Hello BITOG, my first post here since last time I bought a car.
As the title says, I'm trying to decide on an oil for my 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe. I just bought it off my father in law, so I have an idea of the maintenance it has gotten. Cheap, but regular and probably on schedule. Likely on the old 3K schedule. His oil was Super Tech 5W-30. I saw the sticky, so I'll answer the rest of the questions in sequence.
2. The manual specifies 5W-20 or 30 as an option. It says ILSAC-GF3, but I'm guessing that is an old enough standard now that pretty much everything will hit it.
3. Like in Milwaukee, WI
4. We pretty much drive easily, maybe up to moderate, but we're definitely not hard drivers.
5. Most of the car's usage will be around town, mix of city and suburb. A couple of times a year we drive to NC and back.
6. No known problems. It has about 107K on it.
On my two previous vehicles (both Hondas) I've been using Mobil 1 0-20, because when I bought them I found BITOG and convinced myself that it would be the right choice. In something like this, I don't really want to experiment, I just like to pick something and stick with it, not thinking about it again unless something comes up. I'd like to do the same here (although now that I'm in the think-about-it mode, I may be back later with a thread for my civic). I prefer a longer OCI, and so have a preference for synthetics. I don't want to spend a lot--this is not a high performance car--but I'm willing to spend what I need to for proper protection. I expect to just use the OEM Hyundai filter, because some reading I've done suggests that others frequently have "fit" issues. I'm convincible not to do this, but at the moment that's what I intend if it matters for oil choice.
So, should I just keep picking up Mobil 1 or should I switch to something else. Any reason not to go with 0W even thought the manual says 5? 20 vs 30?
Let me know if I left anythign out, or if there is other information that would be useful. I appreciate the help!
As the title says, I'm trying to decide on an oil for my 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe. I just bought it off my father in law, so I have an idea of the maintenance it has gotten. Cheap, but regular and probably on schedule. Likely on the old 3K schedule. His oil was Super Tech 5W-30. I saw the sticky, so I'll answer the rest of the questions in sequence.
2. The manual specifies 5W-20 or 30 as an option. It says ILSAC-GF3, but I'm guessing that is an old enough standard now that pretty much everything will hit it.
3. Like in Milwaukee, WI
4. We pretty much drive easily, maybe up to moderate, but we're definitely not hard drivers.
5. Most of the car's usage will be around town, mix of city and suburb. A couple of times a year we drive to NC and back.
6. No known problems. It has about 107K on it.
On my two previous vehicles (both Hondas) I've been using Mobil 1 0-20, because when I bought them I found BITOG and convinced myself that it would be the right choice. In something like this, I don't really want to experiment, I just like to pick something and stick with it, not thinking about it again unless something comes up. I'd like to do the same here (although now that I'm in the think-about-it mode, I may be back later with a thread for my civic). I prefer a longer OCI, and so have a preference for synthetics. I don't want to spend a lot--this is not a high performance car--but I'm willing to spend what I need to for proper protection. I expect to just use the OEM Hyundai filter, because some reading I've done suggests that others frequently have "fit" issues. I'm convincible not to do this, but at the moment that's what I intend if it matters for oil choice.
So, should I just keep picking up Mobil 1 or should I switch to something else. Any reason not to go with 0W even thought the manual says 5? 20 vs 30?
Let me know if I left anythign out, or if there is other information that would be useful. I appreciate the help!
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