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Old 01-17-2019, 10:06 AM   #19
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5w30 full syn during the summer at the track (260 degree oil temps and pressure is fine) and I run 0w30 full syn during the winter.

The problem on forums when discussing oil now a days is that there are many people who have been around cars for a couple decades or more but oil technology has come leaps and bounds in the past 10 years. This leads to much advice not necessarily being correct in today's world although it was smart not a long while ago.

Case in point - thicker oils offer more protection. Not necessarily true anymore although this would have been the case back when single weight and dyno oils were the main stay.

Take home point - run a UOA if you want to know how your oil stacks up. This is how I know I can run 20,000km oci's on my oil with track use
I call that the small block Chevy factor. I thought that the access to information that the internet would bring would ferret that out but it's spread to the internet from the magazines and actually become much much worse.

So tell me more about your 20k oci's. I've done it in the past despite predictions of doom and gloom but have no personal experience with these motors
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Old 01-17-2019, 12:37 PM   #20
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I call that the small block Chevy factor. I thought that the access to information that the internet would bring would ferret that out but it's spread to the internet from the magazines and actually become much much worse.

So tell me more about your 20k oci's. I've done it in the past despite predictions of doom and gloom but have no personal experience with these motors
I just used Mobil1 0w30 and slowly increased my OCI each time as per Blackstone's recommendations. I eventually got to above 20k km but ended up switching to a 5w30 Pennzoil ultral platinum due to track use and summer temps, it has a slightly higher HTHS rating than the Mobil1 (IIRC). Since I'm no longer commuting to Toronto for school my mileage is much lower so I don't accumulate the mileage like I used to so I haven't pushed a long OCI. The last recommendation on that oil was to try 21k km.

Keep in mind my last summer OCI was just over 13k km and it had over 800km's of track use on it. Based on conventional wisdom this is a very extended OCI and would not be recommended. We will see when I get the analysis back. This will help me make my decision of what oil and OCI I will use next season.

It should be noted that on the Mobil1 I was driving about 80% (at the least) on the highway and commuting very early in the morning and late at night so i was missing rush hour. At the time when using that oil I was also new to driving on the track and was not pushing my car nearly as hard as I do now. It is still very useful info for the everyday commuter.

The oil sample I'm waiting on now will be much more useful for those that track their cars, but I haven't received it yet.

I'm a numbers and empirical evidence guy so I use real life data and various studies published on oil. I'm not saying that anecdotes are useless, but in the hierarchy of evidence anecdotes fall much lower when good quality empirical evidence is available. This obviously changes when an engine builder is building you an engine that is different than factory specs as most studies are published on factory engines. But for people on a factory engine and factory tune, focusing on oil temps for their driving type will be the best way to determine the correct viscosity oil as well as UOA's to determine how the oil is holding up.

The problem is the internet can make a relatively small voice sound very popular. You see this all the time on car forums where one person posts about a product or part they used that may have failed for any possible reason. Other's read this and then they go on other forums and claim how the part is crap even though they themselves have never had any experience with said product. Now it looks like the consensus is that the product is garbage even though many real world users may be successfully and happily using the product.

Others may disagree with my views on engine oil, but I am not particularly in agreeance with any particular camp whether it be, thicker is better, thinnest is best or just use what the manufacturer recommends as they know best. My view tends to lend itself to certain aspects of each of those opinions.

The 1nz is very conservatively tuned from the factory and is not really hard on engine oil. They are robust engines, typical of a toyota engine. As long as you either run the factory filter and change it every 8k km, or run a high mileage filter, you should be fine with extended OCI's. If you want to be sure than run a UOA with a TBN to see how well the oil is holding up. In very cold climates where trips are more short in duration or city driven, a 0w20 oil in the 1nz would keep the pressures within spec of the called for 5w30. In normal driving in the summer or long trip winter driving a 0w30 would be fine and fall within what the factory calls for.

Engines can tolerate varying viscocities (hence why Toyota calls for different viscocities for the same engine in different parts of the world) and often times engine durability and protection is not the main reason manufacturers choose a certain viscocity (CAFE standards, anyone?) My recommendation is to run what keeps the engine within pressure specs based on your type of driving. if you live in a cold climate than use a 0w over a 5w to make startups easier.

Keep in mind the 2zr has roller rockers where as the 1nz has a flat tappets like design. technically the 2zr had less friction at this area. That said, when I removed the valve cover on my 1nz with 175k km on it, it looked brand new and the cams and valve caps were completely mark free.
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Old 10-08-2019, 06:32 AM   #21
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what does the oil cap say?
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Old 12-18-2019, 09:51 AM   #22
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From 1972 in Canada ontario start at Nissan to honda mazda honda mercedes mini cooper regular Wife car. All new.And now from 2012 toyota yaris buy from dealer 8600 km only .I repair somethings not all.Change the oil all the time .From 2003 in the mercedes I start to uze royal purple synthetic 5w30 winter and summer.Never one problem.The Hondas I have are honda accord 1989. Honda civic 1991 sold for scrap 2012 507.000 km and no problems.The best car I have Honda civic 1991 Few repaires maintenace I did that.Today I only have the Toyota yaris and for now 78.000km no problems .Only oil change Royal Purple synthetic 5w30 winter and summer.I ope are the same as the civic 1991.Long way to go.

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