Hello! Years long lurker, first time poster. I've learned quite a bit about engine oil and its properties over the years following this site and am glad to join it. The missus and I have a 2024 Eclipse Cross SUV arriving at the dealership mid-October with the 4B40 engine under the hood (1.5 litre, dual port and direct injected turbocharged 4 banger). This is my first brand-new vehicle ever and I'll be doing all my own serving as much as I can. The manual calls for 0W-20 and nothing else but looking at the UK and Australian manual show a different story...
Yeah, all the way up to 20W-50. Seems CAFE sunk their hooks deep into this one. With the warranty in mind, my plan during the winter was use any off the shelf 0W-20, probably a SOPUS or Mobil product as I am particular to those, although I also have access to Klondike 0W-20 Euro oil with the higher 2.9 HT/HS. In the hotter spring-to-fall months I'm planning to fill the sump with either Mobil 0W-40 or Motormaster 0W-30 (rebranded Shell Helix Ultra, made in Germany and also used in the Pennzoil 0W-30 bottles from what I can gather), both of which go on sale at either Canadian tire or Walmart for a decent price. Summer temps can sometimes get in excess of 40C degrees (100F for comparison) and we do plan on using this vehicle for off-road camping, long mountainous highway drives, and the odd light towing (Not sure about the States, but Canada gets a 2000 lb capacity while Australia with the exact same drivetrain maxes out at 3500 lb). My wife drives a hatchback that takes 0W-20 and both take the Fram XG7317 size filter so I'm planning to just keep those receipts for my records in case the dealership needs proof of oil changes for any warranty work. We're planning on keeping this vehicle past it's 10 year, 160,000 km warranty so I want to give it the best fluids possible without breaking the bank too much. I know HPL oils are the big thing right now but that's just too far out of my budget to consider and though it might be overkill I really like the idea of running a 3.5 min HT/HS oil considering the conditions it's going to experience. My only other thoughts are to run the slightly larger 3539a filter to knock the capacity from 4.3 to 4.5 litres, and after the engine's properly broken in and all the mechanical bits are seated I'll maybe run some Liqui Moly Ceratec or BG MOA additive as I've used them previously with excellent results.
So, what say the experienced members of BITOG? Decent enough plan? Would you do something similar if you were in the same boat, or is there anything I'm overlooking?
Yeah, all the way up to 20W-50. Seems CAFE sunk their hooks deep into this one. With the warranty in mind, my plan during the winter was use any off the shelf 0W-20, probably a SOPUS or Mobil product as I am particular to those, although I also have access to Klondike 0W-20 Euro oil with the higher 2.9 HT/HS. In the hotter spring-to-fall months I'm planning to fill the sump with either Mobil 0W-40 or Motormaster 0W-30 (rebranded Shell Helix Ultra, made in Germany and also used in the Pennzoil 0W-30 bottles from what I can gather), both of which go on sale at either Canadian tire or Walmart for a decent price. Summer temps can sometimes get in excess of 40C degrees (100F for comparison) and we do plan on using this vehicle for off-road camping, long mountainous highway drives, and the odd light towing (Not sure about the States, but Canada gets a 2000 lb capacity while Australia with the exact same drivetrain maxes out at 3500 lb). My wife drives a hatchback that takes 0W-20 and both take the Fram XG7317 size filter so I'm planning to just keep those receipts for my records in case the dealership needs proof of oil changes for any warranty work. We're planning on keeping this vehicle past it's 10 year, 160,000 km warranty so I want to give it the best fluids possible without breaking the bank too much. I know HPL oils are the big thing right now but that's just too far out of my budget to consider and though it might be overkill I really like the idea of running a 3.5 min HT/HS oil considering the conditions it's going to experience. My only other thoughts are to run the slightly larger 3539a filter to knock the capacity from 4.3 to 4.5 litres, and after the engine's properly broken in and all the mechanical bits are seated I'll maybe run some Liqui Moly Ceratec or BG MOA additive as I've used them previously with excellent results.
So, what say the experienced members of BITOG? Decent enough plan? Would you do something similar if you were in the same boat, or is there anything I'm overlooking?
