The Kia Stinger Oil Thread

[badfrogg]

What... this whole thread and no old timer says that they just slap some Rotella T6 in there? My GT is my first new car. It's a weird feeling. I come from the Subaru world where you just keep a spear engine on the stand ready to go at am moments notice. The only thing that mattered about oil was just increasing the viscosity until you saw the pressure you liked. That of course depended on what bearing clearances you tried to achieve when building the dang thing. This fancy new car thing is gonna be an adjustment for me for sure.

 

[rocket23]

What... this whole thread and no old timer says that they just slap some Rotella T6 in there? My GT is my first new car. It's a weird feeling. I come from the Subaru world where you just keep a spear engine on the stand ready to go at am moments notice. The only thing that mattered about oil was just increasing the viscosity until you saw the pressure you liked. That of course depended on what bearing clearances you tried to achieve when building the dang thing. This fancy new car thing is gonna be an adjustment for me for sure.

reotella t-6 is no slouch for an oil,lol thats some good stuff to use..........but yeah, this old timer is a M-1 fan.......been one since the hemi days...

 

[SpaceGhost]

Please forgive my potential stupidity here but why 6,000 miles exactly? The BMW 3.0L oil service interval is 2y / 20,000 miles w/ many examples of engines over 200K+ going strong, a few over 500K miles.

I can understand a "catch" all for varying weather climates, short trip drivers and different usage but surely 10K / 1y is sufficient? As they near enough demand one gets a service from a main dealers over here, when I was doing 38K miles a year It'd be in for a service six or seven times.! Anyway, I'm just curious because it has put a fair few off the Stinger when discussing about it.

Because BMW doesn't guarantee the engine for 100K would be my guess. I'm sure over changing the oil makes the engine last longer so Kia has less exposure. What happens to the used oil? Seems like this is bad for the environment.

 

[JSolo]

Rotella t6 is good stuff... Ran it for years in my bikes (15w40) without any clutch issues.

Looks like its available in 0w40 and 5w40.

 

[5tinger]

Probably best to run a mid-SAP oil such as Dexos1-Gen2 and replace every 5000mile.
Full saps increase valve deposits on GDI from what I've read.

 

[Tommy G]

hey everyone, thoughts on this oil, I live in Rhode Island, and I use 5W-30 in the winter and 5w-40 in the summer but I feel it's not thick enough for the heat it ranges from 25c~33c. So is this a good oil?

https://www.amsoil.com/p/premium-protection-10w-40-synthetic-motor-oil-amo/?code=AMOQT-CA

 

[Ohiocruiser]

View attachment 81099hey everyone, thoughts on this oil, I live in Rhode Island, and I use 5W-30 in the winter and 5w-40 in the summer but I feel it's not thick enough for the heat it ranges from 25c~33c. So is this a good oil?

https://www.amsoil.com/p/premium-protection-10w-40-synthetic-motor-oil-amo/?code=AMOQT-CA

If you have 3.3, it's not even on the manual chart. Just curious, how do you "feel" thickness of the oil?

 

[JSolo]

^^It's interesting for MY 2023 they revised the recommendations.



For MY 2022 they show the following

 

[Ohiocruiser]

Found another one. I am officially confused now. Still, looks like high range is the same for all weights. And according to this chart 10-40 shouldn't be a problem. Especially In summer months

 

[JSolo]

Wonder what would happen if one ran 5w30 in the 2.5T. MPG go down .1mpg...?

While the car is in warranty (next 8 years), I will continue to run what the owner's manual specifies. To date (with about 9500 miles) there is no oil consumption. I do my oil changes annually given car is driven ~5K miles/yr. It's mix of about 90% hwy, 10% city.

 

[Ohiocruiser]

Wonder what would happen if one ran 5w30 in the 2.5T. MPG go down .1mpg...?

While the car is in warranty (next 8 years), I will continue to run what the owner's manual specifies. To date (with about 9500 miles) there is no oil consumption. I do my oil changes annually given car is driven ~5K miles/yr. It's mix of about 90% hwy, 10% city.

Generally that's the idea. With thicker oil you compromise your mpg for "better protection ". I've been using 5w-30 for the last 85k miles, with no oil consumption to report.

 

[JSolo]

^^You got the 3.3, I have the 2.5. 3.3 Has been out longer, has no history. 2.5 Came out in what, 2020 or 2021?

 

[Ohiocruiser]

^^You got the 3.3, I have the 2.5. 3.3 Has been out longer, has no history. 2.5 Came out in what, 2020 or 2021?

Well, if they are only showing 0w-30 for your engine, I wouldn't experiment with different weights, personally.

 

[Tommy G]

If you have 3.3, it's not even on the manual chart. Just curious, how do you "feel" thickness of the oil?View attachment 81100

There's 10w-30 and 15W-40 I figured 10W-40 should be in the middle.
How I feel it's not thick enough, because I could hear the engine ticking with 5w-40 and the ticking goes when I add liqui moly anti friction/friction modifier.

 

[Tommy G]

^^It's interesting for MY 2023 they revised the recommendations.

View attachment 81101

For MY 2022 they show the following
View attachment 81102

5w-30 is too thin, in the summer when I run 5w-30 I will get blue smoke at cold starts. I have secondary downpipes and catback

 

[Tommy G]

Wonder what would happen if one ran 5w30 in the 2.5T. MPG go down .1mpg...?

While the car is in warranty (next 8 years), I will continue to run what the owner's manual specifies. To date (with about 9500 miles) there is no oil consumption. I do my oil changes annually given car is driven ~5K miles/yr. It's mix of about 90% hwy, 10% city.

From 5w-30 to 10w-30 (both Pennzoil ultra platinum) I maintained the same MPG. 5w-30 to 5w-40 (Pennzoil European) I got -2 MPG, but I'm not stock I'm running JB4 on map 6 with E30, secondary downpipes and catback exhaust.

 

[LordKOTL]

Well, if they are only showing 0w-30 for your engine, I wouldn't experiment with different weights, personally.

^^This.

You have to not only factor in how much it thins out, but how thick it is going into all of the books and crannies.... Especially the turbo(s).

I would stick with what your manual, specifically, says.

 

[G-230443]

That is great info. I would love to see the rest of the information. I am going to have to see what the dealership put in the car when I did the change a few weeks ago.

Just use 7