Has anyone run a test using 5W30 in place of water? (0W16)
Kinematic Viscosity 5W30 is 10.3 @ 100 degrees C.
Kinematic Viscosity 0W16 is 7.6 @ 100 degrees C.
So about 30% difference.
The new water oils is a conspiracy for two reasons:
Better fuel mileage required to meet the EPA standard.
Wears out your engine much faster, thus you buy a new car.
Has anyone performed an oil analysis to compare how running 5W30 turns out?
And no it will not destroy your engine. Doing 10K Mile oil changes will destroy your engine.
If there is no one brave enough to try this, my next car will be a brand new Camry (in a few years). I will take the risk for this community and run 5W30 as soon as I get home from the dealer. I will document all my oil changes and see how long the engine lasts. By the way I change my oil every 4000 Miles.
As for you keyboard warrior engineers and mechanics that seem to know everything. The smaller oil rings in modern car pistons will still pass 5W30 with ease. Oil pressure is at around 50 PSI it will go through anything.
You just complained on another post that Toyota suspension systems were garbage and yet now you want to buy a brand new Camry and test some theory you have about using a different viscosity of motor oil in it because you believe people who manufacture the engines and have run numerous tests and engineering research are “wrong”? Whatever you wanna do with your money you can do, but it’s not going to be some “ground breaking discovery” like you believe it’s going to be. There’s a reason that Toyota recommends what they do. And 10K oil changes won’t ruin your engine, using the wrong viscosity of oil most definitely can, especially going that thick of an oil compared to what it’s supposed to use. But like I said, do you