I have a 2004 Kia Pregio and am currently using Valvoline XLD Premium 15w-40. It says:
Suitable for most engines manufactured prior to and including 2004.
Uses advanced dispersant and detergent technology to reduce sludge and keep the engine clean
Provides excellent wear and corrosion protection for vital engine components
Suitable for petrol and passenger diesel engines, both naturally aspirated and turbocharged
Suitable for unleaded and LPG engines
Is this a good choice? Cheers.
That's a diesel motor?
That will be fine. They key is consistent regular oil changes especially if using a non synthetic.
It's a petrol V6.
In a Pregio? What was the engine swap from?
Kia stinger. sleeper van?
My bad. It's a Kia Sorrento. I used to own a Kia Pregio. I have edited the title.
@BluebirdV: Advice is the same. Pick a brand and use their oil selector to find the correct product for the vehicle.
The manual will outline the oil type and specs required. FYI all oil manufacturers will have a fluid look up feature on their site. I recommend Penrite as not only quality product but also Australian owned and made.
Thats fine, more a choice of viscosity rather than brand, also frequency of oil changes. 15w-40 is good for older engine and our climate.
Not sure how many K's are on your engine OP however.
I am presuming between 200,000-300,000km considering its a 2004 model
The oil you've queried OZB is a Straight Mineral Oil , and its really thick as well especially on start-up and i know its a v6 but you're not doing your fuel economy any more favors.
If you're blowing smoke or consuming oil between services (i.e due to leaks or too much blowby) then its basically only delaying the inevitable so you might as well go thicker , so i would suggest a 15w-50 semi-synthetic instead.
If the car is generally running fine and you're not blowing oil or leaking oil id still suggest a semi synthetic (maybe a 10w-40 instead) if you plan to keep your car a little while longer but don't want to spend a lot on fully synthetic oils , your car will startup and run significantly better and you would definitely save a bit of coin on fuel in the long term.
Here's a relevant video basically giving you a picture of what its like to start your engine with a mineral compared to a synthetic , and 80% of your engine wear happens on startup and the warm-up phase.
Cautionary Advisory: i don't recommend to use a full synthetic or anything less then a 10w-XX oil due to the KM's on your car as you might end up slowly leaking oil during start-up due to the overall viscosity difference (if using semi synthetic over mineral)
Thanks for the suggestions. The engine seems to be running well and not blowing smoke or leaking oil. It's done 232,000 km and had the timing belt done a bit over a year ago. It does consume oil between services but that's normal, right? I'd like the car to last as long as possible.
pull the plugs. Are they carbon and oil fouled? About 1 litre of oil use between services (15k) is acceptable. I'd probably change the PCV valve out for a new one. You could just be leaking oil over time through gaskets and seals which is contributing to the oil use.
I'll check it out, thanks.
Whatever oil meets the specs for the engine and is the cheapest at your favourite auto parts shop.
It’s an old car that isn’t special. Use the cheapest oil you can find.
https://penriteoil.com.au/product-selector#/
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