Sorry if this is a duplicate thread,
I looked through and couldn’t find this topic answered. One of our cars has a QR25DE engine, Nissan uses this engine in a lot of different countries and applications, in the US it calls for 0w20. I typically run 5w30 in this engine since it’s what I use in my truck and I like the simplicity of buying one grade for both vehicles, it’s also been spec’d as 5w30 in the past and I have no need for 0w since it rarely dips below +35°.
I’m thinking of switching the VQ40DE in the truck to M1 Euro 0w40 based on feedback on the frontier forums. I’d like to still buy one viscosity if I can. We’re in Scottsdale so our climate actually comes close to mirroring Dubai (118° temps commonly in the summer and rarely below 38°f) additionally this car does often get the italian tune up and extensive idling. Hopped onto Castrol’s website in UAE and got a recommendation for the same engine (X-Trail T31-2.5) of 20w50. That just seems nuts to me that an engine that runs 0w20 can also theoretically run that.
Based on the knowledge here, does that look like a misprint? Fwiw attached is a screen shot of the oil recommendation in the Thai manual for the same car gives these ranges, is there much of a chance these engines in these markets are developed to take these oils and NA is not?
I looked through and couldn’t find this topic answered. One of our cars has a QR25DE engine, Nissan uses this engine in a lot of different countries and applications, in the US it calls for 0w20. I typically run 5w30 in this engine since it’s what I use in my truck and I like the simplicity of buying one grade for both vehicles, it’s also been spec’d as 5w30 in the past and I have no need for 0w since it rarely dips below +35°.
I’m thinking of switching the VQ40DE in the truck to M1 Euro 0w40 based on feedback on the frontier forums. I’d like to still buy one viscosity if I can. We’re in Scottsdale so our climate actually comes close to mirroring Dubai (118° temps commonly in the summer and rarely below 38°f) additionally this car does often get the italian tune up and extensive idling. Hopped onto Castrol’s website in UAE and got a recommendation for the same engine (X-Trail T31-2.5) of 20w50. That just seems nuts to me that an engine that runs 0w20 can also theoretically run that.
Based on the knowledge here, does that look like a misprint? Fwiw attached is a screen shot of the oil recommendation in the Thai manual for the same car gives these ranges, is there much of a chance these engines in these markets are developed to take these oils and NA is not?