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Can 0W20 protect engine oil well in the long run? Especially for turbo vehicles with high performance? Can these motor oils offer permanent protection or only for a period of 300000 kilometres, for example.
How many Km on the odometer now …I change the oil every year, I only drive in summer and every season only a maximum of 5000 kilometres. If the car comes out of the garage, it is only for longer distances with more than 50 kilometres. This usually overland and on the highway, sometimes with accelerate, hardly to new top speed orgies. My vehicle is a honda with a k20c1 engine, as turbo and direct injection. There are no reliability abnormalities so far when using 0W20. The production oil has a lot of molybdenum (650 ppm). I am generally interested in whether the thin oil can protect well even at higher mileage, or whether a thicker oil is generally better? Is the "worse oil volume flow really such a problem for the engine, the oils are almost all equally "thick" when warm in operation?
I am using 5w30 in my Taurus spec’d for 5w20.No one knows.
I think we can all agree oils like 0w20 are recommend to maximize fuel economy. We can probably also agree that measures taken to maximize fuel economy do not necessarily increase the lifespan of the vehicle.
I have substituted 5w30 in place if 0w20 in several of my vehicles with no negative effect that I've experienced. It makes me feel better.. I think. Lol
Can 0W20 protect engine oil well in the long run? Especially for turbo vehicles with high performance? Can these motor oils offer permanent protection or only for a period of 300000 kilometres, for example.
5000 km per year? It will take you 60 years to get 300000 km. My concern in your situation is not engine wear but keeping the seals conditioned so they do not dry out and shrink.I change the oil every year, I only drive in summer and every season only a maximum of 5000 kilometres. If the car comes out of the garage, it is only for longer distances with more than 50 kilometres. This usually overland and on the highway, sometimes with accelerate, hardly to new top speed orgies. My vehicle is a honda with a k20c1 engine, as turbo and direct injection. There are no reliability abnormalities so far when using 0W20. The production oil has a lot of molybdenum (650 ppm). I am generally interested in whether the thin oil can protect well even at higher mileage, or whether a thicker oil is generally better? Is the "worse oil volume flow really such a problem for the engine, the oils are almost all equally "thick" when warm in operation?