05/07/2008, 10:51AM
what weight of oil does this car use?
i just bought this car and it i a real nice car. i don't have a book for it yet. i want to change the oil. what weight should i use?
05/07/2008, 11:51AM
5W30 is factory recommended weight for this year and model.
05/07/2008, 3:55PM
prob 5w30 check the oil cap or you owners manual
05/22/2008, 8:17PM
Go with what the factory recommendation is; my 97 has 5W30 on the oil cap, and that's what i use
05/23/2008, 4:29PM
5W-30, it says on the oil cap.
05/23/2008, 7:08PM
If it has high miles, I would recommend 10w-30, just because as the engine wears, gaps between parts get bigger.
05/23/2008, 7:47PM
if the engine is a 1.9 litre and it has over 200,000kms on it i would use something thicker than 10w30 because they all burn oil when they have high k's.
if its a newer engine like 2.2 ecotec use 5w30 for any amount of mileage those are kick ass engines.
05/25/2008, 5:11PM
you're supposed to run 5w-30. But running 5w-30 Quaker State type III grade oil, compared to 10w-30 Quaker State type II oil; the 10w-30 deffinately ran better in my engine of 110k~, rebuilt at 80k (frame&trans, 253k)
05/27/2008, 1:39PM
note: both the 10w-30 and the 5w-30 where Quaker State type III grade oil. that's a typo that the 10w-30 was type II grade oil. (grade II=hydrocracked dino oil; grade III=extensively hydrocracked dino oil and labeled "synthetic" for marketing reasons)
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