How to choose and buy oil for a car

So, it's time to change the oil to your faithful assistant. Want to buy motor oil, but do not know where? Are you considering how to choose the right car oil for your car? We will help you deal with these questions!

Many people, when choosing automobile oil, first of all seek advice from friends and acquaintances, in the hope of getting specific advice about a particular manufacturer and a particular brand of autooil. Unfortunately, as it turns out, everyone has different cars, and the oil also pours different things and everyone praises his own. you can buy motor oil with delivery to Kiev, Odessa, Kharkov and throughout Ukraine on 130.com.ua.

How to choose the right engine oil?

First you need to contact the original source-look in the service book of your car. It is there that you can find out which oil the manufacturer recommends using for this engine, indicating the standards, oil tolerances.

Tolerance is a set of additives and a quality standard suitable for this particular engine, and is a set of letters and numbers.

When choosing an oil, you should look exactly at the tolerances for which this or that brand of autooil is certified. It is also worth remembering that for different engines, even the same car brand, tolerances may differ.

Perhaps, instead of tolerance, the oil code will be specified according to SAE and API standards, or the European ACEA standard. This and any other information on the admission of oil is extremely important, try not to miss anything.

After receiving all the necessary information, check whether the already filled in oil meets the recommendations of the manufacturer, pay attention to the level of oil consumption (waste). For each engine, the manufacturer indicates the average rate of oil consumption. Its value may differ slightly up or down from the given norm.

If the oil consumption significantly exceeds the norm, one should switch to a more viscous type of oil (for example, replace synthetic oil with semi-synthetic oil). Otherwise, it is not recommended to do this, as changing the grade of motor oil directly damages the internal parts of the engine, thereby reducing the life of the engine.

When choosing autooil, it should be borne in mind that several brands of the same manufacturer can be certified by one tolerance at the same time, depending on the type ( synthetic oils , semi-synthetic , mineral ), class and viscosity parameters.

It is worth mentioning that each of the brands of oil has its advantages and disadvantages. Synthetic oil retains its properties and characteristics both at low temperatures and in conditions of overheating, but it costs much more than mineral. Also in rare cases it is not recommended to use synthetics, for example, when the engine has high mileage-this can lead to an increase in the level of oil loss.

In this case, semi-synthetics is the best option, since finding and buying semi-synthetic oil that meets the requirements of the engine manufacturer is much easier than mineral one.

If in your region during the winter period of time no temperature drops below –20 ... 25 degrees, and all the parameters of the oil are suitable for your engine, you can safely use mineral oil. You just have to change it a bit more often than if you used synthetic.

In the online store of automotive products "130" you can choose and buy motor oil for the car. You are presented with a wide range of synthetic, semi-synthetic and mineral oils.

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