; just stay away from 'orange'.
If you use thicker oil, your engine won't respond as well as a thinner oil recommended by Toyota. 10w-30 is fine.
If you want to know anything about oil:
www.bobistheoilguy.com

[Flashmn]

Never use Fram filter, they are junk and have ruined many motors

AMEN TO THAT

Just use the Toyota OEM filter, its really one of the best.

[abasbas]

thanks guys for your help.. appreciate you efforts and i indeed learned a lot..

[Raddman]

Originally Posted by micro214_kp61

what motor do you have on the car? alot of guys with high performance motor uses 15W50 Mobil 1 Full Sythetic. if it's too expensive just use a good mineral oil and just replae it often. try 10W40. Laguna is not as bad (in traffic) as Manila so you should be ok.

welcome pare!

Whats mineral oil? I use K&N gold oil filters one of the top rated plus it has a 1 inch put on/take off nut on the bottom .....Raddman

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[userlain]

Originally Posted by Raddman

Whats mineral oil? I use K&N gold oil filters one of the top rated plus it has a 1 inch put on/take off nut on the bottom .....Raddman

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He means dinosaur oil. Crude oil.