Suzuki: oil viscosity, oil viscosity, fuel mileage
QuestionI recently bought a 1995 Suzuki Esteem. There was no owners manuel with it and I need to do an oil change. What is the recommended oil viscosity?
AnswerTruthfully, I've never as much as ridden in an Esteem, much less worked on one. I'm a Samurai expert, and make no pretense to knowlege outside that.
However this is easy.
It is supposed to have 5w-30, along with all other light duty stuff like that.
Yes, if you want to use something like Rotella T6 5W-40 synthetic that's fine.
Just don't start using 15W-40. It won't hurt your engine, but the fuel mileage will drop, and it's almost a dead guarantee it won't start and run when the ambient temp drops below 5 degrees farenheit.