Owen Lucas
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New guy here, long time lurker 1st time poster. I hope I am in the correct thread.
I have a lot of 0w20 (full synthetic) from previous projects and am thinking of using it as my winter oil. My 05 Scion tc has 180K miles and I use it mostly on the highway. Had the oil changed by the dealer with regular dino or whatever they put in it for the first 100k and have been using mobile 1 high mileage synthetic ever since. It burns about half a quart every 5K miles, maybe less. For this reason I just fill the engine with 5 quarts instead of the usual 4 and everything works out fine.
Is 0w20 too thin for this engine? I live in the midwest and we have cold conditions starting very soon with maybe 2 months of near freezing temps.
Thank you everyone and happy Labor Day.
I have a lot of 0w20 (full synthetic) from previous projects and am thinking of using it as my winter oil. My 05 Scion tc has 180K miles and I use it mostly on the highway. Had the oil changed by the dealer with regular dino or whatever they put in it for the first 100k and have been using mobile 1 high mileage synthetic ever since. It burns about half a quart every 5K miles, maybe less. For this reason I just fill the engine with 5 quarts instead of the usual 4 and everything works out fine.
Is 0w20 too thin for this engine? I live in the midwest and we have cold conditions starting very soon with maybe 2 months of near freezing temps.
Thank you everyone and happy Labor Day.