Hi this is my first post and its quite a read, but i'm trying to be specific lol. I have a 2006 Daihatsu/Toyota Terios with the K3-VE engine on it. It has 41633 miles on it, I'm currently using M1 15w50 on it, here is my question. I live in Venezuela where its VERY hot, my owners manual says that the 'standard recommended oil' is 10w30 from between temps of 40F to 60F. The maunal also has other oil grades for hotter temps, for temps between 60F and 80F they say to use 10w40 or 20w40 and for temps between 80f and 100F they say to use 20w50.
I want to know if I can stick with M1 15w50 or go to a thinner oil. I only use synthetic oils and the only grade for M1 that they sell is 15w50, they also sell Castrol Edge with syntec technology in lower viscosities. like 10w30 and 10w40 etc.
I'm worried that i'm probably using too thick of an oil for the miles the engine has. The owners manual does say to use that viscosity in these temps but could I run a thinner synthetic oil and because its synthetic it can maintain itself at that viscosity much better than a dino oil and not have to worry about it breaking down and losing its viscosity?
The outdoor temps here are around the 90's most of the time and I beat the [censored] out of my engine and ALWAYS have to redline it because it only has 83 HP, it also has to idle for long periods of time and has frequent short trips (although i never shut it off before it fully warms up.) I also go offroading with it and it also does alot of interstate driving aswell with fairly high revs due to lack of power it has. This engine also runs a little hotter than the avarage engine due to its design and is also sludge prone though I don't have any. The engine has no problems what so ever and i've been switching viscosities from time to time to see if I noticed differences but I have not. Although when I do turn it on in the morning the red oil light comes on for about 1 second along with the valves tapping loudly, this happenes when the engine is cold or I leave it turned off for about the time it takes for the oil at the top of the engine to go back into the pan. But after 1 second the engine runs beautifully and does not use any oil. My oil change intervals are at 7500 miles and the engine takes 3 quarts of oil, I don't care about fuel effecientcy at all.
What should I do? Stick with this M1 15w50 or get Castrol and go thinner? or any other recommendations? The only 'good' brands of oil that they have here are M1 and Castrol edge syntech, although the other brands here may be just as good or even better but I prefer these choices because they are better known.
Info on the K3-VE engine.
http://www.autotrade.com.my/v2/news/nb_details.asp?awreviewid=1414&catid=rt%2Eatc%2Ecar%2Epv
thanks for reading.
I want to know if I can stick with M1 15w50 or go to a thinner oil. I only use synthetic oils and the only grade for M1 that they sell is 15w50, they also sell Castrol Edge with syntec technology in lower viscosities. like 10w30 and 10w40 etc.
I'm worried that i'm probably using too thick of an oil for the miles the engine has. The owners manual does say to use that viscosity in these temps but could I run a thinner synthetic oil and because its synthetic it can maintain itself at that viscosity much better than a dino oil and not have to worry about it breaking down and losing its viscosity?
The outdoor temps here are around the 90's most of the time and I beat the [censored] out of my engine and ALWAYS have to redline it because it only has 83 HP, it also has to idle for long periods of time and has frequent short trips (although i never shut it off before it fully warms up.) I also go offroading with it and it also does alot of interstate driving aswell with fairly high revs due to lack of power it has. This engine also runs a little hotter than the avarage engine due to its design and is also sludge prone though I don't have any. The engine has no problems what so ever and i've been switching viscosities from time to time to see if I noticed differences but I have not. Although when I do turn it on in the morning the red oil light comes on for about 1 second along with the valves tapping loudly, this happenes when the engine is cold or I leave it turned off for about the time it takes for the oil at the top of the engine to go back into the pan. But after 1 second the engine runs beautifully and does not use any oil. My oil change intervals are at 7500 miles and the engine takes 3 quarts of oil, I don't care about fuel effecientcy at all.
What should I do? Stick with this M1 15w50 or get Castrol and go thinner? or any other recommendations? The only 'good' brands of oil that they have here are M1 and Castrol edge syntech, although the other brands here may be just as good or even better but I prefer these choices because they are better known.
Info on the K3-VE engine.
http://www.autotrade.com.my/v2/news/nb_details.asp?awreviewid=1414&catid=rt%2Eatc%2Ecar%2Epv
thanks for reading.
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