Originally Posted by
rmsoriano
Maybe sir you are right, dapat SAE 40 na lang dito sa Philippines, but this is not what our car manual is telling us especially for new engine, maybe the Car manufacturer is just too conservative in telling us what oil to use here in the philippines, beside they don't even know in which part of the world that our car maybe used or exported. If you want to know how the first number and letter differ from each other in terms of functionality, the link below might help you,
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWiQyR7PWII]esso engine oil winter conditions part 1 - YouTube[/ame].
But again, AFAIK, sae40, 0w-40, 5w-40, 10w-40 and 15w-40 oils will just flow in the same manner here in our country considering an ambient temperature of 30 degrees centigrade kahit pa cold start, kasi nga eh nakikita mo naman yung oil condition sa container nya with an ambient temperature here in the philippines, definitely, sa loob ng engine ay ganuon pa rin ang condition nya. Siguro nga ay sa additives na lang nagkakatalo ang different oil brands.
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