Oil - 0W30 or 5W30?
Discussion
Hey guys,
My car (Mini Cooper) is 'supposed' to take 0W-30 oil, the handbook highly recommends Castrol Edge of course which is priced pretty highly. I was low on oil one day and popped into a local supermarket, they only stocked 5W-30. At the time my view was that any oil is better than no oil, so I bought the 5W-30 topped up and away I went. Since then ive topped up with 5W-30 again due to the price, it seems to be drinking oil pretty quickly though and ive put in about a gallon in the past few months which seems quite a lot.
Im just curious if using 5W-30 is making economical sense, is it damaging the car and being consumed faster? Would I better just getting the 0W-30 as recommended?
Thanks in advance
My car (Mini Cooper) is 'supposed' to take 0W-30 oil, the handbook highly recommends Castrol Edge of course which is priced pretty highly. I was low on oil one day and popped into a local supermarket, they only stocked 5W-30. At the time my view was that any oil is better than no oil, so I bought the 5W-30 topped up and away I went. Since then ive topped up with 5W-30 again due to the price, it seems to be drinking oil pretty quickly though and ive put in about a gallon in the past few months which seems quite a lot.
Im just curious if using 5W-30 is making economical sense, is it damaging the car and being consumed faster? Would I better just getting the 0W-30 as recommended?
Thanks in advance
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