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There are many brands. Just visit an auto parts store and ask. I guess Abro is a decent brand. The instructions are there in the bottle you purchase. So please follow those.

Most of the CS2 s you find here are GDI engines. And if this car is having a GDI, then they do better on fuel and provide good driving experience as well. But there is a tendency of high carbon buildup than MPFI engines mainly due to the usage of poor quality fuel.

Thanks @gayanath It is certainly an improvement. 100K interval for changing the fuel filter. Then again it make sense since they have two filters and the labor cost of changing the one inside the gas tank would be pretty high.

@gayanath Are you sure that Toyota recommends to change the fuel filter at 100, 000 km? Usually its a lot less. In my Honda the owners manual suggest to replace the fuel filter every 40,000 kms. Usually it is recommended to change between 30 000 - 40 000 miles or every 2 years unless specified in the manual. Considering the quality of the fuel in here I think the OP should contact Toyota and ask about the interval by specifying the car model.

Lets say you are going for Mibil1 synthetic oil, then I suggest you to use the Mobil 1 oil filter since it can withstand that duration. You may be able to use the existing Toyota oil filter as well but please confirm it with the service dealer. Whatever you do, please don't use a cheap oil filter like SAKURA. The condition of the Air filter is not related to the oil you are using. Just replace it within the same interval you used to replace it. I believe you might not have replaced the fuel filter yet (or might have) since its relatively a new car but I usually replace it with every 3 to 4 services I do (around 10 000 to 15 000 kms). That also has nothing to do with the oil you are using but its directly related to the engine running time and the quality of fuel you are using. (I do all services by myself so I only have to worry about the price of the parts) All other services of the car should not depend on your oil change interval. For an example, tire rotation, wheel alignment, ...etc.

I believe you can keep using X2 for your vehicle without worrying too much now

Found these two on internet. Mobile Super 2000 X1: https://www.mobil.com/en-GB/Passenger-Vehicle-Lube/pds/GL-XX-Mobil-Super-2000-X1-10W40 Mobile Super 2000 X2: https://www.mobil.com/en-au/passenger-vehicle-lube/pds/gl-xx-mobil-super-2000-x2-10w40 Seems like X1 has been approved for older cars. They have the approvals from LADA . Anyway it won't matter much if your engine is running on petrol. If it is diesel then there is a catch. If your diesel engine is having a DPF (Diesel Particulate Filter) go for X2. Those vehicles would be relatively new ones (manufacture after 2005 to be average but differs according to the Make). If you are having a older diesel car (Pre 2000s) then go for X1. Now how do you know whether your vehicle has this damn DPF filter? You may go to this link and scroll down. Apart from that, personally I haven't used this oil and no experience with it.

Exactly @Devinda_Z. The wear and tear of the engine while cruising in a highway is about 10% of the stop and go traffic.

@thusharak340 May I suggest you something. Oil (whatever the the type may be) is much more cheaper than an engine repair. So whatever you do, please do not cut corners when it comes to oil change. Now being you car is relatively in brand new condition with very low mileage, even though you cut corners, you will not notice it and it will take the abuse at least until it reaches 100, 000 kms. Then it becomes someone else's problem if sell at that period. If I talk from my experience, you can use your existing Toyota oil and change it every 5000 km intervals as you are doing now and your car will be really happy. If that is too much cost for you, I think its not because of of the oil, but its the price that you have to pay for the service. Isn't it? Now if your warranty period is ending in near future I don't think its worth to be a puppet for your service dealer (The Laugh service who told that their oil can last 20 000 kms is enough for me to understand about their attitude). If it is so, you can use any type of a oil you like and change it by yourself according to how you feel like it (Keep the bills with you) and take the car to a good service station and do the rest of the cleaning. But it is up to you. Just made a suggestion.

Ha ha. No I don't even know him. Anyway is Peugeot 206 that bad? I never owned one but I like the way it looks (as a hatchback)

@thusharak340 Good news for you. Eric has already done a video for your dilemma. He poured Mobil1 0W 20 synthetic oil in his van and drove for an year and changed it after about 17K something miles. He has done oil analysis as well and results seems to be positive Here is the video of him pouring Mobil1 0W 20 synthetic oil in the engine. And here is the video of him changing the oil after 1 year and giving you the test results. There are some good information in these two videos like even though you change oil for every 20K miles, you can't omit the other services in the vehicle such as tire rotation, under carriage wash / greasing, wheel alignment, ...etc.

