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

[mkernz22]

I'm thinking about swapping mine out in the spring when I do my manual swap, but I'm not exactly sure. It burns a little bit of oil when i floor it, but it's not that bad at all. Still runs strong at 218k, but I'm just iffy cause I'm going to college next year and I'll be doing a lot of traveling my next 4 years.


On topic though, definitely go with the 5w if it is that cold. It will be better when you're first starting her up