Oil grades. Car getting a few km on now the oil they say to use is 10w 30 but find it is burning it and have to top up would usi

zak1998, Oct 11, 7:25pm
Car getting a few Km on now the oil they say to use is 10w / 30 but find it is burning it and have to top up would using say 5w/ 40 be better for the car
n1smo_gtir, Oct 11, 7:45pm
perhaps try better quality oil first. what you using atm!
zak1998, Oct 11, 7:53pm
was using CastrolEdge 10w/30 Titanium
mrfxit, Oct 11, 8:17pm
Your problem is very common on high km engines AND using a full synthetic oil.
It's SIMPLY too slippery for a worn engine.
Go to a reasonable quality MINERAL based 20/30 or 20/40 oil
Most are speced at 20/40 & is the single most common oil grade used
msigg, Oct 11, 8:28pm
yea don't waste money on titanium if its burning it, any castrol 15/40 would be my pick.
tazcsv, Oct 11, 8:47pm
Try Magnetec its worked great in all my vehicals.
trdbzr, Oct 11, 8:51pm
try switching to castrol gtx, its abit thicker and should help cut down the oil consumption, but keep in mind no band-aid in a bottle is going to cure the problem, just keep an eye on oil level and keep topping up when needed
pauldw, Oct 11, 10:58pm
How much topping up is needed between changes!
cpnnz, Oct 11, 11:00pm
Penrite 15W-60 improved a very smokey mitsi.
zak1998, Oct 12, 6:24am
about 1.5 litres per 10,000 km
johnf_456, Oct 12, 6:28am
that's hardly nothing to what some cars use.
splinter67, Oct 12, 6:34am
Its knackard you should sell it to me for cheap lol
unbeatabull, Oct 12, 6:41am
What is the car in question!
clark20, Oct 12, 8:28am
Mitsi would not warranty any vehicle unless it burnt 1L/1000km, we had a smoky L300 van under 3 years old and they wouldnt do anything.
NZTools, Oct 12, 8:30am
Penrite 25w70 works even better,
I had to use it in my shitbox starlet to get a wof today. lol
panicky, Oct 12, 8:31am
Penrite also make HPR 50, which is 40w70
cpnnz, Oct 12, 11:55am
I actually tried that in an old corolla last winter. Stopped the smoke, but oil was so thick cold, you could hardly rev it until it warmed up!