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Originally Posted by MJB
What do you guys think... if your engine consumes a little bit of oil, switching to 0w40 might help?
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If your engine is CONSUMING oil, you need a new engine... If your car is burning oil, nothing will help really, (To me consuming is done because of a broken piston ring or a valve leak or something, while burning is when the oil gets hot, and goes through the PCV system) so make sure you know which one it is
In theory going with a thicker oil will help if your car consumes oil... But going with a 0W, would probably be worse because it will consume just as much if not more oil because the thin oil can move anywhere
Old school thinking, car uses 5W30, when it hits 100k, move to 10W30 or 10W40