What engine oil for 226.000 KM (142.000 miles)? Options

[Gamebitz]

I'm about to change the engine oil on my 1.8 7A-FE. What kind of oil should I use? As mentioned in the topic title the car have driven 142K miles, or 226K Km.

On Castrols website I used their oil guide (http://ew5.earlweb.com/recommendations.php?site=71&sector=1&category=6&subset=278&modelyear=&vehicle=7964), and it says that I should use 5W/40, but since the engine isn't new I have heard someone say that 10W/40 is better?

Btw it's winter here in Denmark (Scandinavia) right now it's around -10 Celcius, and it is probably getting worse.

Which oil should I get?

This post has been edited by Gamebitz: Nov 30, 2010 - 5:39 AM

[4-eyed-freek]

in my opinion i would use the 5w, just because of the cold. when you start your car when its cold with a heavy wheight oil, its hard on your engine because the oil is cold and has no viscosity( or doesnt want to flow). my car has 350,000 miles on it and in the summer i use 10w 30 and the winter 5w 30. not once have i had a probleme yet.

[mkernz22]

in my opinion i would use the 5w, just because of the cold. when you start your car when its cold with a heavy wheight oil, its hard on your engine because the oil is cold and has no viscosity( or doesnt want to flow). my car has 350,000 miles on it and in the summer i use 10w 30 and the winter 5w 30. not once have i had a probleme yet.

Do you still have the original engine in it?