The Navy used to have garages for us with lifts and tools and everything. Like a hangar for cars. For my 66 Charger (383 Magnum/Holly with a Torque-Flite 727 shift kit) I used to buy 5 Quarts 20W50 Castrol with Purolator filters probably cost a quarter a Qt, maybe 75 cents or a buck for a filter. OCI was 1500 or 2000 back then. Navy Exchange, nice, eh? Of course, I was, as a Second Class AME making maybe, $480/Month, pretax. Oh, don't forget the $44.00/month Hazardous Duty Flight Deck Pay! Pre-tax, that is.
Lark! Things have changed, my 05 Accent GT specs 5W20. I throw in a little VSOT, which makes it, I don't know what, (7W-25?), but it seems to be ok. These things have been refined a lot in 15 years, this 4 banger is so smooth, or isolated, or something, I can't even hear it idling, sometimes I think it's stalled at a light. They spec 5W20 for all seasons, which doesn't bother me any, but it ANNOYS the heck out of some folks around here, that's for sure!
My 92 Elantra I traded for this one spec'd 20W50 for average summertime temps 70-90 degrees, 10W30 winter. I used to run 0W30 winter and 10W40 early summer, and 20W50 in July-September.All Syn, Mobil1.. Very smooth, great mill, but at 268,000, the rest of the car was....dying, let us say!
How many on your Accent, Larks? What engine?
My how times have changed..