Hi everyone, I'm sure this has been asked a billion times before, but I am interested in what oil I should be running in my S60R. It's a 2005 with 70,000 km (43,500 mi).
First, I live in Edmonton, which is a place that sees -30 degrees C in the winter as frequently as it sees +30 degrees C in the summer. Usually we're at -20 and +20 in winter and summer though.
At the moment, I'm not driving my car (
) due to medical reasons. It's being parked in the garage until April, and so me and my Dad did a hot oil change without replacing the filter just today. Put in some non-synthetic Castrol GTX 5W30. This is the same oil I am pretty sure the previous owner had in the car regularly. I haven't owned it long enough to do an oil change yet.
The owner's manual recommends 5W30 non-synthetic Castrol as a minimum, with the option to go to synthetic. They also tell you to switch to 10W30 if you frequently see over 30 degrees C, but I'm thinking that's more for Las Vegas than Edmonton.
Anyway, I'm wondering what I should put in it when I swap the "storage" oil back out in April. I've found a couple sources for what I've heard called "German Castrol" on these and other forums, obviously full synthetic. One place sells 0W30, and another sells 0W50 (I think? or am I misremembering?).
Is 0W better for winter like I believe it is? And is the 0W50 a better idea for this car than the 0W30 or the 5W30 "regular" (not-German) synthetic? I don't really understand oil numbers.
For what it's worth, I'm not really looking to change to a "summer" and a "winter" oil unless the synthetic really sucks in winter or summer.
Thanks in advance for any tips!
First, I live in Edmonton, which is a place that sees -30 degrees C in the winter as frequently as it sees +30 degrees C in the summer. Usually we're at -20 and +20 in winter and summer though.
At the moment, I'm not driving my car (
The owner's manual recommends 5W30 non-synthetic Castrol as a minimum, with the option to go to synthetic. They also tell you to switch to 10W30 if you frequently see over 30 degrees C, but I'm thinking that's more for Las Vegas than Edmonton.
Anyway, I'm wondering what I should put in it when I swap the "storage" oil back out in April. I've found a couple sources for what I've heard called "German Castrol" on these and other forums, obviously full synthetic. One place sells 0W30, and another sells 0W50 (I think? or am I misremembering?).
Is 0W better for winter like I believe it is? And is the 0W50 a better idea for this car than the 0W30 or the 5W30 "regular" (not-German) synthetic? I don't really understand oil numbers.
For what it's worth, I'm not really looking to change to a "summer" and a "winter" oil unless the synthetic really sucks in winter or summer.
Thanks in advance for any tips!