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Originally Posted by NecioVato
I’d be lying if this thread isn’t concerning me. I was told about the whole Ow20 - is this something that will do a lot of damage if you run this ONE time or can you get away with one oil change having this. This was a little over a month ago - had a friend I trusted that a lot of places are running this as their synthetic and that since i don’t track it - it should be fine.
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Only a VQ engine expert can tell us for sure whether using 0W20 one time could cause damage. But I can tell you that the engine was designed to use 5W30. The internal tolerances and the unique VVTL system take that into account. Dealers that say 0W20 should be fine are completely irresponsible because they have nothing from Nissan allowing it.
Chances are, your engine is probably ok as long as you didn’t track it or drive your car hard. But this whole «*OW20 should be fine*» dealer myth has to stop.