What type of Engine Oil should Iput on my gasoline engine 5K?
i bougth this Toyota model 1994 with a gasoline engine 5K and planning IM to have Oil Change, but I do not know what type of engine oil should I use, and what labeling of all SAE remarks? use 5W-30. Here’s the story about the labeling on bottles of oil … Most motor oils available today a symbol of a donut on the front of the bottle. At the top is printed “API SERVICE SJ”, API stands for American Petroleum Institute. It is an independent rating agency that licenses oil oil suppliers to use the API brand quality of their oil containers, if the oil passes the minimum performance standards set by the API … a bit like the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval Engine oil. The oils are improved over the years, the performance standards they must meet tougher and a new letter designation is used. The current API SJ. previous categories, are now obsolete SH, SG, SF, SE, SD, SC, SB, & SA. I will not bore you with the names diesel. Inside the “hole” of the API donut viscosity of the oil is desig