Hello everyone!
Little disclaimer to begin with, just know that I'm french, so don't get upset if I drop some mistakes here and there
So I'm the (happy) owner of a MX-5 ND, the one with the 2.0l Skyactive engine to be precise. My car has reached 8500 kilometers so I was planning on doing an oil change myself.
These are the owner's manual recommendations when it comes to oil viscosity.
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As you can tell, both 0w20 and 5w30 are recommended as long as they have the API SN certification. Now, I read in a lot of different places (french and english threads) that 0w20 does just fine in protecting the engine, even when running at high temp, which sounds weird to me because I still have the old cliché that a thicker oil will do better at high temp. I live in the south of France, during winter here, we rarely go under 0°C, average of 6-11°C. While in summer we can have temp like 35-37°C. This car use is purely and simply a weekend car, I drive it every sunday, neither more nor less
I'm taking a good time, alternating between sporty driving and calm driving on sinuous roads, recently, I decided to do some track days with my car, just one time per month, small sessions of 15-20 minutes on the track, then 30-45 minutes out.
Now, knowing this, I decided to go for a Castrol Edge 5W30 C3 with FST, the oil seems to have a strong reputation, and I'm the kind of guy who does severe oil change (every 10k kilometers). Was a bit hesitant between this one and the Motul 300V Competition with the same viscosity (don't know if this one is a thing outside europe). Do you guys believe I've done a good choice? Would a 0w20 have been okay even for track usage? I'm not particulary concerned about gasoline economy as it's not my every day car, I just want to keep my engine well protected.
Thing is, I've heard that engines designed for 0w20 have a higher wear with thicker oils, but I mean.. the 5w30 isn't "that" thick and it's in the recommended section anyway so honestly, I don't really know what to think at this point!
Thank you for your future answers!
Drazyor,
Little disclaimer to begin with, just know that I'm french, so don't get upset if I drop some mistakes here and there
So I'm the (happy) owner of a MX-5 ND, the one with the 2.0l Skyactive engine to be precise. My car has reached 8500 kilometers so I was planning on doing an oil change myself.
These are the owner's manual recommendations when it comes to oil viscosity.
As you can tell, both 0w20 and 5w30 are recommended as long as they have the API SN certification. Now, I read in a lot of different places (french and english threads) that 0w20 does just fine in protecting the engine, even when running at high temp, which sounds weird to me because I still have the old cliché that a thicker oil will do better at high temp. I live in the south of France, during winter here, we rarely go under 0°C, average of 6-11°C. While in summer we can have temp like 35-37°C. This car use is purely and simply a weekend car, I drive it every sunday, neither more nor less
Now, knowing this, I decided to go for a Castrol Edge 5W30 C3 with FST, the oil seems to have a strong reputation, and I'm the kind of guy who does severe oil change (every 10k kilometers). Was a bit hesitant between this one and the Motul 300V Competition with the same viscosity (don't know if this one is a thing outside europe). Do you guys believe I've done a good choice? Would a 0w20 have been okay even for track usage? I'm not particulary concerned about gasoline economy as it's not my every day car, I just want to keep my engine well protected.
Thing is, I've heard that engines designed for 0w20 have a higher wear with thicker oils, but I mean.. the 5w30 isn't "that" thick and it's in the recommended section anyway so honestly, I don't really know what to think at this point!
Thank you for your future answers!
Drazyor,
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