Four Things to Consider in Choosing the Right Engine Oil for Your Car (Updated)
1. Your Location
Where you live—and drive, for that matter—is important when choosing your motor oil. Do you drive where hot weather is the norm or the cold? Is the terrain there typically flat and paved or rough and uneven?
3. Your Vehicle.
Finding out the right engine oil if you have a new car is easy since the information is readily available inside the owner’s manual. In some cases, it's even indicated on the engine's oil cap. Since your vehicle's engineers know what's best for your car by testing it extensively and subjecting to some intense research and development before putting it on sale, it's a no-brainer that you should know what's on the manual religiously.
4. Synthetic or Conventional Motor Oil?
Synthetic motor oil is typically a better option than using a conventional one, especially if you’re often driving under extreme conditions, like if it's either very hot or very cold or if you're often going at speed or mostly stuck in stop-and-go traffic. And while fully-synthetic motor oils typically cost twice as much as conventional lubricants, this is offset by the longer interval require between oil changes—from around 5,000 kilometers for mineral-based oils to over 10,000 kilometers for fully-synthetic motor oils.
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