Hi everyone...this is my first post on this forum, so I hope I don't screw it up.
I just bought two 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe Sports with the 2.0 GDI turbo engines w/ AWD. I live in Seattle so it gets cold but not bitterly cold like the many other parts of the country. Car manual says normal OCI is 5,000 miles and severe is 3,000 miles; also per the manual, I can use 5w20, 5w30 or 10w30 oil depending on temp ranges; the oil cap says 5w30. Given it's a turbo, I was going to just use Mobil 1 (5 gallon jug from Walmart) along with WIX oil filters.
These are my questions:
-Is Mobil 1 a really good synthetic for turbocharged engines? I'm really just getting it because I've heard great things and it's cheap at Walmart.
-What viscosity would you recommend? Should I use 5w20 in the winter and 5w30 in the spring/summer? Or should I just stick with 5w30 all the time and just forget about it?
-I don't do any towing or offroading, but I do have a lot of trips (as part of my job) less than 10 miles. If I'm using synthetic oil, do you think I could just stick to the normal OCI of 5,000 miles without having to go with severe of 3,000?
Thanks.
I just bought two 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe Sports with the 2.0 GDI turbo engines w/ AWD. I live in Seattle so it gets cold but not bitterly cold like the many other parts of the country. Car manual says normal OCI is 5,000 miles and severe is 3,000 miles; also per the manual, I can use 5w20, 5w30 or 10w30 oil depending on temp ranges; the oil cap says 5w30. Given it's a turbo, I was going to just use Mobil 1 (5 gallon jug from Walmart) along with WIX oil filters.
These are my questions:
-Is Mobil 1 a really good synthetic for turbocharged engines? I'm really just getting it because I've heard great things and it's cheap at Walmart.
-What viscosity would you recommend? Should I use 5w20 in the winter and 5w30 in the spring/summer? Or should I just stick with 5w30 all the time and just forget about it?
-I don't do any towing or offroading, but I do have a lot of trips (as part of my job) less than 10 miles. If I'm using synthetic oil, do you think I could just stick to the normal OCI of 5,000 miles without having to go with severe of 3,000?
Thanks.
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