0w20 or 5w30?

[Iggy_phev]

Hi everyone, I'm curious to know which oil you typically use in your Outlander PHEV: 0W20 or 5W30? I've bought used 2014 outlander phev 2.0l about more than two years ago, and always used Liqui moly special tec 0w20. Recently I've passed 250,000 km mark and was wondering, should I continue in using 0w20, since the engine runs fine and there's no visible oil consumption or switch to 5w30 for that better protection claim?

 

[Shinner]

I am interested in this too.

 

[michael8554]

If there's no oil consumption you may as well use the chart on page 11-06 of the Owner's Manual.

 

[Haenzel]

Hi everyone, I'm curious to know which oil you typically use in your Outlander PHEV: 0W20 or 5W30? I've bought used 2014 outlander phev 2.0l about more than two years ago, and always used Liqui moly special tec 0w20. Recently I've passed 250,000 km mark and was wondering, should I continue in using 0w20, since the engine runs fine and there's no visible oil consumption or switch to 5w30 for that better protection claim?

What you should consider as well is the time you drive EV without activating the ICE. I've always wondered how this affects lubrication at the time you do need to start the ICE. Thicker oil might be better because it sticks longer to parts that need lubrication. Thinner oil might be better because it will get quicker to parts that need lubrication. I don't know...

 

[Woon Chung]

Hi everyone, I'm curious to know which oil you typically use in your Outlander PHEV: 0W20 or 5W30? I've bought used 2014 outlander phev 2.0l about more than two years ago, and always used Liqui moly special tec 0w20. Recently I've passed 250,000 km mark and was wondering, should I continue in using 0w20, since the engine runs fine and there's no visible oil consumption or switch to 5w30 for that better protection claim?

Every post above is good to know. In addition to that, 0W-20 is most of synthetic oil, which is good for quality life. It will be different by manufacturers, but most of them are 100%, rarely conventional oil is slightly added. 5W-30 is mostly conventional oil, which is not recommended for Hybrid engine, because it has short life. Hybrid use the engine frequanyl before it gets hot, I believe, we should select synthetic oil according to ambient temperature.

 

[Iggy_phev]

What you should consider as well is the time you drive EV without activating the ICE. I've always wondered how this affects lubrication at the time you do need to start the ICE. Thicker oil might be better because it sticks longer to parts that need lubrication. Thinner oil might be better because it will get quicker to parts that need lubrication. I don't know...

Interesting. I always try to charge my mitsu before leaving to work, and often when I'm going back home, in the middle of the road my engine kicks in to recharge the battery when It's empty. I read somewhere that 0W20 is always preffered for hybrids since it flows to engine crucial parts more quickly than 5w30, but since it's now 10 year-old car, somewhere I've always read that 5w30 is more suited to presserve engine longevity. i;ve heard that with 4b11 engine, mitsubishi way back announced that 0w20 is totally fine for their engine tolerance. But with 5w30, I'm not sure if it's sticks perfectly, because when the engine is properly warmed up'ed, is suppose to be really 'flowy', so I'm not sure if it sticks that well.

 

[Iggy_phev]

Every post above is good to know. In addition to that, 0W-20 is most of synthetic oil, which is good for quality life. It will be different by manufacturers, but most of them are 100%, rarely conventional oil is slightly added. 5W-30 is mostly conventional oil, which is not recommended for Hybrid engine, because it has short life. Hybrid use the engine frequanyl before it gets hot, I believe, we should select synthetic oil according to ambient temperature.

Not sure, but I think liqui moly special tec AA (oil brand that I use) 0w20 or 5w30 should be the same quality, just the viscosity seems to be different. But I think lower viscosity should be preffered for hybrids, even Toyota is now using 0w8 for their hybrids which is crazyyy. But the 4b11 that my mitsu has, I guess is kinda an older engine now, so not sure which is suited more. The oil justification for 5w30 would be to use when the engine has developed severe oil burning, but using 0w20, I've almost covered 8000km, and the oil level seems to be on the same dipstick mark as I orignally changed.