Holy crap. I was a member in Auto Lanka for so long I could remember and now got some free time to respond to some threads. I didn't expect this. @Kavvz I never said I Know better than oil companies or never said there are no benefits of using synthetic oil against mineral. Did I? In fact I always wanted to change into Synthetic (even now) to keep the engine clean but it scares me to do so (due to the claims of some people saying they got oil leaks afterwards in heavily used engines) I only said the argument I made was 100% true which is changing the oil by the odometer interval (distance traveled) is incorrect. There is no reason for you to say it was partially correct right? And to be honest all arguments that you have made are true as well. Whats the big deal about it. The purpose of this forum is to help individuals. Not to quote every sentence a person write and raise arguments. I see that you have written a constructive feedback regarding the Oil types and its really good. @gayanath Because I don't need to. Oil looks very clean at that moment. Like you said I am considering the other factors. For another person it may be a different scenario. What you said is true. I agree with that. What I meant was people think higher the odometer value higher the engine wear and tear. Its not true always because if a person use good oil (may be synthetic) and change it regularly according to his driving pattern and drive sensibly that particular engine may be far better than a one driven by a maniac with improper service.

No there are Japanese vehicles falls under the budget but they would be bit older than the Spectra. For an example the engine being used in the spectra is the same one used in Mazda Familia 323 BG model (1989–1994) and it would be around the same price or lesser. If the previous owners have maintained the Famila car in order, then I believe its a well thought of a car with compared to Spectra. May I suggest you following? 1. Nissan March K11 2. Peugeot 206

Were you got discouraged by the comment I made on Kia Spectra? Anyway most of the cars that falls under your budget would have been manufactured around 90s or early 2000s. There is nothing wrong with those old cars. In fact I'm a big fan in 90s itself and driving a car made in 1999 and I believe its the best era of cars in terms of reliability and maintainability. The only downside is we don't know what kind of abuse they have taken all over these years from crappy owners and natural disasters like floods. So, taking that aside, I would suggest you to forget about the fuel efficiency since none of the cars would be good enough for you since the average fuel efficiency in traffic would be around 10 kmpl. If you can lower your expectations further with regards to fuel efficiency there are lot of cars that might be fall into the budget. Are you OK with that fact?

No it is 100% correct. No offense please. It is true that Synthetic holds its viscosity more than the mineral counterparts but I don't agree with suggesting a number like 10 000 km intervals. Because if you are the person who travel 30kms for 1.5 hours and if you wait till 10 000 kms to change the synthetic oil that is in your engine, its like the person who drives 120 kms in the highway for 1.5 hours waited 40 000 kms to change the oil which is way beyond the mileage mentioned by you (10K). The mileage mentioned in oil can is an average one (more towards highway driving in Europe / USA countries) and trust me they have no idea regarding all the drama that we go through in the traffic of Sri Lankan roads. If they knew they would suggest 2500 km intervals in Mobil Synthetic cans . Unlike the heavy machinery vehicles, the cars we drive (not the high tech ones) does not have the engine running time indicator. Instead we have a trip meter and an odometer. So, people used the odometer value to have a sense of the engine wear and tear (in addition to the mileage) since the past but it is not how it should have been. So its a matter of how you drive and of course there are other factors like the ambient temperature and the driving condition which affect the quality of the oil. I myself had this crazy idea long time ago on switching to synthetic and so on but later decided to keep the same oil and change it frequently. Few months ago I changed the oil pan gasket (due to minor oil leak) and got my self ready with Duco high gloss thinner and so on to clean any sludge in the sump and the oil strainer would have. But there was nothing in them. The strainer was crystal clean. No sludge, no deposits, none. Just like brand new engine after 200K kms (could be equivalent to more than 400 K millage of a car drove in Europe considering its running time) and 21 years of its life. By the way I am using Mobil 15w 40 and change it every to 2500 to 3500 km intervals by myself and no problems whats so ever with the engine so far. I haven't done any repairs to the engine apart from timing belt, water pump, ...etc service maintenance. So money was spent only for the oil. So please note that I'm not promoting any oil or talking shit I hear from anybody. Just shared what I know from my experience.